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October 9, 2019

Video: Love Bombing, Brainwashing, Trauma Bonds, Narcissists and Borderlines, Part 1

Abusers employ tactics similar to the brainwashing techniques used by cults. The goal is to weaken you in order to more easily manipulate and control their targets. This video discusses the stages of how narcissists, borderlines and other characterologically disturbed individuals break down your identity. As your sense of self weakens and you’re manipulated into […]

Filed Under: Abusive relationships, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Codependent, Domestic Violence, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Personality Disorders, Psychological Abuse, Video

October 8, 2019

Love Bombing, Brainwashing, Trauma Bonds, Narcissists and Borderlines , Part 1

How do smart people fall for toxic women and men? Why do these individuals remain in self-destructive relationships when their rational adult minds know better? What keeps them stuck in abusive relationships when the costs are so high to themselves and their children? The short answer is likely a combination of codependency, trauma bonds and […]

Filed Under: Abusive relationships

September 9, 2019

That’s Not Normal: “You Need to Fight for Me!” [Meme]

Why isn’t this normal? How much time do you have? Healthy couples work together, not against each other. “You need to fight for me” usually means you’re fighting against their lifelong character pathology. So you fight them, and then get blamed for fighting with them. It doesn’t end until you step out of it and […]

Filed Under: Abusive relationships, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Codependent, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Meme, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder

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