Class ruined my mood
Today in psych class we had presentations, and one girl did hers on narcissism. The way she described it honestly made me feel awful. It felt weirdly personal, like every example was aimed directly at me, and it hit my ego way harder than I want to admit
What sucked even more was the professor praising it afterward. I mean, visually it was well-made so I get it, but the actual content felt really harsh in the way she described it. Like lots of descriptions that were literally "evil," manipulative, incapable of caring, etc. I've had this gross anxious feeling in my stomach ever since. Part of me knows I'm taking it too personally, but hearing that stuff in a psychology class of all places really got to me I guess
I expect random people to misunderstand NPD, but I kind of hoped my psych class would approach it with more nuance or empathy. Instead it just left me sitting there wondering if I'm really that bad.
Sorry for the damper just needed to get it out, groooann