therapy
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The Narcissist’s Parallel Reality: Fantasies That Look Like Truth
Yes. All narcissists live a life of lie. But it’s not as simple as that, because they don’t truly know what is a lie. Instead of lies, falsehood is the more applicable word. A lie is something you know is a lie. A falsehood is a conviction you absolutely believe is true, but is untrue. So it’s complex, but ultimately understandable.
By Waleed Ahmed2 years ago in Psyche
Love Bombing and Idealization: The Borderline Dynamic Explained
Love bombing and idealization! Borderlines are notorious for thinking they don’t manipulate others. This is partly because they learned very toxic manipulative behaviors as children that they normalized called maladaptive traits. Borderlines honestly believe they are just extra loving, very honest, very genuine people who wear their feelings on their sleeve. What they simply can’t see or seem to understand is all their expressions of love are manipulative projections to get THEIR NEEDS MET! You could literally be a scum bag abusive narcissistic monster or a complete push over human doormat codependent and they would idealize/ love bomb each person IDENTICALLY. That’s because like little kids, they think you are suppose to idealize, praise, and love bomb someone you care about. I once had a lunch with a former military buddy of mine and his bpd fiancé. The borderline literally praised him 5 different ways over during the meal. She said “your the best chef ever, everything you make is perfect, I wish I could cook as wonderfully as you, I’m so lucky to have a husband that’s a chef, everything you do always turns out perfect.” I literally made eye contact with him during the 4 and 5th love bombing because it got so cringy and so over the top. He was red and embarrassed because she was acting like a 5 year old. We both knew she had no idea what was happening and we both knew deep down she was just a little girl playing adult.
By Waleed Ahmed2 years ago in Psyche
Emotions Aren’t Facts: Understanding Borderline Thinking
Not without treatment and even then I think their level of awareness is still extremely handicap. A fascinating aspect about bpd is the borderlines belief that they are hyper aware and extremely conscious. I think the reason people get so mad at borderlines is their horrible inability to properly define things and express themselves. Being filled with unstable emotions, being so sensitive you feel like you are going to explode DOES NOT mean what you are feeling is accurate or true! I get pwbpd that see feelings as facts all the time. Because they feel things so intensely they often assume it’s a factual feeling (completely wrong).
By Waleed Ahmed2 years ago in Psyche
The Role of Consistency in Overcoming Borderline Personality Disorder
Yes! Absolutely but it requires treatment. Bpd does not mean someone has a few emotional issues. Bpd is major mental illness and they require targeted therapy like DBT for a minimum of 7–10 years before they will notice any major stability. I’ve known several pwbpd who have never stopped going to treatment because they will relapse and regress if they do. Bpd is not the only disorder that requires years of commitment to heal from! I’m personally a recovered addict (18 years sober) with significant war related ptsd. I still go to weekly NA 12 step groups and still see my therapist.
By Waleed Ahmed2 years ago in Psyche
What Makes Us Our Own Harshest Critic?
Everyone has those "little voices inside your head". One is your conscience, which tells you what's right and wrong, according do your own set of beliefs and values. The other one is your inner critic. An inner critic, to me, is supposed to be the voice in your head that helps you make difficult decisions, who gets you through life with logic and reasoning: your inner critic is supposed to be always looking out for YOU. However, when it comes to self-criticism, that is hardly the case. We are much crueler to ourselves and for some reason expect perfection. Perfection is not possible, and it never will be. Instead, we need to accept our inner critic and start to learn how to use this "voice in our heads" for good instead of bad.
By Slgtlyscatt3red2 years ago in Psyche
FEW SINS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HOMO SAPIENS AND HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF
I have grown to love movies, especially those based on true-life stories. As a boy, I never imagined that my own life could play out like one—a film screened in the cinemas of reality, unrecorded yet open for public scrutiny. It feels as if life itself has cast me as a character, one whose existence is up for judgment. Strangers and acquaintances alike sit, metaphorically speaking, with their popcorn and drinks, analyzing my every move—who I am, who I was, and who I have become. It is as though my life is nothing more than a spectacle, a subject of whispers, opinions, and misguided assumptions.
By Godsgift O. Amos2 years ago in Psyche
An open letter to my brother, a child I never asked to raise . Content Warning.
I can’t help but consume your despair as my own, your emotions so closely tied to my own, I often wonder if we have any separation between us, we were born for each other, keeping each other from ending our days in a shallow grave
By L.D. Malachite 2 years ago in Psyche
