I know several people who happen to be Trans and none of them IMHO would be self absorbed on any level close to where "Jas" seemed to be. And as a therapist who has worked with numerous people with narcissistic tendencies and their codependent enablers they rarely change or discover insight about anyone else. If they do they don't give a…
I know several people who happen to be Trans and none of them IMHO would be self absorbed on any level close to where "Jas" seemed to be. And as a therapist who has worked with numerous people with narcissistic tendencies and their codependent enablers they rarely change or discover insight about anyone else. If they do they don't give a shit because they're incapable of real empathy… only lip service if you will.
Oh absolutely, that's what I was trying to say. For people who don't meet trans people in real life, the narcissists online come to be seen as "representatives". The same things happens in a lot of online social activism. I don't think people like Jas are typically of trans people at all.
Agree to all of the above. I specified “social media driven trans movement” because I think those platforms attract the narcissists whose moralistic activism gives actual trans people a bad name.
I know several people who happen to be Trans and none of them IMHO would be self absorbed on any level close to where "Jas" seemed to be. And as a therapist who has worked with numerous people with narcissistic tendencies and their codependent enablers they rarely change or discover insight about anyone else. If they do they don't give a shit because they're incapable of real empathy… only lip service if you will.
Oh absolutely, that's what I was trying to say. For people who don't meet trans people in real life, the narcissists online come to be seen as "representatives". The same things happens in a lot of online social activism. I don't think people like Jas are typically of trans people at all.
Agree to all of the above. I specified “social media driven trans movement” because I think those platforms attract the narcissists whose moralistic activism gives actual trans people a bad name.