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March 6, 2018

Translating Crazy: Narcissist and Borderline Buzz Words and Phrases

Have you ever felt like you and your narcissistic or borderline spouse are speaking two different languages? If so, it’s probably because you are. To quote Inigo Montoya (The Princess Bride, 1987): “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” Part of my clinical work involves reviewing […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Accountability, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Custody, Dating, Divorce Tagged With: abusive wife, borderline personality disorder, control, custody, divorce, high-conflict, low contact, narcissistic personality disorder, parallel parenting, projection, trust

October 1, 2017

Dismissing the Pain Men Feel When Faced with Losing their Children in Divorce

Guilty secret confession: I watch the television series Outlander. Hate to admit it, but I really enjoy it. It’s implausible, romance novel time travel schlock, but great escapist eye candy. Okay, I read all 9 books and most of the novellas in the series, too. It’s really no worse than movies with lots of car […]

Filed Under: Abusive relationships, Custody, Divorce Tagged With: divorce, father bashing, shared custody

November 18, 2016

Custody Battles, Bowel Movements and Other Markers of Narcissistic, Borderline and Psychopathic Parents

Bitterness, resentment and anger are mainstays in divorce and custody cases, even in cases that don’t involve one or two narcissists, borderlines or psychopaths. When a personality disordered parent is involved, the damage to children and the targeted parent, or target of blame for the high-conflict, disordered parent, can be incalculable. I’ve been operating Shrink4Men […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships Tagged With: borderline personality disorder, custody, divorce, histrionic personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, psychopaths

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