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This video perfectly shows a narcissist's gaslighting, shame-gaming, manipulative topic-changing, and mask-switching. The truth doesn't matter—only Trump's brittle ego A bright side: when asked why we've gone no-contact with a narcissist, we can just send this! #narcissism #polisky #CPTSD #popsych

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The economic blackout won’t hurt the tech companies who share responsibility for Trump’s agenda as much as pulling your retirement’s investments in big tech and trading that garbage for European Defense ETFs. Ignore government bonds for a high yield savings account, too. Quit Facebook, delete X!

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Just started The Sopranos and LOVING it. No spoilers—I’m only on S1E13—but by episode 4 (spoilers!:), I knew Tony’s mother was a narcissist. You can literally see her face switch and change. Anyone else start a show and instantly clock a narcissist? #narcissism #TheSopranos #psychology #TVanalysis

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I dislike generalizing groups of people. Even if there’s evidence for it, I don’t see the point. Only fight the “they”s in front of you with guns, I say. Because whether left or right, black or white, straight or gay, or neurotypical or not, we need the whole world to take down narcissist Trump

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My word of the day, year, and century: semblance Trump is a semblance of a president, social media is a semblance of real connection, modern dating is one of respectful courtship, and my nuclear family, one of home and love Add in some Sci-Fi twists for my 2nd novel's once-absurd, now stale plot!

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Please be kind to teachers. The education system didn’t fail the US. Trump voters are addicted to news media propaganda. Critical thought and education have little effect. Decades of research show community remedies addiction, while their lack causes it. See 🧵2: #socialpsych #education #polisky

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Everyone has narcissistic wounds. When avoiding them becomes a whole personality, someone's developed narcissistic personality disorder. By now, you can't question anything they've done. It's too late—they are shameless. No matter how it hurts, you must let them go #narcissism #lifewriting #polisky

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Please share :)

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After months of normal, 40-hour workweeks, my students cancel for February break. So I start rereading draft 2—where was I, again? 3 days later, I'm up all night, anxiety-blasted with inspiration Anyone else's muse tend toward manic + slightly sadistic? #authors #lifewriting #nonfiction #booksky

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100% this. Someone isn't a full-blown narcissist just because, in certain moments, they throw loved ones under the bus to escape their shame. And if doing that all the time were the ONLY criteria, that would mean the US is run by narcissists!! Oh, wait... #narcissism #polisky #mentalhealth #psych

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Reading comprehension drops in teens and adults for 3 reasons: they don’t know how to actively read, they can’t find texts that demand it, or they lack time This order matters What are some books or short stories that really made you work +think? #booksky #authors #teachers #shortstorysuggestions

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Co-opt Valentine’s Day for self-love, change its commercial to communalism, create your own presents, donate unhealthy chocolates to me, and save a tree! (Because trees rock, obviously) #valentinesday #valentine #humor

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My students hate reading... but I hate what they're reading too. So how can I blame them?! 😂 Any suggestions for short story collections that aren't limited to certain age groups, but are just great collections in and of themselves? #teachers #shortstory #authors #booksky

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I realized this while photographing the Occupy Wall Street protests in 2011: if corporations control your government, making a fuss or calling your (corporate customer service) representative isn't enough. Step one is to hit their bottom lines, and hard #Boycott #EconomicBlackout #polisky #protest

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Gaslighting as a term is in a far worse place than narcissist, having been overused into banality and meaninglessness. In fact, I define it in my memoir because readers had been relating too much: not all the liars in their lives had gaslit them! 🧵1/2 #narcissism #authors #Psychology #PsychSciSky

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

The word narcissist is overused and regularly misused. This is one of the best resources to clarify its meaning. It defines healthy narcissism, critiques the current diagnostic criteria, and gives other, more helpful models for diagnosis #narcissism #authors #Psychology #PsychSciSky

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My jam~

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Storytime: Once upon an autumn, I was trapped in the car of a Tesla-preacher sermonizing his stock and brandnew X. The redwood wedding we wound toward, just over Silicon Valley’s sheer hill, required carpooling. My friend the bride chose great! I, not so much: 🧵1/3 #narcissism #nonfiction #polisky

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Comment I just wrote while critiquing a memoir, reacting to the narcissistic abuse it details Fragile-ego insecure babies constructing their perfect little victimhoods in their heads. Dealing out punishment by way of cryptic messages, digs, and denials, as they rage, no longer able to cry 😳 #CPTSD

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OF COURSE today’s tutoring session requires me to study up on unification and nationalism. I can’t escape it, #fucktrump!!! “[Nationalism] was a consciousness of belonging and of the differences between one’s own people and all others on the planet.” And yet, MAGA Christians and tech-bros… unite?

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Consider this: if you’ve engaged with an entertaining post without a new or critical thought, without any space to feel, not just react— if you only agree, disagree, or must adapt to a mood no longer yours— were you reading, or just being read? #poetry #writingcommunity #writers #poem

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@golden.house.gov Trump doesn't mind being sidelined because he doesn't see it that way. He was getting admired by MAGA voters and took his shame and rage out on the Democrats. Now he's got fake admiration from daddy Musk for giving him the United States government. Trump's a classic narcissist

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Top three sites I use to humanize, analyze, and takedown the narcissists once in my life: 💡 Powerthesaurus, to find synonym phrases 🤖 ChatGPT, to weigh sentence edits and explore alternatives 📊 Google Ngrams, to view word usage (great for phrasal verbs!) #authors #lifewriting #Nonfiction #writers

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I'm going to deduct every numb hour spent on emails with customer service, or for my 9-to-5 corporate-drone work, as a creative expense on my taxes. Time wasted aside, these charges against the >creative< in my creative writing really add up!! #amwriting #writinglife #author #creativewriting

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I've been called crazy for this, but does anyone else save up critiques and implement them all at once? As long as they're not major rewrites, I hold onto them until I decide to finish a draft. I've gone through 1.5 years of biweekly crit, only .5 to go! #author #amwriting #writing #editingprocess

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

Let's withhold our federal tax 💰 and give it to these workers who actually know how to run a government and have supported our interests for years. We’ve got to move beyond talk eventually—the current admin incited Jan 6’s coup attempt—and this beats lining Trump-Musk pockets #polisky #activism

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Does algorithm-driven social media breed narcissists? Curated, high-reach content—chiefly video—thrives on outrage. Pushback in the comments fuels shame in those who relate This is the shame-rage cycle of vulnerable #narcissists Name a MAGA who isn’t a snowflake #bigtech #fucktrump #psychology

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Anxious or depressed about the US (aka, normal)? Gaming can help. It’s a disconnect, yeah—but I’ve processed more emotions through gaming than other media due to its eye movement and physicality (hands-on play) Also, this science-backed article’s design = 🤌👩‍🍳 #psych #polisky #gaming #trauma #CPTSD

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(1/3) Reviewed Europe’s Industrial Revolution for a student last week and came across this (paraphrased): "Paying factory workers became more economical than housing and feeding enslaved people—indirectly leading to slavery’s end." (See photo) Capitalists cut costs then… #polisky #histsky #bigtech

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