Can a sociopath or narcissist recover?

I really do love my wife but based on my therapist's determination she is, at the least, acutely narcississtic and I would not be able to continue our relationship the way it is. I have already filed for divorce. When I did she slapped a Protection from abuse order on me (all lies) and began to harrass my commander for financial support. She is tearing me apart and I just want her to understand that I love her and I got married for life, good or bad. I am a mess. When she is good she is delightful but those times are rare and it's usually only when everything is going her way.

Answer:
Sorry to hear of your situation.

Narcissism and sociopathy can, in theory, and with enormous, and I mean enormous, resources, be overcome, but we're talking years of in-patient hospitalization and then perhaps a 5% shot for sociopathy, and perhaps 50% for narcissism. N is about as intractible as alcoholism, and S is about 50 times more so.

As brutal as it sounds, I would recommend to a friend that you consider someone like that as you would a friend who is mortally wounded. You grieve them, you wish it weren't so, but they're done and you will need to move on. It may be your turn to be mortally wounded one day, but on this day it's them and you're still ok, so manage your life.

Recent studies have suggested that sociopathology is non recoverable. In fact, it actually gets worse over time, as the afflicted learns to manipulate people more sucessfully. If she is a true sociopath, she will never recover. But, sociopathology is not as common in women. It may be something else.

A sociopath no. A sociopath is someone with no conscience. They have no need to "recover" as they see nothing wrong with themselves. A narcissist can be treated.

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