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November 13, 2018

VIDEO: When the Empathy Well Runs Dry in Relationships with Narcissists and Borderlines

If you’re in a relationship with a narcissist, borderline, psychopath or other toxic personality, you’ll eventually find your empathy well has run dry. That means it’s time for you to take care of you. In this video, I discuss the different stages to being drained of empathy. Hope you find it helpful! Read the full […]

Filed Under: Abusive relationships, Healing Tagged With: borderline personality disorder, codependent, empathy, healing, narcissistic abuse, narcissistic personality disorder, self-care

February 4, 2018

Narcissist Fight Club Rule #5: Defending Yourself Makes You More Vulnerable

Arguing with narcissists, borderlines, psychopaths and other emotionally immature and unstable personalities is usually a pointless exercise for several reasons. First, narcissists aren’t interested in equitable solutions. They want to “win.” In my experience, they’re the most determined to win (i.e., punish you), when they’re objectively wrong. They take perverse pleasure in getting others to […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Accountability, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Dating, Divorce, Domestic Violence Tagged With: abusive wife, borderline personality disorder, conflict, emotional reasoning, empathy, false self, high-conflict people, histrionic personality disorder, JADE, narcissistic abuse, narcissistic personality disorder, projection, psychopaths

October 30, 2011

BlogTalkRadio: Rethinking Female Sociopathy

Does your wife, girlfriend, ex or partner’s ex have a Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde personality? Does she have a “good mask” that she shows the outside world while subjecting you and/or the kids to her cruel and abusive side? Does she have little to no empathy or selective empathy? Does she throw a temper […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Accountability, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Blame, Borderline Personality Disorder, Domestic Violence, Financial Abuse, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Parental Alienation, Personality Disorders, Physical Abuse, Professional Victims, Psychological Abuse, Rage, Sexual Abuse, Shrink4Men Radio, Stalking and Harassment Tagged With: abuse, abused men, abusive women, accountability, blame, domestic violence, Dr Tara J. Palmatier, empathy, female sociopaths, Shrink4Men Radio, sociopaths

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