I'm really interested in how someone with this sort of psychology works. Do you think she is aware that work is drying up and that she's dancing atop a wildly wobbling jenga tower of falsehoods and bullying? Or does she think everything's fine and dandy?
Personally, for me, I feel uncomfortable if I've lied or upset someone and can't rest until I've rectified the issue and made amends. I'm sure everyone else here is the same. I can't imagine living behind a whole facade of untruths and emotional manipulation, the pressure would be too much for me. Or would I simply believe in the facade and think everything was OK?
Fraus' opinions and thoughts would be welcome!
I don’t have any MH problems, so I consider myself lucky and I am also extremely grateful for that because I know people who do suffer. It’s awful. It’s also soul destroying to watch and be unable to help in any way. On the other hand, I know a few people who are selfish, self-obsessed and spiteful. They haven’t been through an illness, they haven’t suffered any kind of trauma and they led what you would call a relatively normal childhood. These particular people cheat, lie and walk all over others, whether they’re family or close friends or someone they have known for only a minute. When any of these people are called out on their behaviour their first excuse is that they’re suffering mentally. For a lot, poor MH is just an excuse for
crappy behaviour towards others. I don’t want to be someone who disputes anyone else’s MH, I try very hard not to judge but I don’t even feel bad for saying this, Jack is just a
crappy person in general. It’s not poor MH that’s to blame. It’s not any self diagnosed disability either, it’s just like watching a spoilt child not get their own way. Throwing all their toys out the pram. “Be Kind” led us to all this. While I agree that sometimes, if you have nothing nice to say, it is better to say nothing at all, the Jacks of this world have jumped on this virtue signalling bollox and owned it! We can’t even state the simplest of truths anymore for fear of “Be Kind”! Now I’m getting on, I’m not quite a boomer, (thankfully) and I’m far more left leaning than a lot I know of my age group, but I can see why people are becoming exhausted when they’re constantly told to be kind. I was raised by a very strong, single Mother. She taught me that one of the most important things in life was to be honest, be honest with myself as well as others. Ultimately Jack is a grown woman, she knows better and this will only come to an end when her trail of enablers stand up and say once and for all, NO MORE!!! Again, I don’t wish to dispute that MH awareness is important but in her case I just don’t buy it! She knows exactly what she is doing.