When Dr. Ramani Durvasula saw the music video for Taylor Swift‘s new single, Patient Zero, it made her “blood run cold.” That’s according to a social media post shared on Wednesday, September 30th, by the California psychologist and best-selling author of It’s Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People.
shows Durvasula reviewing a clip of the video in which Dakota Johnson and Colin Ferrell play a couple arguing after a party where she stumbled and fell, unaware it was because he put something toxic in her drink.
View this post on InstagramAmazed by the accuracy of how Swift painted the picture of a man who gaslights his partner, Durvasula said, “Patient Zero is a masterclass in what happens in a narcissistic relationship and it’s worth the price of admission just for that one scene in the car. When I saw that scene, my blood chilled. I was like, ‘How did she know?’ How did she know that this is what happens in every single one of these relationships?”
Durvasula said the scene perfectly captured “that moment of utter isolation in a car, where you’re already at some level of risk, which is exactly when they’ll tear into you, when just 10 minutes before they were a charmer at a party.”
“That absolutely captured that trama-bonded dance in these relationships,” she said, adding, “I love me some Patient Zero.”
Over 100,000 people had already liked the post within 24 hours, with thousands also echoing Durvasula’s assessment in the comment section, including multiple celebrities. Hallmark actress and best-selling author Bethany Joy Lenz, who spent a decade in a cult with her ex-husband while starring on One Tree Hill, wrote, “My jaw was on the floor when I heard this song. I haven’t even seen the video yet.”
HGTV personality Lauren Makk, who’s been vocal about feeling repeatedly gaslit by her ex-husband, wrote a lengthy response to Durvasula’s post, including sharing, “Its been over a year, and he’s left me broke, homeless, and punishing me with all the responsibilities of our children/sale of our home/ and life – and I STILL choose me over his INSANITY and CHAOS. ❤️?”
Soap star Finola Hughes weighed in, “Yep. I call it ‘the car door syndrome.’ As soon as you’ve left the party or wherever and that car door clicks shut, all bets are off.”
Since premiering during the VMA Awards on Sunday, September 27, the Patient Zero video has racked up over seven million views on YouTube alone, and countless comments from people who relate to its premise.
One comment, with nearly 5,000 likes, pointed out, “Being trapped in a car with a narcissist is the scariest place to be! It’s like a prison on wheels and they have full control. Their favourite place to pick an argument too.”
According to Billboard, Swift told British broadcaster Capital FM that the inspiration for the song came from an eye-opening moment with her girlfriends.
“I was hanging out with a bunch of friends,” she explained, “and one of my friends told us that she had been reached out to by the new girlfriend of an ex of hers, asking for guidance on if she had had the same experiences with this guy that this new girlfriend was having.”
“And everyone in our group just immediately started saying like, ‘Oh, I’ve been through that too’, and telling the stories of when this kind of reach out had happened for them,” Swift continued. “And I thought to myself, if this has happened to all of us, it’s such an interesting kind of angle on humanity and on relationships, and I wonder if I could write something from the perspective of getting this phone call, and really only from the perspective and the side of the phone call of the ex who’s been through it before.”
If you or someone you know has been a victim of domestic violence, help is available 24 hours a day through the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233.
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