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December 21, 2020

Co-Parenting with a Borderline: Being the Asshole, Part 3

Yes, I’m a Clinical Psychologist and, yes, I’m encouraging you to be “the asshole” when co-parenting with a borderline or narcissist ex. Shocking, right? Contrary to most other advice? That depends. I’m anti-enabling and anti-apologist when it comes to dealing with borderlines, narcissists and other high-conflict, characterologically disturbed personalities. Part one of this series examines […]

Filed Under: Abusive relationships, Borderline Personality Disorder, Codependent, Healthy Boundaries, Healthy Relationships, High-Conflict, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Parenting

August 18, 2019

Adult Toddlers, Part 1: Traits of Emotionally Immature Narcissists and Borderlines

Since beginning Shrink4Men in 2009, I’ve frequently described narcissists, borderlines, psychopaths, histrionics and other emotionally immature individuals as children in adult bodies, or emotional toddlers. That’s because these individuals think, relate and behave much younger than their actual physical age. In other words, they exhibit a persistent lifelong pattern of emotional and psychological immaturity. In […]

Filed Under: Abusive relationships, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Codependent, Healing, Healthy Relationships, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Parenting, Relationship Advice, Relationships

November 27, 2015

Say Goodbye to Crazy Now in Paperback and Available at Amazon for the Holidays!

If you’ve got Crazy in your life you probably dread the holiday season. Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year’s, birthdays, anniversaries and other special occasions frequently bring out the not so jolly and merry scary  side of Crazy. But then, is there really any other side? Well, that is when Crazy isn’t love bombing or Hoovering, […]

Filed Under: Abusive relationships, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Financial Abuse, Healing, Healthy Relationships, High-Conflict, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Parental Alienation, Parenting, Personality Disorders, Professional Victims, Psychological Abuse, Psychology, Relationship Advice Tagged With: borderline personality disorder, boundaries, crazy ex, divorce, healthy relationships, narcissistic abuse, narcissistic personality disorder, parental alienation, parenting, personality disorders, say goodbye to crazy

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