Brandon Jones

Our sessions are a lot more tense than they used to be. And this is why I've been increasing my knowledge around narcissism because that's what I, when I realized, I was like, he's a narcissist. Like that's what's going on here. Now I had better tools and a better approach to deal with some things.

Our sessions are a lot more tense than they used to be. And this is why I've been increasing my knowledge around narcissism because that's what I, when I realized, I was like, he's a narcissist. Like that's what's going on here. Now I had better tools and a better approach to deal with some things.

So it's starting to make a lot of sense for him, but it is a struggle because you're asking someone to change their personality almost 180 degrees, right? You're asking them to flip how they've always been to think differently than they've always thought. So for him, he feels like I'm trying to change him as a person, which I kind of am helping him do that.

So it's starting to make a lot of sense for him, but it is a struggle because you're asking someone to change their personality almost 180 degrees, right? You're asking them to flip how they've always been to think differently than they've always thought. So for him, he feels like I'm trying to change him as a person, which I kind of am helping him do that.

But really I have to get him to understand that the change happens within himself. It's not me. But again, the narcissistic brain goes to what, what you do to me, not what I do for me. So it's, it's that flip that has to take place.

But really I have to get him to understand that the change happens within himself. It's not me. But again, the narcissistic brain goes to what, what you do to me, not what I do for me. So it's, it's that flip that has to take place.

That's a good question. I don't know the answer. That might be in my next article. I'm going to have to go ahead and do some research. That's a good question. Yeah. I'm going to give you my gut response. Okay. Go ahead. Yeah. I would say that narcissists are probably omnivores. They probably possess a little bit of both. Okay.

That's a good question. I don't know the answer. That might be in my next article. I'm going to have to go ahead and do some research. That's a good question. Yeah. I'm going to give you my gut response. Okay. Go ahead. Yeah. I would say that narcissists are probably omnivores. They probably possess a little bit of both. Okay.

And they have to bring it in or take it out depending on their relationship dynamic. So think about this, right? You're a narcissist. You feed off of, typically, you feed off of that attention. That would make you more extroverted, right? Yeah. But that's an internal feed. So you're probably processing it in your head a lot. You're thinking about control.

And they have to bring it in or take it out depending on their relationship dynamic. So think about this, right? You're a narcissist. You feed off of, typically, you feed off of that attention. That would make you more extroverted, right? Yeah. But that's an internal feed. So you're probably processing it in your head a lot. You're thinking about control.

You're thinking about manipulation, things of that nature. I would assume that an introverted person would do a lot more of that. So I think that they probably have to turn it on and turn it off from time to time just to navigate, which to me, just as a person who's not narcissistic sounds exhausting. Exactly.

You're thinking about manipulation, things of that nature. I would assume that an introverted person would do a lot more of that. So I think that they probably have to turn it on and turn it off from time to time just to navigate, which to me, just as a person who's not narcissistic sounds exhausting. Exactly.

But, but, but I would assume that they probably are omnibus and depend on the dynamic. They have to, you know, rev it up or, you know, bring it down depending on what's happening. But you know what, I'm going to do some more research on that. Cause that's an amazing thing to think about right there.

But, but, but I would assume that they probably are omnibus and depend on the dynamic. They have to, you know, rev it up or, you know, bring it down depending on what's happening. But you know what, I'm going to do some more research on that. Cause that's an amazing thing to think about right there.

Yeah, I would say the levels of anxiety, there's definitely medication given for that. I don't know about depressive symptoms or anything, but more the anxiety that comes around narcissism is pretty high. Yeah, I haven't even dove too deep into the medication portion of the disorder. But I do know that the anxiety is pretty high. Narcissistic people are very vulnerable to depressive symptoms.

Yeah, I would say the levels of anxiety, there's definitely medication given for that. I don't know about depressive symptoms or anything, but more the anxiety that comes around narcissism is pretty high. Yeah, I haven't even dove too deep into the medication portion of the disorder. But I do know that the anxiety is pretty high. Narcissistic people are very vulnerable to depressive symptoms.

Despite the facade of being very confident individuals, again, their self-esteem is very fragile. So that makes them more susceptible to having high levels of anxiety, being these social beings. And then also depressing too. Sometimes depression doesn't just look like people who can't get out of bed. Sometimes they're still functional, depressive people.

Despite the facade of being very confident individuals, again, their self-esteem is very fragile. So that makes them more susceptible to having high levels of anxiety, being these social beings. And then also depressing too. Sometimes depression doesn't just look like people who can't get out of bed. Sometimes they're still functional, depressive people.

but they feel so down internally that they can still, it's almost like a functional alcoholic, like you can still show up, but you're internally, you're just struggling so much. So I would assume that narcissists, uh, more anxiety than depression, but depression, uh, depressive, uh, medications as well.

but they feel so down internally that they can still, it's almost like a functional alcoholic, like you can still show up, but you're internally, you're just struggling so much. So I would assume that narcissists, uh, more anxiety than depression, but depression, uh, depressive, uh, medications as well.