Narcissists under stress can shift into borderline states with emotional dysregulation and, if frustration persists, transition into a psychopathic state characterized by cold, premeditated, and potentially violent behavior. They perceive others as internal objects, respond to frustration with covert planning and externalized aggression (coercive snapshocking, projective identification, aloplastic defenses) to force compliance or destroy the perceived source of threat, often hiding intentions during a seemingly normal covert phase. Intimacy increases vulnerability to abuse, and narcissistic collapse following failure can lead to severe depressive, substance-use, and presychotic deterioration. How Narcissist’s Rage Leads to Psychopathic, Borderline Self-states (Clip Narcissism Summaries)