Continuation of this thread.
I asked him to consider why, despite having been anti-abortion for a long time, he never bothered to learn about the effects of pregnancy and childbirth on women’s bodies and whether that constituted a severe failure to prioritize on his part. He told me to, basically, shut up and stop talking about it. At this point, I agreed with him that I would not change his mind and told him that I’d rather not speak with him anymore, for the same reason that
CW: Misogyny, SV
I would not want to associate with someone who supports legalizing maritalremoved.
A few minutes later, I got this email:
You know, I tried to say “Let’s avoid this topic.” And then you make ridiculous statements such as accusing me of “not caring about women.” Something you damn well know is false. And you rage quit when you get upset.
The bottom line is that you are a narcissist. You are a person who cares about no one and nobody except yourself and your own self-gratification. I’m sorry, but you really are. You take pleasure in putting other people down knowing they will come crawling back to you because they need a friend. Only so that you can abuse them some more.
Well, there is no hope for ever fixing a narcissist. So you are right, this relationship is toxic. You cannot be fixed. And I am done being your victim.
Scum person detected in that word alone. Anyone who complains about narcissists or other misused therapy speak is not a person deserving of respect.
I hate how normalised using narcissist as an insult is even in left wing spaces. NPD is a real mental condition that affects people, to me it’s no different than using autistic or schizophrenic as an insult.
Isn’t narcissist from a Greek myth? I think the use of the term as an insult is older than the naming of the personality disorder.
People who call others narcissists aren’t using it in that context though, they’re using it in the context of the mental disorder.
Yeah, Narcissus, guy who was beautiful and fell in love with his reflection in a lake. Couldn’t bear to leave his love and died on the spot.
Yes but it was used more in terms of vanity than manipulative self centeredness. Greek dude just thought he was really hot and drowned trying to make out with his reflection in a puddle or something like that