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February 8, 2016

A Narcissist is Going to Narcissist and Concern Trolling

I get emails. Lots and lots of emails. Messages run the gamut from client inquiries to thank you notes to unsolicited 50+ pages of copied and pasted court documents (please stop sending these) to shame attacks from self-identified BPDs (individuals with borderline personality disorder) to 3-page walls of text (paragraph breaks are GOOD — use […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships Tagged With: borderline personality disorder, intimate partner violence, narcissistic abuse, narcissistic personality disorder

July 30, 2014

Going Mental Video: Borderline Personality Disorder Enablers and Apologists

There are therapists who specialize in treating individuals with characterological disorders who are realistic about the prognosis and, depending on the severity of the case and commitment to change, can help an individual with these problems, such as Borderline Personality Disorder, develop better impulse control, reality testing and how to consider other’s feelings and needs […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Abusive relationships, Borderline Personality Disorder, Dating, Divorce, Domestic Violence, False Allegations, Financial Abuse, Healthy Relationships, High-Conflict, Judicial Abuse, Marriage, Negative Advocates, Parental Alienation, Personality Disorders, Physical Abuse, Professional Victims, Psychological Abuse, Psychology, Rage, Relationships, Sexual Abuse, Stalking and Harassment Tagged With: abuse, abused men, abusive women, apologists, borderline personality disorder, borderline wife, BPD, BPD ex-wife, bpd girlfriend, bpd wife, domestic violence, Dr Tara Palmatier, enablers, enabling abuse, intimate partner violence, Paul Elam, professional victim

May 29, 2013

Abused Men: How Covert Abuse Begins, Part One

This week on the Shrink4Men Forum, members began a thread titled, The Covert Abuse Handbook. In the thread, forum members share their experiences of abuse and the abuse they have witnessed beloved brothers, sons and friends suffer. Abusive personalities typically follow similar patterns of behavior. Men and women who frequent Shrink4Men often remark upon how alike […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Dating, Domestic Violence, Financial Abuse, Professional Victims, Psychological Abuse, Relationships, Sexual Abuse Tagged With: abuse, abused men, abusive women, covert abuse, domestic violence, intimate partner violence, Professional Victims

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