Tessa Interview: The Core of NPD // Extended Split-Screen
All the Interviews // Combo Pack
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58m
0:00 Not Wanting to Suffer Anymore / Being Self-Aware Hurts
3:10 Motivations for Coming Here / Perfectionism / Being Admirable / Trauma Getting in the Way of Connection / Facing Reality / Boredom
11:12 Being Open to Engaging Now vs. in the Past / Anger / Relationships
15:34 Trauma & PTSD / Humiliation / the Spotlight
18:39 The Core of NPD: Replacing the Worthless Past Self w/ a New Perfect One
20:19 Fragmentation / No Coherent Sense of Self / The Ego
23:40 Obsession w/ a Celebrity & Modeling Herself After Her
28:45 What Happens to the Past Self? Emptiness & a PD
34:30 “NPD sucks the life out of you”: Lost Passion and Regret / Cannabis Psychosis / Dissociation & Leaning Into Emotions / Ego Death
42:37 Being Terrified of Real Connection / Shutting Off to People & Emotions / Admiration in Relationships
50:09 Care and Love w/ Ex-Boyfriend
52:13 NPD Defenses Are There for a Reason / Anger / Healing
54:54 What's Your Hope for the Trip? / Outro
Up Next in All the Interviews // Combo Pack
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Tiffany Interview #1: Underneath "Hig...
0:00 Intro / Why She Agreed to Do This
3:52 Isolation Hides BPD Symptoms / Not Having Friends
6:59 “Seven-year relationship” ≠ Wellness; Leapfrog to New Relationship
12:09 Always Having to Prove She Has BPD / The Cutting Incident / The Criteria
16:44 Not Getting Help / The Belt Attempt / People D... -
Jacob Interview #1: His Narcissistic ...
0:00 Intro / "I'll Always Be a Narcissist" / Remission vs Recovery / Craving Chaos & Novelty to Fight Emptiness and Boredom
7:10 The "Creating a Scandal" Story / Revenge, Rationalization & Shame
15:54 A PTSD Moment / Blowing Up Friendship Bridges
20:13 The Development of NPD in Childhood / Need f... -
Tiffany Interview #2: "Why Don't Peop...
0:00 Intro / Not Feeling Believed
1:47 Tolerating If You're Not Believed or Understood
4:58 "Why Does It Matter If People Believe You?"
6:00 She Can't Be Understood; Being Believed Is the Next Best Thing
11:04 "Believe Yourself, not the Non-Believers"
14:09 Having the Right to Suffer
15:08 Not Ex...
