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September 23, 2017

Do Narcissists Get Better with Age?

A frequent question in my counseling practice and from website subscribers is “Do narcissists and borderlines get better with age?” Another common question is, “What happens when they get old and are no longer attractive?” These are understandable questions. The latter is a form of anticipatory schadenfreude. The former is a common part of the […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Accountability, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Uncategorized Tagged With: adult children of narcissists, borderline personality disorder, Dr Tara Palmatier, enablers, narcissistic abuse, narcisstic personality disorder, projection, psychopaths, triangulation

August 8, 2017

Don’t Let the Narcissist Determine your Sense of Worth

Remember the childhood adage that was supposed to make us feel better when we were bullied? Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me. Our parents tell us that when we’re kids, but it’s cold comfort at the time. Name-calling hurts when you’re a kid. It can also hurt as […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Healing, Healthy Relationships, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Personality Disorders, Relationships Tagged With: borderlines, codependency, Dr Tara Palmatier, emotional detachment, narcissistic abuse, narcissists, psychopaths, self-acceptance, self-love, self-worth

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

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