Tessa's NPD Therapy Consult w/ Dr. Karen Jacob
50m
0:00 Intro / Healing from Trauma
3:02 Shutting Down / Struggling to Label Feelings / Avoiding her Diagnosis
6:35 Trauma with Women / Competition / Fear of Judgment
15:03 Struggling to Want Connection / Fear of Being a Fraud / Using People for Selfies
17:33 Safety Strategies / Waiting Until People Adore Her First or Shutting Them out
23:33 Her "Worthless" Past Self / Reliving What She Never Got / Trauma of Being Unnoticed
27:12 Ordinary & Together vs Extraordinary & Alone
30:07 Boredom / Loneliness / Breakdown of Self / Going to Therapy
32:35 Disappointment in People / People Are Going to Fail You
36:25 Struggling for Human Connection / Needing Evidence to Change
40:35 Dysregulated Self-Esteem / Tessa's Self-Defense
46:07 Wrapping Up / Having a Female Therapist / Trust Issues