How emotional intentionality operates in the intimate life of people affected by narcissistic personality disorder

22^nd World Congress on PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE

July 31-August 01, 2019 | Amsterdam, Netherlands

Susi Ferrarello

California State University, Switzerland

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Clin Psychol Cog Sci

Abstract :

In this paper I'm going to examine how emotional intentionality operates in the intimate life of people affected by Narcissistic Personality Disorder(NPD). Focusing on emotional intentionality (Husserl, 2001) and interaffectivity (Fuchs, Jagher 2009) I will investigate the intentional structure of the major emotional choices that shape NPDs emotional personality and their intimate life. Henceforth, the paper will briefly discuss the way in which Husserl’s phenomenology describes intentionality and then, it will move to the description of the narcissistic wound and the way in which it interacts with intentional and interaffective dynamics.
I believe that such a clarification would increase NPDs’ chances to rehabilitate to a healthier life as they would overcome the ‘intentional’ blockage’ that prevent them from exploring the intentional content of their lived-experience. If given the tools to this exploration, they might restore an inter-affective space and accordingly regain a way to a more flourishing intimate life with their beloved ones.