🎙️ Episode Type: Interview
🎯 Primary Goal: Educational

🧠 Summary
This episode breaks down the nuanced differences between Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), with a focus on one key concept: intent vs impact.

Hosted by Kaytlyn Gilner, therapist-in-training, this conversation explores how trauma, behavior, and diagnosis intersect—and why two behaviors that look the same can come from very different places.

🔑 Keywords
NPD, BPD, mental health, trauma, diagnosis, intent vs impact, therapy, narcissistic abuse, emotional regulation, healing

📌 Key Topics
• Differences between NPD and BPD
• Intent vs impact in behavior
• The role of trauma in personality disorders
• DSM-5 diagnostic criteria
• Therapy, healing, and change

💡 Takeaways
• Impact alone doesn’t tell you someone’s intent
• Understanding intent can reduce misdiagnosis and stigma
• Trauma often underlies behaviors in both NPD and BPD
• These diagnoses involve complex emotional patterns—not just labels
• Change and growth are possible

🎤 Guest
Kaytlyn Gilner

🎧 Title Options
• NPD vs BPD: Same Behavior, Different Intent
• NPD vs BPD: Intent vs Impact Explained
• Understanding NPD vs BPD: Trauma, Rage & Misdiagnosis

🎙️ Sound Bites
“Impact alone does not reveal the intent behind behavior.”
“People with BPD often feel a lot of shame and guilt.”
“People with NPD can change and grow, despite common beliefs.”

⏱️ Chapters
00:00 NPD vs BPD: Why Intent Matters
09:09 Diagnostic Criteria Explained
13:23 Trauma & Personality Disorders
14:05 Final Thoughts

📚 Resources
DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria
https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/dsm

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
https://behavioraltech.org/what-is-dbt/

Kaytlyn Gilner
https://kaytlyngilner.com/