Index

September 2024

Narcissists, Borderlines, the Tendency for Interpersonal Victimhood, and False Abuse Allegations in High-Conflict Divorce (September 15, 2024)
Why Are Narcissists and Borderlines Like Amber Heard Such Convincing Liars? Understanding False Abuse Allegations (September 9, 2024)

August 2024

The Narcissist’s Stages of Grievance in High-Conflict Divorce (August 23, 2024)
Narcissists Don’t Feel Grief–They Feel Aggrieved–in High-Conflict Divorce (August 16, 2024)

May 2011

April 2011

International SlutWalks: More Attention-Seeking, Histrionic Women or Are They Trying to Make a Point and, If So, What Is It? (April 27, 2011)
Family Court Minefields: Dirty Tricks Used by High-Conflict People in Custody Disputes and Parallel Parenting, Part 1 (April 26, 2011)
Why High-Conflict and Abusive Personality Disordered Women Drag Out the Divorce Process (April 25, 2011)
Shrink4Men Comment of the Week: How to Minimize Contact with your Abusive Ex-Wife When You Are Co-Parents (April, 22, 2011)
12-Year Old Girl and Parental Alienation Victim Commits Armed Robbery as a Result of Her Mother’s Lies (April 19, 2011)
Are You An Abused Man? Three Questions (April 19, 2011)
OurFamilyWizard, Part 2: Common Excuses Made by High-Conflict Parents Not to Use OFW and Effective Counter-Arguments (April 13, 2011)
OurFamilyWizard: An Excellent Tool for Co-Parenting with a High-Conflict Person, Part 1 (April 8, 2011)
Help Shrink4Men Fight Cyber-Bullies (April 4, 2011)

March 2011

Just for Fun: The Damaged Women’s Coalition Video and Tear-Stained Letter (March 30, 2011)
How to Crazy-Proof Yourself After Breaking Up with or Divorcing an Abusive Girlfriend or Wife, Part 1 (March 29, 2011)
Personality Disorder Diagnoses in Family and Divorce Court: Pros and Cons (March 25, 2011)
Dr Tara J. Palmatier of Shrink4Men Answers Callers’ Questions on A Voice for Men Radio (March 23, 2011)
Shrink4Men News: Dr Tara J. Palmatier to Appear on A Voice for Men Radio (March 17, 2011)
Teaching Boys and Young Men about Women and Dating, Part 1 (March 16, 2011)
Fathers and Mothers: Teach your Children Well, Including your Sons (March 9, 2011)
22 Things to Teach your Son about Women (or Not) (March 7, 2011)
Second Wives Sound Off, Part 2: What Makes You Angry about Divorce Law and Family Court? (March 4, 2011)
Cringeworthy Divorce Attorney Commercials (March 3, 2011)
Scenes from an Abusive Marriage: Should You Post an Abusive Wife’s Behavior on YouTube? (March 1, 2011)

February 2011

Second Wives Sound Off, Part 1: What Makes You the Most Angry about Divorce Law and Family Court? (February 25, 2011)
Female Stalkers, Part 4: Attachment Style as a Predictor of Who is More Likely to Stalk and Abuse and Who is More Likely to Be Stalked and Abused (February 23, 2011)
Female Stalkers, Part 3: The Case of the Ex-Girlfriend Who Won’t Take ‘No’ for an Answer (February 17, 2011)
Female Stalkers, Part 2: Checklist of Stalking and Harassment Behaviors (February 16, 2011)
Woman Calls in False Bomb Threat to Iberia Airline Flight to Stop Boyfriend from Leaving (February 14, 2011)
Female Stalkers, Part 1: What is Stalking and Can Men Be Stalked by Women? (February 8, 2011)
Super Bowl 2011 Commercials: Why Is Physically Harming Men Funny? (February 7, 2011)
Virtual Property or Community Property: Give Me Half your Farmville Points and Facebook Friends or the Real World Cash Equivalent! (February 1, 2011)

January 2011

An Alternative to Divorce: Put your Wife on the No Fly-Suspected Terrorist List (January 31, 2011)
How a Professional Referee Trains for Work at Home: An Abusive, High-Conflict Wife (January 27, 2011)
Dr Phil and Domestic Violence: He Just Doesn’t Get It (January 24, 2011)
Presto, Change-o, DARVO: Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender (January 19, 2011)
High-Conflict and Abusive Personality-Disordered Women: The Emotional Judging Mind Vs. the Discerning Mind (January 17, 2011)
Woman Calls 911 to Coerce Proposal: Marry Me Or Else! (January 14, 2011)
Rudeness, Stress and Abuse are Neurotoxins: Children Who Witness Spousal Abuse Are at Risk (January 12, 2011)

December 2010

After an Abusive Relationship: Getting Through the Christmas and New Year’s Holidays Without Her (December 28, 2010)
A Domestic Violence Shelter for Pets, But None for Men and their Children: Safe Beds for Pets (December 22, 2010)
Top 10 Christmas Gifts for your Abusive, High-Conflict Wife or Girlfriend (December 17, 2010)
She’s the Crazy One, Why do I Need Therapy?!: Recovering from a Relationship with an Abusive Woman (December 16, 2010)
Why Abusive, High-Conflict, Personality-Disordered Women Frequently Ruin Christmas (December 15, 2010)
Parental Alienation: Navigating the Court System, Part 2 (December 10, 2010)
What You Should Do If your Wife or Girlfriend Threatens to Call the Police and Make False Allegations (December 9, 2010)
The Ultimate Relationship Deal-Breaker for Men: False Allegations and Threatening to Call the Police (December 6, 2010)
Cluster B Personality Disordered Woman’s Guide to Conflict Resolution Process Flow Diagram (December 2, 2010)
Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Histrionic Personality Disorder to Be Eliminated from the DSM-V: Starbuck’s Diagnostics 101(December 1, 2010)

November 2010

Breaking Up with an Abusive Girlfriend or Wife: Staring Into the Abyss (November 22, 2010)
How to Isolate your Boyfriend: Relationship Self-Help Reaches New Low on wikiHow (November 20, 2010)
How to Get Over an Abusive Girlfriend or Wife: Break the Routines (November 16, 2010)
High-Conflict Phases of Abuse, Blame Shifting, Distortion, Rage and Manipulation Diagram (November 15, 2010)
Why Some High-Conflict Personality Women Kill (November 10, 2010)
Parental Alienation: Navigating the Court System, Part 1 (November 9, 2010)
How to Get Over an Abusive Girlfriend: Write About It (November 8, 2010)
“Funny” Divorce Cakes (November 5, 2010)
Interview with New Shrink4Men Contributor and Abusive Girlfriend Survivor: Kev (November 4, 2010)
Theresa Riggi Kills Her Children in Bitter Divorce Battle: Does She Have a Personality Disorder? (November 3, 2010)
Parental Alienation: Programming and Brainwashing (November 2, 2010)

October 2010

Leaving an Abusive Wife: Pre-Divorce Checklist (October 27, 2010)
Can Men Be Abused by Women? (October 27, 2010)
Interview with New Shrink4Men Contributor, Part 2: Natalie Malonis Family Law and High-Conflict Divorce Attorney (October 22, 2010)
Interview with New Shrink4Men Contributor, Part 1: Natalie Malonis Family Law and High-Conflict Divorce Attorney (October 21, 2010)
Teen Mom’s Amber Portwood Under Investigation for Domestic Violence After Physically Abusing Fiance on Television (October 20, 2010)
Blame and Rage: What Abusive Women Call Problem-Solving (October 19, 2010)
Welcome to the New Shrink4Men from Dr Tara J. Palmatier (October 18, 2010)

Original Shrink4Men WordPress Blog Index

This is the index of articles found on the original Shrink4Men WordPress blog.

October 2010

Shrink4Men and Dr Tara J. Palmatier Are Moving to a New Address (October 19, 2010)

September 2010

False Allegations, False Memories and False Remorse: Meredith Maran (September 23, 2010)
Why Narcissism and Other High-Conflict Personalities Are on the Rise (September 20, 2010)
The Ego Epidemic: Narcissism Is on the Rise (September 14, 2010)

August 2010

Divorce and High-Conflict People: Borderlines, Narcissists, Histrionics, Sociopaths and Other Persuasive Blamers (August 31, 2010)
News Item: Long Island Narcissist Hires Discount Hitman to Kill Her Husband During Divorce (August 18, 2010)

July 2010

Reaction to Women Abusing Men in Public (July 29, 2010)
Letter from an Adult Child of Cluster B Personality Disorder Parents: The Damage Done (July 26, 2010)
Extreme No Contact: Delete Your Ex from the Internet! (July 19, 2010)

June 2010

Do Narcissists Feel Remorse? Bernie Madoff Says, “F-ck My Victims!” (June 7, 2010)

May 2010

Can an Abusive Borderline Personality Disorder Woman Really Change? (May 31, 2010)
How Do I Get My Crazy, Abusive Girlfriend Out of My House and My Life? (May 4, 2010)

April 2010

How Do I Divorce My Abusive Wife? (April 26, 2010)
No Contact Includes Not Keeping Tabs on your Ex Via Facebook, Twitter, Blogs or MySpace (April 9, 2010)

March 2010

Abusive Women, Cults, Brainwashing and Deprogramming, Part II (March 17, 2010)
Abusive Women, Cults, Brainwashing and Deprogramming, Part I (March 12, 2010)

February 2010

How Abusive Women Brainwash You (February 24, 2010)
An Anthem for the Husbands and Boyfriends of Narcissistic, Borderline and Histrionic Women: Mr Guilty by Loudon Wainwright, III(February 11, 2010)
Superbowl 2010 Commercials: Are Advertisers Trying to Tell Men Something? (February 8, 2010)
What to Do When your Abusive Ex-Wife or Ex-Girlfriend Tries to Maintain Contact with your Family and Friends After the Divorce or Break-Up (February 2, 2010)

January 2010

Just for Fun: The Best Safe Sex PSA Ever (January 29, 2010)
Social Media Platforms, Narcissists, Borderlines and Histrionics: The Lure of Blogs, Facebook and MySpace (January 26, 2010)
More on Emotional Detachment: Surviving an Ongoing Abusive Relationship (January 20, 2010)
Bad Relationships: Change Your Role and the Rules of Engagement (January 15, 2010)
Shrink4Men One Year Anniversary and the Year Ahead (January 12, 2010)
Just for Fun Video: The Sad Truth About Relationships (January 9, 2010)
Healthy Self-Love: The Foundation of Good Relationships (January 4, 2010)

December 2009

An Unconventional Approach to Surviving the Holidays if You’re Recently Single (December 2, 2009)
Emotional Detachment: When the No Contact Rule Is Not an Option (December 9, 2009)
Top 10 Holiday Gifts for the Narcissist in your Life (December 10, 2009)
You Are Not a Princess! 25 Points for Women and Men to Consider (December 15, 2009)
Merry Christmas from Shrink4Men (December 25, 2009)
The Shrink4Men Forum is Here (December 26, 2009)

November 2009

WSJ: The New Art of Alimony (November 1, 2009)
Dating Street Smarts: How to Spot Emotional Predators and Con Artists (November 4, 2009)
The No Contact Rule: Ending an Abusive Relationship (November 12, 2009)
Emails from a Crazy Girlfriend: Drama in a Vacuum (November 14, 2009)
The No Contact Rule: Committing to It and Making It Work (November 19, 2009)

October 2009

NARC’D! Encounter with a Female Narcissist (October 5, 2009)
Just for Fun: 10 Things Men Know about Women (October 11, 2009)
How to Find a Good Therapist If You Are Involved with an Emotionally Abusive Woman (October, 14, 2009)
Burger Queen 911 Call: Narcissist Wants to Have It Her Way (October 18, 2009)
Updated Special Offer: My Virtual Shrink (October 26, 2009)
8 Red Flag Dating Phrases that Should Send You Running (October 28, 2009)
Just for Fun: Female Defense Mechanism Radio Control (October 31, 2009)

September 2009

Will My Emotionally Abusive Girlfriend or Wife Be Different With the New Guy? (September 7, 2009)
Just for Fun: How a Man’s Brain and a Woman’s Brain Work During an Argument (September 12, 2009)
10 Reasons You Can’t Communicate with a Narcissistic or Borderline Woman (September 17, 2009)
Emotional Vampires: How Emotionally Abusive Women Screw You Up Flow Chart (September 27, 2009)
Why Couples Counseling Rarely Works with Narcissistic and Borderline Women (September 28, 2009)

August 2009

What Makes Your Control Freak Wife or Girlfriend Tick (August 3, 2009)
10 Lies Men Tell Themselves In Order to Stay in Emotionally Abusive Relationships with their Wives or Girlfriends (August 10, 2009)
Cosmopolitan Magazine: Sometimes the Truth Hurts (August 13, 2009)
10 Things You Need to Do After Breaking Up with an Emotionally Abusive Woman (August 14, 2009)
Sex and Control: How Men Get Screwed by Emotionally Abusive Women (August 17, 2009)
What Can I Do to Protect My Unborn Child from My BPD-NPD Ex-Girlfriend (August 24, 2009)
Divorce and Break-Ups: There Is No Closure with a Narcissistic or Borderline Woman (August 28, 2009)

July 2009

Are You Stuck in an Unhealthy Relationship Pattern? Part Three (July 10, 2009)
Breaking Up with an Emotionally Abusive Woman Video and Suicide Threats (July 14, 2009)
5 Stages of Letting Go of a Relationship with an Emotionally Abusive Woman (July 20, 2009)
How Emotionally Abusive Women Control You: The Fear of Loss and the Need for Approval (July 27, 2009)

June 2009

Coping Strategies for Dealing with a Narcissistic or Borderline Woman (June 1, 2009)
5 More Coping Strategies for Dealing with a Narcissistic or Borderline Woman (June 11, 2009)
Are You Stuck in an Unhealthy Relationship Pattern? Part One (June 17, 2009)
Another 5 Coping Strategies for Dealing with a Narcissistic or Borderline Woman (June 18, 2009)
Request for Help: What Advice Do You Have for a Father Whose Son is about to Marry an Emotionally Abusive, Controlling Possibly BPD/NPD Woman? (June 18, 2009)
10 Warning Signs You’re Dating or Married to a Female Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (June 20, 2009)
Happy Father’s Day (June 21, 2009)
Are You Stuck in an Unhealthy Relationship Pattern? Part Two (June 23, 2009)
Animated Video: Narcissistic-Borderline Wife Verbally Abusing Husband Courtesy of Xtranormal.com (June 24, 2009)
Animated Video: Narcissistic Wife Yelling at Husband (June, 25, 2009)
Coping Strategies 16-20 for Dealing with a Narcissistic or Borderline Woman (June 29, 2009)

May 2009

How to Have a Healthy Relationship After Being With an Emotionally Abusive, Borderline or Narcissistic Woman (May 1, 2009)
Am I in an Emotionally Abusive Relationship with a Narcissistic or Borderline Woman (May 6, 2009)
Is It My Fault that My Borderline Girlfriend and I Broke Up? (May 14, 2009)
5 Ways to Avoid Becoming Involved with Another Crazy, Emotionally Abusive, Borderline or Narcissistic Woman (May 20, 2009)
Is Being a Stay-at-Home Mom Fair to your Husband? (May 28, 2009)

April 2009

Traumatic Love: Is Your Narcissistic or Borderline Wife or Girlfriend Making You Sick? (April 1, 2009)
25 Signs your Narcissistic or Borderline Wife or Girlfriend is Traumatizing You (April 2, 2009)
Can a Relationship with a Narcissistic or Borderline Wife or Girlfriend Change your Personality? (April 8, 2009)
Is a Borderline or Narcissist Woman’s Emotionally Abusive Behavior Premeditated? (April 13, 2009)
Lindsay Lohan’s eHarmony Profile: If Only All Crazy Women Were This Honest (April 14, 2009)
Can a Man Break the Cycle of Emotional Abuse After Being With a Crazy, Narcissistic or Borderline Wife or Girlfriend? (April 20, 2009)
Can a Man Who Was Emotionally Abused By His Narcissistic or Borderline Wife or Girlfriend Have a Relationship with a Healthy Woman? (April 27, 2009)

March 2009

Bill Maher, the Snuggie, Extenze and the American Psyche (March 2, 2009)
Parental Alienation: Why Kids Usually Side with the Custodial Parent Especially If They’re Emotionally Abusive (March 6, 2009)
The Secret to Happy, Long Lasting Relationships (March 9, 2009)
Financial Fraud by Wall Street and Mortgage Lenders: Ignorance and Stupidity Are No Excuse (March 12, 2009)
Workplace Bullying and Office Politics: What is Mobbing? (March 16, 2009)
How to Avoid Bullying and Mobbing at Work (March 18, 2009)
What to Do If You’re the Target of Bullying at Work (March 18, 2009)

February 2009

How to Recognize 7 Personality Types in Office Politics (February 2, 2009)
5 Men to Avoid on Valentine’s Day: Don’t Be This Guy (February 3, 2009)
5 Women to Avoid on Valentine’s Day: Don’t Be This Lady (February 3, 2009)
6 More Office Politics Personality Types: Bullies in the Workplace (February 4, 2009)
A Funny, But Honest Valentine’s Day Card (February 5, 2009)
15 Warning Signs She’s a Psycho Chick (February 6, 2009)
6 Signs Not to Propose to your Girlfriend on Valentine’s Day (February 6, 2009)
More Funny Valentine’s Day Cards (February 7, 2009)
2 Reasons Why Valentine’s Day Gifts Cause Relationship Problems (February 9, 2009)
10 Gifts NOT to Give on Valentine’s Day (February 10, 2009)
Emotional Abuse and Bullies: If You Don’t Like What You See When You Look in the Mirror, Don’t Blame the Mirror (February 12, 2009)
The Emotionally Abusive Personality: Is She a Borderline or a Narcissist? (February 14, 2009)
7 Things You Need to Know About Emotional Abuse and Bullies (February 16, 2009)
Why Men Are Attracted to Crazy, Emotionally Abusive Women (February 17, 2009)
The Emotionally Abusive Woman: You Can’t Reason with a Crazy Person (February 18, 2009)
Ending a Painful Relationship and Starting Over (February 19, 2009)
How to Make Changes in your Relationship and Life (February 24, 2009)
Why Parental Alienation is the Act of an Emotionally Abusive Bully (February 25, 2009)
3 Dating Tips for Having a Healthy and Successful Relationships (February 27, 2009)

January 2009

Is She a Crazy Bitch? A Quiz (January 12, 2009)
How to Deal with a Borderline Woman (January 13, 2009)
Men Have Emotions, But Women Don’t Listen (January 14, 2009)
Why your Wife’s Excuses for Not Working Are Lame (January 15, 2009)
The Real Reason your Wife Doesn’t Want to Work (January 16, 2009)
Are You My Soul Mate? Defining the One (January 19, 2009)
12 Signs You Should Break Up with your Boyfriend or Girlfriend or Spouse (January 20, 2009)
13 Signs your Girlfriend or Wife is a Borderline or a Narcissist (January 21, 2009)
When Love Hurts: The Emotionally Abused Man (January 23, 2009)
Relationship Roller Coaster Ride: The Cycle of Abuse (January 24, 2009)
Why We Stay in Bad Relationships (January 26, 2009)
Is Your Girlfriend or Wife a Professional Victim (January 27, 2009)
I Ain’t Saying She’s a Gold Digger: Entitled Wall Street Wives Bail on their Husbands (January 28, 2009)
10 Signs your Girlfriend or Wife is an Emotional Bully (January 30, 2009)

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