KarenF
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Karen's FPL Believability Criteria
@Tanguerra, Deb, et al. -- since you are referring people with FPL claims to relevant reference material on this site, would you like to use the "Believability Criteria" I wrote up? I've updated them and now also have a set of "Multiple FPL Believability Criteria" for people to use who think they've lived more than one FPL... the beauty of this second set being that it doesn't depend on memory or anything internal at all -- purely historical sources. Let me know and I'll send both if you like.
Also -- that list of possible reasons for speciously claiming FPLs that I wrote years ago has a glaring hole: no Narcissistic Personality Disorder, which I suspect is likely responsible for more fake FPL claims than anything else. Here are the diagnostic criteria as per DSM-IV (five or more = positive diagnosis):
@Tanguerra, Deb, et al. -- since you are referring people with FPL claims to relevant reference material on this site, would you like to use the "Believability Criteria" I wrote up? I've updated them and now also have a set of "Multiple FPL Believability Criteria" for people to use who think they've lived more than one FPL... the beauty of this second set being that it doesn't depend on memory or anything internal at all -- purely historical sources. Let me know and I'll send both if you like.
Also -- that list of possible reasons for speciously claiming FPLs that I wrote years ago has a glaring hole: no Narcissistic Personality Disorder, which I suspect is likely responsible for more fake FPL claims than anything else. Here are the diagnostic criteria as per DSM-IV (five or more = positive diagnosis):
You see how this can lend itself well to claiming FPLs, and explain other behaviours you've all witnessed on this site... I'd like to update that in the FPL reference thread, too, if I may.(1) has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)
(2) is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
(3) believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)
(4) requires excessive admiration
(5) has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations
(6) is interpersonally exploitative, i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
(7) lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others
(8) is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her
(9) shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes
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