PD RAW

Warning: this episode mentions substance abuse and cruelty.

NPD is well-known for causing pain. Nota talks to Mud, who has helped Nota understand a lot about the more difficult aspects of Narcissism.

Both Nota and Mud are fans of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, and talk about their experiences with it.

Resources

And overview of the different types of Narcissistic Personality Disorder

How "difficult" children and adolescents change when placed in positive environments 

Thinking about how a child ends up turning into someone that hurts someone else

Bullying as a protective mechanism 

Might as well call us Alice, because Joella and Few go down a number of rabbit holes trying to understand the underlying behaviours and feelings around finances and how it affects one’s parenting. How can money be an expression of one’s underlying emotional environment? How does insecurity cause one to stay stuck in comforting yet self-defeating loops? What does it mean to have an inner locus of control? And what the fuck does that all have to do with parenting? Find out with us and if we managed to land the plane herein. 

Might as well call us Alice, because Joella and Few go down a number of rabbit holes trying to understand the underlying behaviours and feelings around finances and how it affects parenting. 

How can money be an expression of an underlying emotional environment? How does insecurity cause us to stay stuck in comforting yet self-defeating loops? What does it mean to have an inner locus of control? And what the fuck does that all have to do with parenting? 

Find out with us and if we managed to land the plane herein.

Facebook group created by a group of therapists and clinical social workers who are dedicated to helping parents with personality disorders through guidance and free resources.

A-B-C Cluster Learning Facebook Group 

Few and the Nameless Narcissist continue their lighthearted chat about the experience of being a Cluster B.

The Nameless Narcissist returns and the planned conversation quickly goes off the rails.

Few has a discussion with April, a trans woman looking to share her experiences and contribute to the destigmatisation of NPD.

They discuss the importance of community and how it helps people with marginal identities, difficulties in personal relationships, and then some of the (parental) trauma involved in April's identities.

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There are few topics as exposing and yet as formative to disorders as parenting.

In this episode, Few and Joella begin a discussion of parenting involving disordered parents. What does a child wish for from a parent who identifies/is identifiable as such? How does a disordered person reconcile their own fears of vulnerability with a child who is nothing but vulnerability? In the next episode, Joella will bring us deeper into some of the issues that she has struggled with. 

Katja Pavlovna is a British campaigner who works hard to promote the realistic understanding of personality disorders.

She is the co-founder of the mental health initiative Sorry My Mental Illness Is Not Sexy Enough For You, appearing on the Lives Not Labels website. She is also a member of The Borderline Bunch, a podcast featuring people who have functionally recovered from BPD.

Katja gives us an overview of her projects, takes us through. the arduous process of receiving a diagnosis, and shares some of the tips she uses to manage her symptoms.

Sorry My Mental Illness In Not Sexy Enough For You 

The BPD Bunch 

Interview with Katja in The Guardian newspaper 

Few meets YouTube and TikTok star the Nameless Narcissist, who has been working away to provide insight into NPD.

Nameless is a witty guy, and in one of our most humorous episodes, the pair have a laugh about the difficulties and awkward realities of being part of a disordered family.

Warning: self-harm

What are some triggers for collapse? And what are some ways to get through it? Nota and Few continue their discussion about one of the most dangerous and challenging times for people with narcissism, anti-social or borderline defences.