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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

January 30, 2018

Narcissist Fight Club Rule 3: The Fight Isn’t Over Until You Admit You’re Wrong

Being in a relationship with a narcissist, borderline, histrionic, psychopath or other personality disordered abuser can be a topsy turvy roller coaster ride. Mutual rules of decency, honesty, respect and reciprocity are, as far as the narcissist is concerned, optional. Or, to be more clear, optional for the narcissist. The narcissist’s or borderline’s spouse, partner, […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Accountability, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Dating, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Healthy Relationships, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Marriage, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Negative Advocates, Personality Disorders, Professional Victims, Psychological Abuse, Relationship Advice Tagged With: abandonment, abuse, abusive wife, appeasement, blame shifting, borderline personality disorder, codependency, codependent, compulsive liars, crazy girlfriend, false self, histrionic personality disorder, histrionics, idealization, narcisisst, narcissism, narcissist club rules, narcissistic personality disorder, never apolize, never wrong, personality disorders, professional victim, projection, psychopaths, toxic shame

January 26, 2018

Narcissist Fight Club Rules 1 and 2: Don’t Tell the Narcissist They’re a Narcissist

Many people in relationships with narcissists, psychopaths, borderlines, histrionics and other personality disordered abusers often find themselves living by a set of rules, spoken and unspoken, determined by their abuser. Narcissists don’t force their victims to live by these rules. Adult victims comply hoping to preserve the relationship for a variety of typically misguided, unhealthy […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Healing, Healthy Relationships, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Personality Disorders, Professional Victims, Psychological Abuse, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Unhealthy Relationships Tagged With: abuse, abusive wife, blame shifting, borderline personality disorder, codependency, codependent, covert contact, crazy girlfriend, FOG, histrionic personality disorder, histrionics, idealization, love bombing, narcisisst, narcissism, narcissistic personality disorder, pathological liarsath, personality disorders, professional victim, projection, psychopaths, transactional

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