Defense vs. Malice: When Character Disturbance Turns Cruel

Ajouté : 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]It's this knee-jerk reaction, this reactionary pattern of defending the shared fantasy and this grandiosity and false self.

[00:00:08]And doing it more with withdrawal and with a level of perhaps narcissistic injury or rage.

[00:00:14]Whereas a sociopathic or a more malignant narcissist or what George Simon calls a character disturbed individual or Dr. Slurna calls a person with intentional cruelty.

[00:00:26]These individuals are acting with a different level of malice and with a sense of wanting to end or destroy your identity. I've had a client where this even could be like your daughter or your son.

[00:00:37]Essentially knowing that wanting to end your mom or like their mom or their dad.

[00:00:42]Simply because of this disturbance of character.