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Are narcissists evil or disabled?
Personality disorders are most often a response to trauma. And narcissistic personality disorder is almost impossible to cure because it tends to cause the person afflicted with NPD to play mind games with therapists. It’s a really awful personality disorder. Sadly, it means that whilst their interpersonal communication skills are top-notch from a marketing/PR perspective their relationships tend to be very superficial and built on finding a supply to feed their ego with in a vain attempt to feel better about themselves. They’re really tied up quite tightly by their personality disorder and it’s almost impossible to treat NPD because narcissists play mind games with therapists and aren't capable of being vulnerable enough for therapy to be helpful.
By Arié Moyal5 years ago in Psyche
Humans
Life is anything but normal these days. There have been many days over the last year that I question if I can even remember what normal life used to be like. In all honesty, I don't know why I find myself perplexed. My life, by most people's standards, has been anything but normal. I am one of the millions of people world wide who struggle with mental health issues. A lot of issues. Like.... a lot.
By Wendy Sanders5 years ago in Psyche
Are Aesthetic Fads Psychologically Harmful?
Social media is filled with things that we can investigate and the main thing I have been interested in when it comes to social media is how it is harming the youth of today. Focusing on an age group of around 10-18, I want to find out what factors of social media could be dangerous to these young minds that cause them to go into things like manic depressive states and possibly even become withdrawn from their offline communities. In extreme cases this can lead to self-harm, suicide and even criminal behaviour.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Psyche
Heroin
I was born in 1981 to a mother who took drugs and drank alcohol, it was this very reason I had disowned her from my life from age 16 until my early 20's that was until she had another child a baby boy called Casey. During this time I had been told my Grandfather was dying of lung cancer and my current partner had been caught cheating with a lap dancer. This left me distraught so I had made the decision to try and reconnect with my mother as I believed she was clean of drugs. I went to my mothers and we put the past behind us and started our relationship again, she managed to keep up the act she was clean that was until I caught her burning heroin in the early hours of the morning one day when she was in bed. We had an argument and that was it she was back to taking drugs in front of me again. I was loosing weight and crying constantly with the pain of my Grandfather dying and what my partner was doing with his lap dancer, I really loved this guy and worshipped the ground he walked on and the thought of him with someone else broke me, I have been abused my entire life but this pain was different it cut deep.
By Michelle King5 years ago in Psyche
The Art of Being Transfixed
This reflection was inspired by reading an article from the Psychology Today website, Feeling Intensely: The Wounds of Being “Too Much” by Imo Lo, Psychology Today psychotherapist, art therapist, coach and author of the book Emotional Sensitivity and Intensity. Lo talks about some people having a much greater sensitivity than others and looks at both positive and negative aspects of this personality type.
By jacki fleet5 years ago in Psyche
The Monster In The Living Room
As a disabled person myself, I am excused from certain behaviors BECAUSE I’m disabled. I’ve had people refuse to make arguments with me because “They couldn’t argue with someone mentally disabled.” I’ve had people dismiss toxic behaviors because I’m autistic. If I’m wrong, I may not understand it, but how can I learn to be better if someone doesn’t openly talk to me about it? It’s infantilization, and honestly, it’s ableist not to hold disabled people accountable for their actions. Disabled adults can still make mistakes, have problematic and hurtful behaviors, be racist, transphobic, etc. Our abilities or inabilities don’t excuse hurting others, and often, able bodied people use our disorders, diseases & disabilities as an excuse to not help us grow and do better. As if we aren’t human enough to be worth the effort, we’re not seen as valid. We can and will put in the work that we are capable of, and not calling us out on things we may be missing, can hinder more than help us. I’m not perfect, no one is, but I also don’t want to be treated like a child because I’m autistic with physical limitations.
By Josey Pickering5 years ago in Psyche
Bliss
While actors like Owen Wilson are considering if he lives in a simulation or not due to the movie ‘Bliss’ I am once again bewildered at the ease that our community feels with perpetuating harmful stereotypes of our community members with disabling mental illnesses as a form of entertainment.
By Stephanie Keesee5 years ago in Psyche
covid 19 day 79
I had my test November 30th last year, positive response December 2nd and as of February 18th the bastard is still there. Not a risk to others any more but stuck with tight chest, cough, no energy, insomnia and general exhaustion. I am lucky in some ways that my brilliant partner works from home, I haven't needed hospital and think the risk of getting seriously ill is now low. Still I have had enough, I want my life back.
By ASHLEY SMITH5 years ago in Psyche
