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December 15, 2010

Why Abusive, High-Conflict, Personality-Disordered Women Frequently Ruin Christmas

It’s that time of year again; Christmas! Many people look forward to the holidays. They enjoy seeing friends and family, twinkle lights, decorations, parties, special foods and giving gifts to the people they love. However, many people do not look forward to the holidays—particularly if they’re married to or dating an abusive, high-conflict, personality-disordered woman […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Domestic Violence, High-Conflict, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Personality Disorders, Psychological Abuse, Rage Tagged With: abused men, abusive women, Borderline Personality Disorder, Christmas, control freak, control issues, domestic violence, emotional abuse, female Grinch, high-conflict, histrionic personality disorder, holidays, narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, negative attention, personality disorders, psychological abuse

December 6, 2010

The Ultimate Relationship Deal-Breaker for Men: False Allegations and Threatening to Call the Police

Has your wife or girlfriend ever threatened to call the police on you as a way to control or intimidate you? Has she ever smirked and said if you don’t do x, y, z that she’ll tell people  you beat her and the kids or that you’ve molested the kids? Has she followed through on […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Divorce, Domestic Violence, High-Conflict, Legal, Negative Advocates, Professional Victims, Psychological Abuse Tagged With: Borderline Personality Disorder, dating, deal-breaker, divorce, divorce tactic, false allegations, high-conflict, high-conflict women, marriage, narcissistic abuse, personality disorders, personality-disordered women, relationships

November 15, 2010

High-Conflict Phases of Abuse, Blame Shifting, Distortion, Rage and Manipulation Diagram

Although this post is published under my name (Dr Tara J. Palmatier) it was actually written by one of my clients who is also a doctor in another health field. A couple weeks ago, he sent a diagram (included below) he created to discuss during our upcoming session. I was blown away. The diagram captures […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Blame, Domestic Violence, High-Conflict, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Personality Disorders, Physical Abuse, Professional Victims, Psychological Abuse, Rage Tagged With: abuse, abusive wife, blame shifting, conflict, cycle of abuse, distortion, domestic violence, high-conflict, high-conflict people, manipulation, narcissistic personality disorder, phases of abuse, rage

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