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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

August 17, 2019

What Causes Unhealthy Relationship Choices and Patterns, Part 1

Are you stuck in an unhealthy relationship pattern? Do you make the same relationship choices that ultimately lead to the same unhappy conclusions? For example, pointless unresolved conflict, unmet needs, disappointment, trauma, mistrust, betrayal, deepened insecurities and loneliness? Have the majority of your relationships been with essentially the same person? Meaning different people with similar […]

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

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

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