Shrink4Men

Helping men in abusive relationships since 2009

A Narcissist is Going to Narcissist and Concern Trolling

I get emails. Lots and lots of emails. Messages run the gamut from client inquiries to thank you notes to unsolicited 50+ pages of copied and pasted court documents (please stop sending these) to shame attacks from self-identified BPDs (individuals with borderline personality disorder) to 3-page walls of text (paragraph breaks are GOOD — use […]

Is your Wife or Girlfriend a Crazy Bitch?

This isn’t a rhetorical question. If you’ve asked yourself more than once, “Is my girlfriend, wife or fiancee a crazy bitch?” as a clinical psychologist, I’m here to tell you that, yes, diagnostically speaking, she very well may be a crazy bitch. Specifically, this type of woman may have a personality disorder, such as Borderline […]

13 Lies Men Tell Themselves to Stay in Bad Relationships

Every now and again we tell ourselves lies in order to delay making difficult changes that we know are ultimately in our best interests. We justify, minimize, rationalize and avoid the issue either because we don’t want to face the negative consequences of change (e.g., alimony or less time with our children) or are deriving some benefit or secondary […]