Impaired Limits - Entitlement & Grandiosity

Question 1

How does entitlement & grandiosity present?

Answer 1

Feel special, better than other people
Special rights and privileges, not bound by principle of reciprocity
Try to control others’ behaviour to meet own needs without empathy or concern for others’ needs

Question 2

What are typical behaviours?

Answer 2

Competitiveness 
Snobbishness 
Domination of others
Asserting power in a hurtful way
Forcing one’s point of view

Question 3

What are the 2 types of entitlement schemas?

Answer 3

Pure entitlement

Narcissistic - overcompensate for defectiveness and emotional deprivation - fragile entitlement

Question 4

Focus of treating fragile entitlement?

Answer 4

Treating defectiveness and emotional deprivation

Question 5

Goal of treatment?

Answer 5

When it comes to basic worth, all people are created equal and deserve equal rights.

Question 6

Treatment strategies?

Answer 6

Encourage empathy and concern for others
Recognize the damage they do when they misuse their power over others
Balance own needs with needs of others
Develop realistic view of strengths and weaknesses, human frailties and limitations
Learn to treat people respectfully, as equals