Interview w/ Tessa (dx'd w/ NPD)
Tessa explains her struggle with NPD -- how she abandoned her past self and modeled a new persona on a celebrity to remake herself, how she lost her passion for life, and how she's trying to rebuild herself with real connection.
This piece is presented in two versions: Version A (fully edited, single-frame) and Version B (extended cut, split-screen).
This interview comprises:
20min of Version A material // yellow border
59min of Version B material // pink border
For more info on the PD Project and the participants: https://mndflds.com/thepdproject
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Tessa Interview: The Core of NPD
0:00 Replacing the Worthless Past Self w/ a New Perfect One
1:45 Fragmentation / No Coherent Sense of Self / The Ego
4:52 Obsession w/ a Celebrity & Modeling Herself After Her
7:30 What Happens to the Past Self? Emptiness & a PD
12:40 “NPD sucks the life out of you”: Lost Passion and Regret
14:35... -
Tessa Interview: The Core of NPD // Extended Split-Screen
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 / Humili...
