Psychobabble

Hannah Spier, MD

Psychiatrist analyzing how cultural trends and modern therapy incentivize dysfunction. hannahspier.substack.com

Episodes 22

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#67
May 7 · 28 min
#67. Borderline vs Vulnerable Narcissism: A Diagnostic Walk-Through of Taylor Frankie Paul
What if borderline and vulnerable narcissism are the same traits—just executed differently? Using a real case, I break down the strategy behind. Want ad-free episodes? Go to the Psychobabble Substack and subscribe! https://hannahspier.substack.com/
#66
April 29 · 17 min
#66. How Borderline Traits Develop and Why They're Increasing Now
Borderline Personality Disorder is usually framed as the result of trauma: a broken attachment system, a damaged patient reacting to early wounds. This is inclomplete. Borderline traits persist not because they are purely pathological, but because, in many contexts, they are functionally effective. This epsiode goes into the problem of the "invalidation environment" theory of Marsha Linehan, and the more plausible interpretaion of what makes this personality pathology. For ad-free episodes of the Psychobabble Podcast, subscribe on Substack: https://hannahspier.substack.com/p/66-how-borderline-traits-develop

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