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November 13, 2017

Basic Facts and Statistics about Restraining Order Abuse in Divorce and Custody Disputes

Abusive relationships often escalate in intensity when a victim tries to become healthy by setting boundaries and practicing self-care, and/or ending the relationship. If you’re in an abusive relationship with a narcissist, borderline, histrionic, dependent, paranoiac or psychopath (i.e., high-conflict personalities that are often abusive in their intimate relationships) don’t be surprised if your abuser […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Child Abuse, Custody, Divorce, Domestic Violence, False Allegations, Financial Abuse, High-Conflict, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Judicial Abuse, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Negative Advocates, Parental Alienation, Personality Disorders, Physical Abuse, Professional Victims, Psychological Abuse Tagged With: abuse, borderline personality disorder, control, false allegations, family court, high-conflict divorce, histrionic personality disorder, narcisstic personality disorder, parental alienation, psychopaths, restraining order abuse, sociopaths

April 11, 2017

Love Bombing is a Red Flag

Love bombing is, in and of itself, a Red Flag. Emotionally healthy adults don’t love bomb one another at the beginning of a relationship. There may be intense attraction or infatuation, but that’s different from love bombing. Love bombing is a term borrowed from the recruiting techniques of cults. The narcissist, borderline, histrionic or psychopath […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Child Abuse, Dating, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Financial Abuse, Healthy Relationships, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Unhealthy Relationships Tagged With: borderline personality disorder, dating, devaluation, discard, domestic violence, Dr Tara J. Palmatier, histrionic personality disorder, love bombing, narcissistic abuse, narcissistic personality disorder, narcissistic relationship stages, psychopath, relationship advice, seduction

April 10, 2017

Why No Contact is So Hard After an Abusive Relationship with a Narcissist, Borderline or Psychopath

If you still believe you love your narcissistic, borderline or psychopathic ex, practicing and maintaining No Contact can be very difficult initially. Excruciatingly, painfully difficult. Many of my clients compare it to withdrawing from a drug. Neuro-chemically speaking, there are similarities. You’re hurting, and you want the pain to stop. To ease the pain you […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Borderline Personality Disorder, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Healing, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Personality Disorders, Relationship Advice, Relationships Tagged With: abuse, blame shifting, borderline personality disorder, domestic violence, Dr Tara J. Palmatier, emotional abuse, FOG, gaslighting, healing, healing from narcissistic abuse, histrionic personality disorder, JADE, low contact, narcissistic abuse, narcissistic personality disorder, no contact, projection, psychological abuse, psychopath, sociopath

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