Arié Moyal
Stories (2/0)
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 Moyal3 years ago in Psyche
The Most Important Decision I Ever Made
CW: trauma, assault The most important decision I ever made came at a time of great trauma. After the first HugTrain, I moved to London. It was, I thought, a dream come true. During my first month there, I got mugged by four teens at a deserted commuter train station. It was dark. I was late meeting a friend and my phone had died. They pushed me up against a wall and rifled through my pockets. One of them even whispered in my ear, “Make it easy on yourself. Don’t fight back.” When it was all over and I was in a daze, I hit the police button on the platform and they came and drove me home after taking my statement. The muggers had taken everything. My money, my cards, my passport, my laptop. Everything. I had a choice to make in that moment. A few choices. I could choose to hate that ethnic group. I could choose to hate London. I could choose to feel betrayed by the universe after having devoted myself and a lot of my own money turning a vacation into a mission of service (I only started crowdfunding HugTrain after my last brain injury in 2012).
By Arié Moyal5 years ago in Motivation