Being around cluster b personality disordered people causes immense trauma. They suck all the air out of the room, require constant adulation and attention, they lie incessantly, they gaslight, they treat everyone around them as objects, they triangulate people and groups against each other, they discard people who arent useful to them, they intentionally hurt anyone who goes against them.

Psychologists say the only way to deal with these folks on the narcissist/sociopath spectrum is to go no contact. Imagine if a cluster b person were to suddenly head a nation. A situation where going no contact werent an option. Where you had to pay attention daily to this person for you and your families safety. Suppose this went on for years? What sort of effect might this have on that nations collective mental health? What sort of strain might this put on mental health clinicians?

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I’m starting my clinical counseling masters program next month. At the same time, I left my job as a caseworker. Covid + RSV nearly killed me.

The healthcare system is so strained, overworked, and burned out it’s unbelievable. Getting new clients into services was backed up months. Months before someone can receive medication management… even my forensic clients…

It’s kinda sick to say (hence why my former employer’s CEO repeatedly talked about the fact that) there is more job security in the field of mental health than ever before, due to the trauma of the covid pandemic. Especially a traumatic time for frontline healthcare workers. So much loss, exploitation, and burn out…