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Old Mar 31, 2017, 05:00 AM
Courtney125 Courtney125 is offline
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Thank you for continuing to respond it's helping gain insight.. my father actually has NPD and has been pretty abusive until last year when he moved to another country. No I am not functioning very well, I am questioning absoloitely everything about myself and having intrusive thoughts all day long it's making me really depressed. I have a boyfriend of 3 years and I'm always doing scenarios with him where he has to act out that he has a gf etc and I have to seduce him lol because I always crave excitement and attention from men so the scenario helps me stay interested... my need for attention is pretty bad to be honest I have done some extreme things to get noticed by men and am pretty sexual. I don't like it and wish I could just go out to lunch with friends without being obsessed with who's around paying attention to me. Wow that's pretty intense you could do that in 6 months and yes I'm pretty dam good at manipulating but maybe because I'm an only child and I'm just used to getting my own way I'm also quite gullible. I will take your advice and stop posting on the aspd forums I guess since you don't think I have it. I appreciate you helping me out and not trying to manipulate me since I'm in a dark spot.
I also quit my job (I'm a teacher) because I was to scared I was going to hurt the children so now I've been sitting at home 24/7 researching all day and taking online quizzes and contemplating my life haha. But yes attention does really affect me I can't walk past a "bad boy" without acting in a manner that will get me some attention, it's quite sad. It could have manifested from the fact that dad would only pay me attention (if he wasn't criticising me) if I acted out. Who knows

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Old Apr 01, 2017, 03:51 PM
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I also quit my job (I'm a teacher) because I was to scared I was going to hurt the children so now I've been sitting at home 24/7 researching all day and taking online quizzes and contemplating my life haha. But yes attention does really affect me I can't walk past a "bad boy" without acting in a manner that will get me some attention, it's quite sad. It could have manifested from the fact that dad would only pay me attention (if he wasn't criticising me) if I acted out. Who knows
Have you ever considered getting therapy?
Thanks for this!
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Old Apr 02, 2017, 06:05 AM
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Hi Courtney, since your problems are having that big an impact on your life you really need some professional help. A therapist can give you the tools to get it under control, online research will not help and may actually make things worse. I think you have hit the nail on the head when you talk about your father and your need for attention. You are still young so your brain is still developing but the longer you delay the harder it will be to sort out. Good luck with your journey, I think you can get to grips with these problems but you have to seek help in the right places and this forum may not be the safest place to do it. You are really lucky to live in Australia where we have such a good health system so make use of it.
Thanks for this!
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