Red flags, gaslighting, fantasy, delusions, and grandiosity: the hallmarks of narcissism. But can they coexist with vulnerability, eccentricity, and incel-type entitlement? A DSM-5-TR personality disorder comorbidity case uncovers the paradox. #PersonalityDisorderComorbidity #ClinicalPsychology #Psychopathology #SchizoidPersonalityDisorder https://open.substack.com/pub/cristinagherghel/p/the-borderland-triad-schizoid-schizotypal?r=6bmg7x&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Substack nu este un înlocuitor pentru blogurile sau cărțile mele. Este o continuare—în paralel cu ambele, alături de conținut video. https://laboratoruldeganduri.blogspot.com/2025/08/de-la-blogspot-la-substack-pentru-cercetare.html

Why are some people trapped in a never-ending cycle of pain and depletion? The breakdown of key chemical pathways accelerates systemic collapse and unrelenting stress. #HealthPsychology #Trauma #MentalHealth #ChronicPain #Endometriosis

From Blogspot archives to Substack: discover original research, writing, and concepts in psychology, philosophy, and mind. https://cristinagherghelvox.blogspot.com/2025/08/crossing-over-blogspot-to-substack-for-original-research.html

Mirrors don’t create the self—they create the ego. Psychoanalysis and developmental psychology doesn’t conceive of human existence without hashtag#mirroring and ego. Daniel Stern reminds us that the self is innate. Amirrored development separates these layers: the self can persist without hashtag#ego, independent of any relational scaffolding. hashtag#DevelopmentalPsychology hashtag#Psychoanalysis hashtag#OntologyOfMind hashtag#InfantDevelopment https://cristinagherghel.substack.com/p/amirroring

You can hear the applause, see the praise, recognize the pride it should produce—yet feel nothing inside. This is Asensoria, where recognition is registered cognitively but never elevates. #SocialAnhedonia #AffectiveNeuroscience #MotivationAndReward #CognitiveArchitecture #CortisolDysregulation https://cristinagherghel.substack.com/p/if-you-dont-get-high-on-validation

“Happiness is a choice” and “everything happens for a reason” are two of the most damaging pop-psychology tropes, forcing victims of abuse to retraumatize themselves and recasting them as the problem rather than acknowledging the catastrophic wounds. #Aphantasia #MentalHealthStudies #SuicidalIdeation #Trauma #PanicDisorder #HumanSuffering #AIinResearch https://cristinagherghel.substack.com/p/this-is-not-a-story-of-survival?r=6bmg7x

Everyone knows gaslighting. But few have words for its darker twin: veridical distortion. This essay introduces the concept and shows how manipulation produces trauma through either self-doubt or the shock of absurdity. #VeridicalDistortion #Gaslighting #PsychologicalAbuse #Neuroscience #AneurothymiaSpectrum https://open.substack.com/pub/cristinagherghel/p/the-trauma-of-gaslighting-and-veridical?r=6bmg7x&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Why do some mental health therapies fail? If a person's trauma does not flashbacks and berating introjects, traditional treatments that rely on narrative and imagery will not work. Not all suffering from narcissistic abuse is the same. Not all victims become survivors. Some will remain endurers. #TraumaRecovery #EmotionalAbuse #MentalHealth #NeurodevelopmentalPsychology #aphantasia https://open.substack.com/pub/cristinagherghel/p/narcissistic-abuse-c-ptsd-and-the?r=6bmg7x&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Original investigations into the architecture of mind, cognition, affect and beyond. It is research born from both lived reality and decades of inquiry, providing a perspective unavailable in traditional psychology or neuroscience. https://cristinagherghel.substack.com/p/panmodal-aphantasia