continued Thatfucker discussion

[anonniemouse]

Since we've been kicked off FFA for the week, please feel free to continue the anon discussion here. Apologies if this is a big flop - I've never made a DW community before!

The rules are vaguely the same as they are over on FFA. Please refrain from being too much of an asshole, making personal attacks, posting identifying information or engaging in transfail.

ETA: If there's information you'd like to see archived (journal/blog posts related to Andy, etc.), please dump it here and link to it from the main post for discussing.

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(frozen comment) Re: ADHD is now ADD, "a form of schizophrenia" is now paranoid schizophrenia, +PTSD, -dyscalcula

[(Anonymous)]

SA

To give you an idea of what I mean by "he lines up perfectly with NPD", using only what people have been saying in this thread:

- http://tf-talk.dreamwidth.org/272.html?thread=409872#cmt409872 : "when he's snappy and irritable, it's only with people he can get away with it with", "He can stop himself from doing something, if he wants to; make a choice to have a nice, safe tantrum and then going home to mom instead of the full-blown mania carrying him along", "his moods are too controlled. He's up when it's convenient; he's down when it's convenient; his 'mood' changes to punish his current victim"

- http://tf-talk.dreamwidth.org/272.html?thread=410384#cmt410384 : "His symptoms of mental illness only come up when it's convenient for him for something. Either to punish someone who isn't towing the line, get off the hook for doing something he promised but knows he can't deliver, to deflect from criticism being directed at him"

- http://tf-talk.dreamwidth.org/272.html?thread=410640#cmt410640 : "not just mentally ill SO SEVERELY mentally ill. EXTREMELY mentally ill. DEVESTATINGLY mentally ill. HORRIBLE mental illness", "It's a convenient tool to use when it suits him, but he takes it off like a costume when he's done and keeps it around for whenever he needs it again for sympathy or deflection or even punishment of other people"

These are all patterns absolutely typical of NPD. They are the kind of patterns which define NPD. And that's just from three comments on a specific topic. When you add up all the patterns people notice on different aspects of Andy's life, what you end up with is a giant neon glowing NPD sign. Which he will probably never get diagnosed with, because his therapists don't get to see those patterns.