Been sitting here thinking about how nice it would be if my dad was in therapy and they could see characteristic signs of npd and give him a dx and goals. But when I reflect on my own therapy sessions, and how the majority has been "venting" (aka talking about myself and my shitty parents and how much they anger and upset and hurt me but how I'm doing nothing about it "because my dad is disabled and I have to take care of him yadda yadda yadda," and I realized my venting to release the frustration I have with them, sounds a lot like his complaints as a narc. I do know that it is not, I know what I go through is real and valid and I'm not trying to manipulate my therapist, etc. But it just occurred to me how similar we all might sound at the core of things; how do they sus them out? Or do they?