RAD is very severe. Think of the girl in California that they put into a blanket to simulate rebirth. The therapists were tried for murder when the child died. I believe that they were convicted.
I think that the continuum of attachment disorder is very interesting and something that I thought from almost the beginning.
How about "borderline personality disorder" where there is a void that can never be filled. No amount of cars, success, etc fills the void.
My personal
opinion from extensive experience with Untreated Borderline's... is that I don't think Terri is Borderline
from what I have seen and heard. Elizabeth Johnson, has some traits from what I know of her up until her incarceration. Casey Anthony also has some traits.
Often it is some type of "addiction" that they use to try and fill the void. (Shopping, gambling, self injury, sex, reckless behavior, drugs, alcohol, etc.) But I've seen no evidence of that with Terri aside from one DUI. So bodybuilding would be the only thing I could see being an "addiction."
Untreated Borderline's are very
black and white. There is no gray area. If you go on vacation... they feel you are gone forever. If you say you will call them and you don't, they think you hate them.
They
feel all emotions stronger than everyone else, but they may not show them. Their love is overpowering, their anger is debilitating, their grief is consuming.
They
love you or they hate you. No gray area.
I have not heard anything like that about Terri yet. However, if we start hearing that "One day she loves you and the next she hates you." Then I would consider it.
Generally speaking a Borderline is VERY adaptable and good at "blocking" things out for quite a while. So I don't expect jail, boot camp, a wilderness program or a mental hospital to change them much. I would also not be surprised if they did not bond to their child or could easily adapt without the child. (Elizabeth again.)
Although there are a couple of possible Borderline traits, a couple of things that make me go hmmm.... there is nowhere near enough for me to say I even think she might be Borderline. There are critical things that I just haven't seen yet.
"I Hate You Don't Leave Me" - (good book, but the title alone sums up Borderlines. Imagine for a moment... how it would be to truly feel that way about your spouse.)
I have to agree with Haeve... NPD looks more likely, but I still don't have enough to say I think that's what it is.