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July 18, 2019

Narcissist Dictionary: Wheel of Blame

Step right up and spin the Narcissist Wheel of Blame! There’s a 40% chance it’ll land on you! Narcissists and other emotionally immature, self-absorbed disordered individuals typically have a lifelong pattern of blaming others, the world, inanimate objects, the dog, the weather, what their parents did to them 50 years ago, -isms and anything, everything, […]

Filed Under: Abusive relationships, Accountability, Blame, Meme

July 17, 2019

That’s Not Normal: Denying Reality Makes You a Perfect Target

You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality (attributed to Ayn Rand). Staying in an unhealthy, dysfunctional, unsatisfying relationship usually means having to deny the reality of the situation. Denying the reality of a partner’s personality and the unlikelihood that it will change. Denying how bad things actually are. Denying […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Healing, Meme

July 15, 2019

Trauma Bond vs. Healthy Bond: Emotional Intensity vs. Emotional Intimacy [Meme]

When looking for potential love relationships, many of my codependent and trauma bond-prone clients confuse emotional intensity and emotional intimacy. There’s a big difference. Emotional intensity is like a wildfire and emotional intimacy is like a hearth fire. One destroys lives; the other can warm your soul. Oftentimes, dysfunctional, toxic and/or personality disordered individuals are highly […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Codependent, Dating, Healthy Relationships, Meme

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