It is a journey with my curse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder. This is a project for a high school ap psychology course. This is a fictionalized account of having a psychological ailment. For questions about this blog project or its content, email the teacher Chris Jocham: jocham@fultonschools.org.

1. When I was growing up, my parents and friends always attended to my needs and desires.

2. Later on, I felt that I received a sense of temporary happiness from this ailment.

3. Yet when my parents died, I felt that I could no longer function. I felt that I had little control in my life.

4. I felt as if this ailment had total control over me and my self-esteem.

5. By the time I started to work for vogue, I could tell people detested me. They called me obnoxious and heartless…..

7. Even though I was the head of Vogue, I couldn’t resist constant attention and admiration from the more inferior peers.

8. Later on, I felt a sense of joy in admiring myself

9. I always exploited other people often in order to gain my desires. I could care less for their misfortunes.

10. Later on, I would feel sad about all the people that I hurt.

11. After constant complaints from my peers, I finally go to a psychiatrist.

12. Little did I realize, the amount of stress I felt from having this….

13. After going, my psychiatrist tells me that I have clear signs of narcissistic personality disorder.

14. I felt like I was in constant fear of hurting someone.

15. It is a type of personality disorder where a person feels love for him/herself and does only things for him/herself.

16. I started to feel jealous of people without this…… curse

17. The doctor requested that I receive constant therapy from him…..

19. After a while, i felt a sense of happiness

20. I could accept it as part of my life