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January 16, 2018

Why are Narcissists and Borderlines More Exciting Than Healthy Women and Men?

In the world of blogs, forums and other musings written by victims of narcissists, borderlines, psychopaths, histrionics and other personality disordered individuals, it’s become a bit of an urban legend that Crazy is exciting and that emotionally stable women and men are, in comparison, boring. That crazy in the head equals crazy in bed. Many […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: borderline personality disorder, codependent, healing from abuse, healthy relationships, narcissistic abuse, narcissistic personality disorder, repetition compulsion, trauma bond

November 18, 2017

Emotional Labor as Applied to Intimate Relationships: Sliding Off the Slippery Slope

I keep thinking about that self-absorbed, self-indulgent, self-pitying, navel-gazing Gemma Hartley piece of bourgeois privileged women’s faux-oppression porn, Women Aren’t Nags — We’re Just Fed Up published on Harper’s Bazaar. It’s really bothersome. In my opinion, it’s an offense to both reason and reasonableness. Gemma Hartley: Don’t Call her a Whiny Nag — She Has Emotional […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: emotional labor, fed up, Gemma Hartley, martyr, professional victim

September 30, 2017

Living with a Narcissist, the Lost Weekend, Learning the Hard Way and Getting Yourself Back

As some of you may or may not have noticed, my earlier writing has a much more sarcastic edge to it. I still enjoy snark, but am much more judicious of its use in my work now. Upon reflection, there are reasons for that. I began Shrink4Men shortly after moving in with my narcissistic ex […]

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