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Thank you so much for your thoughts Liz! The science and understanding of mental disorders is surely one of the great endeavors of our time.

Calum, it's interesting you say that. From everything I've read about Joe Ricci (oops, my phone must have auto corrected to that. I could go back and fix it... but it's so far away now. I'll leave it as is) I fully believe him to have a severe personality disorder, most likely Narcissistic Personality Disorder but possibly Anti-social PD (sociopath.) Sociopaths are missing that conscience. that feeling of empathy and care for others who are in pain. NPD's don't necessarily lack empathy or the ability to feel bad about something but their delusions about themselves cause them to be unable to accept that they hurt someone and they rationalize it away very easily. There is so much more to it but in a nutshell, there are different things/thoughts happening in the brain but people with these PD's are often very easily able to hurt others and appear to feel bad about it in any way. And unfortunately sociopaths don't care they're sociopaths so they don't seek any kind of treatment and so far, psychiatry has no idea how to treat them besides CBT therapy and using rational arguments as to why they shouldn't hurt people ("if you beat your wife, she will probably leave you and you won't have that relationship anymore" or "if we manipulate other people and lie to them, they won't trust us anymore and they won't want to help you with things" or "if you murder someone, the police will arrest you and you'll lose your freedom for life".) Notice how every argument focuses on what's bad for the sociopath. That's because that's all they care about. Themselves. NPD's are more complicated with their thought process but like I said, often the result is the same, it is all about them and they believe they are so wonderful and great that they couldn't possibly have a disorder or be the person in the wrong. It is very rare to meet an NPD who will admit and actually believes they have it and then seek treatment for it. Check oit the website Out of the Fog for more info and red flags. You very likely have met some people in your life time with NPD although they can be very sneaky and seem very charming at first but there are often still red flags that you can look for if you know what they are. But if they stay in your life long enough, they'll reveal themselves.

Oh yeah, just forgot to add it. Good call.

I find myself wondering what people like Ron and Jay are missing. What piece of the puzzle of life do most people get but they don't.

It doesn't say "This is not the end" D:

Ugh, It must have been a looooong ride back knowing what was coming.


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