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March 8, 2012

Crazy Bitch the Musical! The Professional Victim’s Narrative and Why She Won’t Be Different with the Next Guy

Why did she treat me so bad? How can she move on to the next guy so quickly? What does he have that I don’t have? What if I’d only done this instead of that ? What if I’d said x instead of y? Did she ever really love me? She says she’s never been […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Domestic Violence, Healing, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Personality Disorders, Professional Victims, Psychological Abuse, Relationships Tagged With: abuse, abused men, abusive women, antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, dating, healing, histrionic personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, obsession, Professional Victims, relationships, repetition compulsion, rumination, scripts, sociopathic women, sociopathy

February 13, 2012

A View from the Outside: How Healthy Loved Ones See your Abusive Relationship with a High-Conflict and/or Personality Disordered Partner

Here’s the latest from CrazyBuster, Micksbabe . . . If you’re in an abusive relationship with a high-conflict and/or personality disordered individual, you’re probably very aware of what your situation looks like from the inside — constant chaos, blame, fighting, projection, and gaslighting, possibly even shame. Have you ever wondered what your situation looks like […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Dating, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Healthy Relationships, High-Conflict, Marriage, Parental Alienation, Personality Disorders, Physical Abuse, Psychological Abuse, Relationship Advice, Relationships Tagged With: abuse, abusive personality disordered individual, blame, domestic violence, emotional abuse, gaslighting, HCP, high-conflict people, Parental Alienation Syndrome, PAS, PD, PDI, personality disorders, psychological abuse, rage outs, shame

February 9, 2012

Relationship Stages, Abusive Women and the WTF Moment, Part Two

Relationships Stages, Abusive Women and the WTF Moment, Part, One, explored the early stages of an abusive relationship and the WTF moment. To clarify, the WTF moment is when the non-abusive partner first realizes there is something wrong with the abusive partner. As noted in Part One, the second relationship stage, the power struggle phase, […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Accountability, Blame, Dating, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Healthy Relationships, High-Conflict, Marriage, Personality Disorders, Physical Abuse, Psychological Abuse, Relationships, Unhealthy Relationships Tagged With: abuse, abused men, abusive women, control, honeymoon stage, power struggle, relationship stages, WTF moment

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