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June 7, 2011

Hostile Dependency: Is your Abusive Wife, Girlfriend or Ex a Child in the Body of an Adult?

Does your wife or girlfriend believe it is your responsibility to take care of her emotionally, physically and financially? Worse yet, does your ex-wife or ex-girlfriend believe the same despite the fact your relationship is over? If so, you may be dealing with hostile dependency. The Root of the Problem Children rely on their parents […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Accountability, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Blame, Borderline Personality Disorder, Dating, Domestic Violence, Financial Abuse, Healthy Relationships, High-Conflict, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Marriage, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Personality Disorders, Professional Victims, Psychological Abuse, Relationships, Unhealthy Relationships Tagged With: abused men, abusive personality-disordered individuals, abusive women, adolescence, antisocial personality disorder, APDI, attachment disorders, attachment issues, borderline personality disorder, childhood development, dependency, HCP, high-conflict people, high-conflict women, histrionic personality disorder, hostile dependency, hostility, identity consolidation, individuation, mature time perspective, narcissistic personality disorder, passive-aggressive, personality consolidation, resentment, sexual identity, sexual maturation, woman-child, women who refuse to grow up, women who refuse to work

May 9, 2011

The Dark Side of Mother’s Day aka Golden Uterus Day: High-Conflict and Abusive Personality Disordered Mothers

All hail the Golden Uterus! I am YOUR MOTHER. I am THE CHILDREN’S MOTHER. This is MY DAY! My memories of Mother’s Day are benign. I remember making cards for my mom and trying to cook breakfast when I was a child. We’d say, “Happy Mother’s Day,” hug her, give her flowers and go out […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Healthy Relationships, High-Conflict, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Parental Alienation, Personality Disorders, Professional Victims, Psychological Abuse, Relationships, Unhealthy Relationships Tagged With: abuse, abusive personality disordered individual, abusive personality disordered women, abusive women, bad mothers, bad wives, emotional abuse, golden uterus, high-conflict, high-conflict people, high-conflict women, Mother's Day, parentification, parentified child

May 3, 2011

The Divorce Danger Zone and the Power of NO: Giving in to a High-Conflict Ex in Order to Finalize a Divorce Is Often a Big Mistake

Many men who are going through a divorce with a high-conflict (HCP) and/or abusive personality disordered wife (e.g., Histrionic, Borderline, Narcissistic, Antisocial, Avoidant, Paranoid and Dependent Personality Disorders) think that giving her everything, appeasing her or making concession after concession will satisfy her and expedite the divorce process. This is usually a mistake. A big […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Divorce, Healing, High-Conflict, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Legal, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Personality Disorders Tagged With: abused men, abusive personality disordered individual, abusive women, antisocial personality disorder, APDI, Avoidant Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, danger zone, David Pisarra, Dependent Personality Disorder, divorce, divorce attorneys, Dr Tara J. Palmatier, HCP, high-conflict, high-conflict people, high-conflict women, histrionic personality disorder, marriage, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Paranoid Personality Disorder, power of no, Shrink4Men

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