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January 26, 2018

Narcissist Fight Club Rules 1 and 2: Don’t Tell the Narcissist They’re a Narcissist

Many people in relationships with narcissists, psychopaths, borderlines, histrionics and other personality disordered abusers often find themselves living by a set of rules, spoken and unspoken, determined by their abuser. Narcissists don’t force their victims to live by these rules. Adult victims comply hoping to preserve the relationship for a variety of typically misguided, unhealthy […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Healing, Healthy Relationships, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Personality Disorders, Professional Victims, Psychological Abuse, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Unhealthy Relationships Tagged With: abuse, abusive wife, blame shifting, borderline personality disorder, codependency, codependent, covert contact, crazy girlfriend, FOG, histrionic personality disorder, histrionics, idealization, love bombing, narcisisst, narcissism, narcissistic personality disorder, pathological liarsath, personality disorders, professional victim, projection, psychopaths, transactional

April 11, 2017

Love Bombing is a Red Flag

Love bombing is, in and of itself, a Red Flag. Emotionally healthy adults don’t love bomb one another at the beginning of a relationship. There may be intense attraction or infatuation, but that’s different from love bombing. Love bombing is a term borrowed from the recruiting techniques of cults. The narcissist, borderline, histrionic or psychopath […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Child Abuse, Dating, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Financial Abuse, Healthy Relationships, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Unhealthy Relationships Tagged With: borderline personality disorder, dating, devaluation, discard, domestic violence, Dr Tara J. Palmatier, histrionic personality disorder, love bombing, narcissistic abuse, narcissistic personality disorder, narcissistic relationship stages, psychopath, relationship advice, seduction

July 7, 2016

Narcissists, Borderlines, Psychopaths and Codependents: Mutual Mommy and Daddy Issues

If you’ve been in a relationship with a narcissist, borderline or psychopath there have probably been times when it seemed like they were projecting a parental role onto you. At a very basic level, yes, narcissists and borderlines do this. However, there’s much more to it beyond the superficial observations of their childish behaviors and […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Child Abuse, Financial Abuse, Healing, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Marriage, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Personality Disorders, Psychological Abuse, Unhealthy Relationships Tagged With: antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, codependency, codependent, Dr Tara J. Palmatier, histrionic personality disorder, idealization, love bombing, narcissism, narcissistic abuse, narcissistic personality disorder, parentification, parentified child, parentified children, psychopath, psychopathic abuse, psychopathic mother, sociopaths, toxic relationships

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