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January 30, 2018

Narcissist Fight Club Rule 3: The Fight Isn’t Over Until You Admit You’re Wrong

Being in a relationship with a narcissist, borderline, histrionic, psychopath or other personality disordered abuser can be a topsy turvy roller coaster ride. Mutual rules of decency, honesty, respect and reciprocity are, as far as the narcissist is concerned, optional. Or, to be more clear, optional for the narcissist. The narcissist’s or borderline’s spouse, partner, […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Accountability, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Dating, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Healthy Relationships, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Marriage, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Negative Advocates, Personality Disorders, Professional Victims, Psychological Abuse, Relationship Advice Tagged With: abandonment, abuse, abusive wife, appeasement, blame shifting, borderline personality disorder, codependency, codependent, compulsive liars, crazy girlfriend, false self, histrionic personality disorder, histrionics, idealization, narcisisst, narcissism, narcissist club rules, narcissistic personality disorder, never apolize, never wrong, personality disorders, professional victim, projection, psychopaths, toxic shame

January 12, 2018

The Difference Between Love Bombing and Genuine Admiration

What is love bombing? It’s a seduction technique that occurs during the idealization stage of relationships with narcissists, psychopaths, histrionics, borderlines and other personality disordered abusers. Predators love bomb in order to foster an emotional and psychological dependency in their targets. In other words, you become dependent upon and allow the narcissist to determine your […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Dating, Healing, Healthy Relationships, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Relationship Advice, Relationships

November 17, 2017

Narcissists, Phones and your Right to Privacy

In an era of social media over-sharing, it can be easy to forget that we have a right to privacy. We also have a right to privacy in our intimate relationships — even if we “have nothing to hide.” I hear that quite a bit from clients and the occasional friend who have surrendered their […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Dating, Divorce, Domestic Violence Tagged With: abandonment, borderline personality disorder, control, domestic violence, histrionics, narcissistic abuse, narcissistic personality disorder, privacy, psychopaths, surveillance

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