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March 18, 2012

BlogTalkRadio: Why and How to Fail Boundary Tests

Do you ever feel like you’re being tested in a relationship to see just how much garbage you’ll put up with? Does her voice start sounding like fingernails on a chalkboard? Do you often want to pull your hair out and scream “What the heck will it take to make her get off my back??!!” […]

Filed Under: Dating, Healthy Relationships, Marriage, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Shrink4Men Radio, Unhealthy Relationships Tagged With: dating, Dr Tara J. Palmatier, marriage, relationships, shit tests

March 8, 2012

Crazy Bitch the Musical! The Professional Victim’s Narrative and Why She Won’t Be Different with the Next Guy

Why did she treat me so bad? How can she move on to the next guy so quickly? What does he have that I don’t have? What if I’d only done this instead of that ? What if I’d said x instead of y? Did she ever really love me? She says she’s never been […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Domestic Violence, Healing, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Personality Disorders, Professional Victims, Psychological Abuse, Relationships Tagged With: abuse, abused men, abusive women, antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, dating, healing, histrionic personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, obsession, Professional Victims, relationships, repetition compulsion, rumination, scripts, sociopathic women, sociopathy

February 28, 2012

More Dating Red Flags: Video Advice for “Bad Girls” on How to Manipulate Men with Mind Games

Kiwihelen shared a video on the forum this week that left me shaking my head. The video calls to mind the wikihow post, How to Isolate your Boyfriend. I don’t know if this video is a joke or a glimpse into the mind of a woman who believes that lying, game playing, planting seeds of […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Dating, Healthy Relationships, Marriage, Personality Disorders, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Unhealthy Relationships, Video Tagged With: dating, hostile dependency, manipulation, marriage, personality disorders, red flags, relationships, warning signs

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