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January 16, 2018

Why are Narcissists and Borderlines More Exciting Than Healthy Women and Men?

In the world of blogs, forums and other musings written by victims of narcissists, borderlines, psychopaths, histrionics and other personality disordered individuals, it’s become a bit of an urban legend that Crazy is exciting and that emotionally stable women and men are, in comparison, boring. That crazy in the head equals crazy in bed. Many […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: borderline personality disorder, codependent, healing from abuse, healthy relationships, narcissistic abuse, narcissistic personality disorder, repetition compulsion, trauma bond

May 29, 2015

Do You Believe your Narcissist’s Happiness Is More Important Than Your Own?

That’s what the narcissist would have you believe, the question is do you? When you become involved with an abusive person, whether she or he is personality disordered (narcissistic personality disorder, histrionic personality disorder, antisocial personality disorder or borderline personality disorder) or just your garden variety self-absorbed bully, it’s quite common to cede your life over to […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Borderline Personality Disorder, Healing Tagged With: borderline personality disorder, healing from abuse, narcissistic personality disorder

May 6, 2013

Ending a Relationship with an Abusive Parent, Child or Sibling, Part One

In our culture, family is sacred, well, maybe not as sacred as it used to be, but it’s still a cultural and psychological institution. As such, there are certain taboos attached to it. For example, denigrating motherhood is taboo – fatherhood, not so much. Physical incest between family members is taboo. Emotional incest should be […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Healing, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Negative Advocates, Parental Alienation, Personality Disorders, Relationships Tagged With: healing from abuse, no contact

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