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June 24, 2015

What a Narcissist Really Means When She or He Wants to Stay Friends or Hoovers You After Breaking Up

This applies to male narcissists, too, as well as Borderlines, Histrionics and Sociopaths of both genders. This is undoubtedly no surprise to many of you reading this. I just didn’t want anyone to feel excluded. You know how touchy they get about these kinds of things. Oftentimes at the end of a relationship with this kind of […]

Filed Under: Abusive relationships, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Domestic Violence, Healthy Relationships, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder Tagged With: duping delight, hoover, hoovering, manipulation, narcissistic abuse, narcissistic personality disorder

July 16, 2012

More Thoughts on FOG, Hoovers and No Contact When Ending a Relationship with a Narcissist, Borderline, Histrionic and/or Sociopath

Many of my clients often have difficulty after ending their relationships with an abusive and crazy ex. These men and women torture themselves with self-doubt (Am I doing the right thing?), self-recrimination (Why am I so stupid? Why did I put up with her/his behavior for so long? Why did I have kids with that […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Domestic Violence, Financial Abuse, Healing, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Personality Disorders, Physical Abuse, Professional Victims, Psychological Abuse, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Unhealthy Relationships Tagged With: abused men, abusive women, borderline personality disorder, control, fear, FOG, guilt, histrionic personality disorder, hoover, hoovering, Hoovers, isolation, narcissistic personality disorder, no contact, obligation, self-doubt, sociopaths

April 19, 2012

Learning about Predators from Nature: Leopards Do Not Change Their Spots

Earlier this week, I read an article in The Daily Mail that started out as a heart warming tale, but ended rather cruelly. The cruel ending did not surprise me, but left other readers angry and in despair, at least according to many of the comments left on the original post. From Don’t Play with […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Accountability, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Dating, Domestic Violence, Healthy Relationships, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Marriage, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Personality Disorders, Physical Abuse, Psychological Abuse, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Unhealthy Relationships Tagged With: hoover, hoovering, nature, personality disorders, predation, predators, sociopaths, sociopathy

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