Within the framework of the Narcissistic Spectrum of Positions, pathology is not definedsolely by the internal structure of an individual, but also by the quality and rigidity of therelational field they establish. In the present text, the emphasis is not placed on transientmovements within the Spectrum, but on forms of organization in which borderline orpsychopathic functioning acquires relative stability and repetitive expression in everyday life.When a subject is predominantly organized in a borderline or psychopathic way, the“Other” gradually ceases to be recognized as an autonomous subject with their own internalspace, boundaries, and truth. Instead, they are transformed into a necessary psychic substrateupon which the subject attempts to preserve their fragile cohesion. The form of this alterationis not identical in the two organizations: in psychopathic organization, instrumental use,imposition, and discharge at the expense of the Other tend to dominate, whereas inborderline organization, separation anxiety, the inability to maintain stable boundaries, and adesperate need for attachment prevail, turning the Other into a condition for psychic survival.The suffering of the Other is not a mere emotional reaction, but a process of psychicdisorganization, relational suffocation, and erosion of subjective cohesion.
Seferiadis Dimitris (Thu,) studied this question.