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February 9, 2015

Going Mental Video: Strippers, Prostitutes, Sugarbabies, Porn Actors, Other Gold Diggers and Why You Shouldn’t Date Them

It should be obvious that entrusting your heart (and wallet) to a woman (or man) who gets paid to have sex and paid to fake love, affection, sexual attraction or orgasms is both unwise and a highly risky gamble, that is if you want a monogamous, stable relationship based on love and not a series of transactions. Given […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Dating, Healthy Relationships, Video Tagged With: abusive relationships, bisexuals, dating, Dr Tara J. Palmatier, financial abuse, former child actors, Going Mental, hookers, narcissistic abuse, Paul Elam, prostitutes, relationships, strippers, video

February 2, 2015

Going Mental: How Do You Know When a Sociopath, Narcissist or Borderline Is Lying?

Their lips are moving. The End. That’s a facile and clichéd answer, but, more often than not, an accurate one. Sociopaths, psychopaths, narcissists, borderlines and histrionics lie for many reasons. Self-preservation (e.g., to avoid jail or other unwanted natural consequences for their bad behavior), to manipulate or exploit others to get money, sympathy, power, attention, security, a relationship […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Domestic Violence, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Personality Disorders, Physical Abuse, Psychological Abuse Tagged With: abuse, abusive relationships, borderlines, domestic violence, Dr Tara Palmatier, duping delight, gaslighting, histrionics, narcissists, pathological liar, Paul Elam, psychopaths, sociopaths

April 30, 2013

Obsessing Over an Abusive Ex: Thoughts on Being Stuck

Are you still obsessing about a crazy, abusive ex-girlfriend or ex-wife? Do you still compare the “chemistry” you had with her to every subsequent woman you’ve encountered and find them lacking? Especially women who appear to be kind, loving and stable? Do you torture yourself with “what if'” and “if only” thinking? Do you hold […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Borderline Personality Disorder, Healing, Healthy Relationships, Personality Disorders, Relationships, Unhealthy Relationships Tagged With: abuse, abusive relationships, abusive women, being stuck, borderline personality disorder, getting over an ex, high-conflict people, histrionic personality disorder, narcissistic injury, narcissistic personality disorder, sociopaths

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