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March 19, 2018

7 Ways a Relationship with a Narcissist Ends

How does  a relationship with a narcissist end? How does the once Disney fairy tale romance that’s gone Grimm conclude? How does a relationship with a person who’s chronically emotionally immature and unstable, self-absorbed, entitled and integrity-challenged play out? Generally, not good. These relationships start with a love bomb and end with a bang. As […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, False Allegations, Financial Abuse, Healing, Healthy Relationships, High-Conflict, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Negative Advocates, Parental Alienation, Personality Disorders, Professional Victims, Psychological Abuse, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Unhealthy Relationships Tagged With: borderline personality disorder, defence mechanisms, false self, healing, healing from narcissistic abuse, narcissistic abuse, narcissistic personality disorder, projection, projective identification, stress

January 12, 2011

Rudeness, Stress and Abuse are Neurotoxins: Children Who Witness Spousal Abuse Are at Risk

The only reason many men stay in unhappy relationships with abusive women is out of love and concern for their children. I’ve lost count of how many of my coaching clients have said, “If it weren’t for the kids, I’d have left a long time ago.”  Some men stay because they believe they’re protecting their […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Custody, Divorce, Domestic Violence, High-Conflict, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Parental Alienation, Personality Disorders, Physical Abuse, Psychological Abuse Tagged With: abused men, abusive women, antisocial personality disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Breaking up, corpus callosum, custody issues, divorce, domestic violence, double binds, emotional development, emotionally abusive women, golden uterus, marriage, narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, neurobiology of abuse, neurotoxins, parental alienation, parenting, partner abuse, psychological abuse, psychological aggression, psychological development, relationships, sociopathy, spousal abuse, stress, toxic relationships

January 15, 2009

Why Your Wife’s Excuses for Not Working Are Lame

When you met your wife was she passionate about her work? Did she tell you that she wanted a family and a career? Was it exciting and interesting to talk with her about your individual and mutual goals? Then, you had a child. She was just going to take a little time off until he […]

Filed Under: Gender differences, Marriage, Moved From Old Website, Relationships Tagged With: marriage, men and women, overscheduled child, relationships, resentment, stress, working

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