She’s also a victim of abuse and it has impacted on her sense of self and need for attention, and it’s sad to me that she has zero insight on these points. At the same time, I 100 percent agree w you. She’s still accountable for her actions. Publishers are vultures though. I don’t expect they’ll do anything about what JT has done.
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My friend just reminded me of Jaime’s post where the landlord saw the dildo they left in the bathroom. Do you guys remember that? Thanks Just tasteless, desperate, and shameless and begging for attention. I’m relieved there are these tattle threads. I couldn’t understand why people weren’t calling them out. I’m relieved that I’m not alone in thinking their social media branding is disgusting.
I’ll just say one more thing (hopefully) and then sign off bc I’m scared she will use her army of oblivious followers to try and hurt my reputation if she realises who I am. Unlike her, I have a serious job where I work to end violence against women using credible evidence (not lies, like 98 percent of women are grape in their sleep by men - the methodology here is so f ing damaging and sets the movement JT)).
JT is a shocking contradiction. Anti victim blaming but blames SA. Anti paywall but puts her “best” work behind a paywall. Anti academic but uses her academic credentials to further her business. Antiporn but feels up her wife, shows her etc bum and boobs (vomit) to become famous. She’s f-ed up. And the longer the world worships this mess she puts out there for the masses the more f ed the world seems. Which is really f-Ed up. We must not give up, and find a way to expose just how toxic JTs behaviour is.
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That describes it all very well
Is she a victim of abuse? She claims to have been sex trafficked around her area, however I think she just made awful teenage decisions, and in typical Jess fashion she has decided it was the worst kind of sexual exploitation that she had no say in.
FYI, any doubt I have toward her claim of being abused is entirely her doing, because she has lied/exaggerated about basically every aspect of her life.
When I first started having concerns about her I did initially think that she hadn’t dealt with her trauma but now I don’t know as she appears to be a fantasist who is very inconsistent and will say anything she needs to get the outcome she desires.
Absolutely this. I have a mate with BPD who behaves identically to Jess, from the "best friend" husband she left for a much younger partner, leaving her kids with him before retrospectively accusing him of being abusive, the inability to have a spare thought (or tit) without posting it on social media for validation, constantly creating situations in which she can paint herself as the victim, even has a pet with the same name. I'm sure they're all reading from the same script.
That said, I have no doubt that some degree of childhood chaos/trauma/possible abuse has caused it, but it certainly doesn't justify the terrible behaviour that is so damaging to others.
I'm a little uncomfortable with ppl saying that they note other bpd ppl in their lives bbeave like jess. A lot of ppl with BPD are lovely. Jess seems really narcissistic but I don't think all her behaviour can be explained by BPD. Sometimes it's hurt use to profile crappy people, which can hurt ppl who have had that dx.
Someone said in prior thread Jaimi was a tutor for Jess’s then homeschooled kids.
I agree when it comes to her trauma. It can explain a lot of how she behaves, like the desperation for validation, but it's not an excuse for how she treats people.
My friend with BPD is lovely, it's why she's my friend. She also engages in a lot of these behaviours. I don't think people are defined by the worst thing they've ever done especially if their behaviour is a trauma response. All sorts of people do tit things all the time.
I sincerely believe Jess is so anti-psychiatry because she's been diagnosed with a cluster B personality disorder. I'm also don't necessarily think personality disorders should be described as such (they're IMO collections of traits, which I don't think means they're permanent defecits in someone's personality) but for now that's the recognised language.
Also I think it's interesting how she's been called a narcissist a thousand times in this thread. NPD is also a cluster B disorder but nobody goes, "oh but people with NPD are really nice!"
People go on about how stigmatised BPD is but there's always someone jumping to say how lovely they are without fail.
Back to the photos they post. If that was a heterosexual couple I’m sure she’d be jumping on them to say it was all about control, coercion, intimidation, posseiveness, etc
At the end of the day most people with serious mental illness will be the victims of abuse and violence rather than the perpetrators of such. Obviously because of the nature of the disorder people with BPD can engage in pervasive and problematic behaviours that are harmful to themselves and others. But generally as a rule they don’t behave like Dr Jess. Not in my experience! I respect that others may have different experience and mine is clinical and not lived experience. Yes, NPD is also a cluster B disorder, they have some similarities, but I think most people’s experiences of narcissists aren’t positive!My friend with BPD is lovely, it's why she's my friend. She also engages in a lot of these behaviours. I don't think people are defined by the worst thing they've ever done especially if their behaviour is a trauma response. All sorts of people do tit things all the time.
I sincerely believe Jess is so anti-psychiatry because she's been diagnosed with a cluster B personality disorder. I'm also don't necessarily think personality disorders should be described as such (they're IMO collections of traits, which I don't think means they're permanent defecits in someone's personality) but for now that's the recognised language.
Also I think it's interesting how she's been called a narcissist a thousand times in this thread. NPD is also a cluster B disorder but nobody goes, "oh but people with NPD are really nice!"
People go on about how stigmatised BPD is but there's always someone jumping to say how lovely they are without fail.
I don't really mean narcissist as in npd or as a personality disorder, I meant like just the old fashioned idea of narcissists, not a clinical take.
I don't know if she has NPD, I find her very narcisstic.
I understand what Ur saying and appreciate it, sorry if I was defensive. Cluster B traits are sometimes used to describe ppl who can't be trusted who are toxic. Like someone with BPD is seen as manipulative person or whatnot. But then ppl don't also hear the flipside which is that often or most times ppl with BPD have endured chronic trauma.
I don't know if she has NPD, I find her very narcisstic.
I understand what Ur saying and appreciate it, sorry if I was defensive. Cluster B traits are sometimes used to describe ppl who can't be trusted who are toxic. Like someone with BPD is seen as manipulative person or whatnot. But then ppl don't also hear the flipside which is that often or most times ppl with BPD have endured chronic trauma.
Yeah, I mean it as in NPD. Look up descriptions of NPD, she fits it perfectly. Wikipedia lists the diagnostic criteria from the DSM as below. Jess easily ticks more than 5 boxes on this list.
Of course, she'd point you to her criticism of diagnosis of personality disorders. But the thing is, we do need language to describe people who act in this way and for whom it goes so deep that it's part of their core being.
Jess is a narc and she's abusive. But she's putting herself on a platform that brings her into contact with vulnerable people who trust her if they're taken in by her public persona (as many of us have been). And that's dangerous.
"The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) describes NPD as possessing at least five of the following nine criteria.
- A grandiose sense of self-importance
- Preoccupation with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
- Believing that they are "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)
- Requiring excessive admiration
- A sense of entitlement (unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with their expectations)
- Being interpersonally exploitative (taking advantage of others to achieve their own ends)
- Lacking empathy (unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others)
- Often being envious of others or believing that others are envious of them
- Showing arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes
Narcissistic personality disorder usually develops either in youth or in early adulthood. True symptoms of NPD are pervasive, apparent in varied social situations, and are rigidly consistent over time. Severe symptoms of NPD can significantly impair the person's mental capabilities to develop meaningful human relationships, such as friendship, kinship, and marriage. Generally, the symptoms of NPD also impair the person's psychological abilities to function socially, either at work or at school, or within important societal settings. The DSM-5 indicates that, in order to qualify as symptomatic of NPD, the person's manifested personality traits must substantially differ from social norms."
Just seen this from Sally Ann on Twitter. Good for her. I've got a huge amount of respect for her. It's not easy to stand up to a narc, it takes courage. duck knows what Jess is playing at. Maybe she thinks she's above the law.
Huge support for Sally-Ann here, from all of us on these threads. She's an amazing woman, and deserves so much better.
Absolutely. The way that she has been treated is appalling. Jess can’t just get away with what she has done. She has to be accountable for her actions.
Interested to see the outcome of the SAR.
Same with the age difference. A man dating a woman he first met when she was 16 and he was 24 - she would call that grooming. Said younger woman becoming ‘step mum’ - she would say exploitation. Quick wedding and lavishing the younger woman with expensive holidays and a big house - she would definitely have something to say. She’s such a hypocrite.
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