I agree w/MH. While folks in MLC/having affairs tend to exhibit traits of BPD/NPD/HPD, the traits are newer developments, not a lifetime history. However, chronic depression can be expressed in all sorts of ways. Distorted thinking patterns which you describe are often used as a self-defense mechanism. Kids have been known to adopt their parents patterns.
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