I post on several relationship forums, as well as a men's divorce forum.
People are very quick to label their ex's (or sometimes others they are in conflict with) as narcissists, and there's a problem with that.
You cannot accurately assign someone a medical diagnosis unless you are a licensed, trained and competent mental/medical health professional who has consulted with the patient face to face.
Nope. You can't.
You can give your opinion based on the conduct you see from others, though.
People with disordered narcissism follow certain patterns and use certain tactics. I call it with what I see from someone.
I see it in Oak, Flynntini(Poofer also uses Flynn), Poofer is textbook and I'm not the first to say that...just the first online. And Murd, whose narcissism just gets worse as she ages.
I HAVE said it to Blurt. But I don't think Blurt IS a narcissist. I DO think he is pretty narrow minded and passive aggressive and wants to see himself in a certain manner so it's all but impossible to communicate with him and get anywhere.
But that's it. Flynn will claim I call "everyone" this but I don't. I say it about specific people for specific reasons.
My mother is a narcissistic abuser, and I've ended up in relationships with people like this. I can always own when I'm wrong....but once you've experienced it you know the stench of it.
Either way....I don't have to live with any of these people and they only occupy my screen. So it doesn't bother me at all. I'm just making observations....I'm not doling out diagnosis. It's no different than the shit they fling at me. They won't hesitate to claim I'm mentally ill....they can't diagnose anyone either.
Dont get me wrong, I DO have mental "illness", I'm diagnosed PTSD. But that presents largely with bad short term memory and triggers that cause panick attacks. Intrusive thoughts and over thinking. Anxiety and depression. Over the years I've used CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) to manage it and the difference is astounding. I'm not in survival mode anymore.
And just like me noticing they are narcissistic and how it doesn't bother me, I don't see why me typing that should bother them. I'm just some dumb bitch in MI typing an opinion on a small and obscure forum and they act like im murdering their grandparents or destroying their lives and diagnosing them somehow with things they don't like.
It's really not that serious....I kinda get off on how important it is to them lol.
I also realize that because MY words and opinions are so hard hitting to them that they would confuse them with a diagnosis and feel the need to reassure themselves that I cannot give a diagnosis.....they likely think their words and opinions are equally valuable to me. That explains why the more I directly interact with them the more they devolve emotionally.
We do come here to be amused, right? It's beautiful day outside and I have ass cheek mrsa and feel like absolute shit. No fever but I feel fatigued and icky. It's rough :/