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March 19, 2018

7 Ways a Relationship with a Narcissist Ends

How does  a relationship with a narcissist end? How does the once Disney fairy tale romance that’s gone Grimm conclude? How does a relationship with a person who’s chronically emotionally immature and unstable, self-absorbed, entitled and integrity-challenged play out? Generally, not good. These relationships start with a love bomb and end with a bang. As […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, False Allegations, Financial Abuse, Healing, Healthy Relationships, High-Conflict, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Negative Advocates, Parental Alienation, Personality Disorders, Professional Victims, Psychological Abuse, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Unhealthy Relationships Tagged With: borderline personality disorder, defence mechanisms, false self, healing, healing from narcissistic abuse, narcissistic abuse, narcissistic personality disorder, projection, projective identification, stress

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

November 21, 2017

Characteristics of Professional Victims

Does your spouse blame you for everything that’s wrong in the marriage? Does she or he refuse to take responsibility for their actions, especially the cruel and deceitful ones? Do you frequently feel forced into acts of contrition, like you’re forever obligated to make it up to your partner, girlfriend or boyfriend? If so, you […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Domestic Violence, Healthy Relationships, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Narcissistic abuse, Negative Advocates, Personality Disorders, Professional Victims, Psychological Abuse, Psychology Tagged With: borderline personality disorder, false self, narcissistic abuse, narcissistic personality disorder, narcissists, professional victim, projective identification, psychopaths, victim playing

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