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December 23, 2020

What Winning Means to Narcissists

Everyone loves a winner! Okay sure, but what is winning? You can win the lottery, or other games of chance. But, that’s random dumb luck. To win at sports, chess or competitive quizzes, for example, requires skill, regular practice, strategy and intelligence. Winning friends, admiration and public opinion involves emotional intelligence, personal salesmanship and some […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Dating, Financial Abuse, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Marriage, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Parental Alienation, Personality Disorders, Psychological Abuse, Relationships, Unhealthy Relationships Tagged With: abuse, abused men, abusive women, antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, bullies, female bullies, high-conflict people, high-conflict women, histrionic personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, personality disorders, receiving, transactional relationships

October 9, 2019

That’s Not Normal: Seeking Love and Rationality from People Who Are Capable of Neither

Seeking love, rationality, kindness, compassion, fairness, integrity and maturity from people who don’t possess these qualities is an example of codependency and trauma bonding in action. Desperation and wishful thinking won’t change a thing. Rather, they keep you stuck in enabling  your own abuse. Pursuing people who reject you, “rescuing” people who go from self-created […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Codependent, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Meme, Narcissistic Personality Disorder

July 17, 2019

That’s Not Normal: Denying Reality Makes You a Perfect Target

You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality (attributed to Ayn Rand). Staying in an unhealthy, dysfunctional, unsatisfying relationship usually means having to deny the reality of the situation. Denying the reality of a partner’s personality and the unlikelihood that it will change. Denying how bad things actually are. Denying […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Healing, Meme

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