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December 23, 2020

What Winning Means to Narcissists

Everyone loves a winner! Okay sure, but what is winning? You can win the lottery, or other games of chance. But, that’s random dumb luck. To win at sports, chess or competitive quizzes, for example, requires skill, regular practice, strategy and intelligence. Winning friends, admiration and public opinion involves emotional intelligence, personal salesmanship and some […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Dating, Financial Abuse, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Marriage, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Parental Alienation, Personality Disorders, Psychological Abuse, Relationships, Unhealthy Relationships Tagged With: abuse, abused men, abusive women, antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, bullies, female bullies, high-conflict people, high-conflict women, histrionic personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, personality disorders, receiving, transactional relationships

March 29, 2018

Why Do Narcissists Enjoy Conflict and Drama?

Why can’t she just stop? Why does he keep doing this? I don’t even know what the arguments are about half the time anymore. We keep going around and around in circles. Just as things seem to be calming down and we’re getting to a good place, she or he starts back up again. I’m […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Blame, Borderline Personality Disorder, High-Conflict, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder Tagged With: abuse, abusive wife, borderline personality disorder, chaos, drama, false self, guilt, high-conflict, JADE, narcissistic abuse, narcissistic personality disorder, obligation

February 7, 2018

Narcissist Fight Club Rule #4: Facts Are Meaningless

If you’ve been in a relationship with a narcissist, borderline, psychopath or histrionic, you probably understand why these personalities are also referred to as high-conflict people. It’s because they chronically manufacture an overwhelming amount of conflict, chaos and drama. Just when you catch your breath, they’re back at it. Provoking, projecting, gaslighting, tantrum-ing, exaggerating, pouting, […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Accountability, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Domestic Violence, High-Conflict, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Personality Disorders, Professional Victims, Psychological Abuse, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Unhealthy Relationships Tagged With: abandonment, abuse, abusive wife, appeasement, blame shifting, borderline personality disorder, codependency, codependent, compulsive liars, crazy girlfriend, DARVO, duping delight, emotional reasoning, enable, enabling, false self, gaslighting, histrionic personality disorder, histrionics, idealization, JADE, love bombing, narcisisst, narcissism, narcissist club rules, narcissistic personality disorder, personality disorders, professional victim, projection, projective identification, psychopaths

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