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February 24, 2018

Why Do Narcissists Cheat?

Narcissists cheat. Yes, they cheat on their husbands, wives, boyfriends and girlfriends, but it goes way beyond that. It’s been said that narcissists and other Cluster B personality disordered individuals lie, consciously and unconsciously, to survive. For many narcissists, cheating isn’t a one time aberrant behavior; it’s a way of life. Narcissists cheat on their […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Accountability, Borderline Personality Disorder, Dating, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Marriage, Narcissistic Personality Disorder Tagged With: abusive husband, abusive wife, borderline personality disorder, cheating, duping delight micro expressions, enablers, get over on, narcissistic abuse, narcissistic personality disorder, pathological liar, scapegoats

February 5, 2018

10 Ways Narcissists and Borderlines Abuse Text Messages and Use Emojis

As part of my work with clients, I sometimes review text communications from abusive and likely personality disordered spouses, girlfriends, boyfriends and exes. It’s not exactly what one would describe as enjoyable reading material. Much of it is venomous, relentless, dictatorial and angry bloviating sentence fragments or walls of text dripping with entitlement. The texts […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Dating, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Healthy Relationships, High-Conflict, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Personality Disorders, Relationship Advice Tagged With: abuse, abusive text messages, abusive wife, blocking, borderline personality disorder, codependency, crazy boyfriend, crazy girlfriend, histrionic personality disorder, histrionics, low contact no contact, name-calling, narcisisst, narcissism, narcissistic personality disorder, personality disorders, psychopaths

February 4, 2018

Narcissist Fight Club Rule #5: Defending Yourself Makes You More Vulnerable

Arguing with narcissists, borderlines, psychopaths and other emotionally immature and unstable personalities is usually a pointless exercise for several reasons. First, narcissists aren’t interested in equitable solutions. They want to “win.” In my experience, they’re the most determined to win (i.e., punish you), when they’re objectively wrong. They take perverse pleasure in getting others to […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Accountability, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Dating, Divorce, Domestic Violence Tagged With: abusive wife, borderline personality disorder, conflict, emotional reasoning, empathy, false self, high-conflict people, histrionic personality disorder, JADE, narcissistic abuse, narcissistic personality disorder, projection, psychopaths

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