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January 26, 2018

Narcissist Fight Club Rules 1 and 2: Don’t Tell the Narcissist They’re a Narcissist

Many people in relationships with narcissists, psychopaths, borderlines, histrionics and other personality disordered abusers often find themselves living by a set of rules, spoken and unspoken, determined by their abuser. Narcissists don’t force their victims to live by these rules. Adult victims comply hoping to preserve the relationship for a variety of typically misguided, unhealthy […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Healing, Healthy Relationships, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Personality Disorders, Professional Victims, Psychological Abuse, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Unhealthy Relationships Tagged With: abuse, abusive wife, blame shifting, borderline personality disorder, codependency, codependent, covert contact, crazy girlfriend, FOG, histrionic personality disorder, histrionics, idealization, love bombing, narcisisst, narcissism, narcissistic personality disorder, pathological liarsath, personality disorders, professional victim, projection, psychopaths, transactional

January 16, 2018

Why are Narcissists and Borderlines More Exciting Than Healthy Women and Men?

In the world of blogs, forums and other musings written by victims of narcissists, borderlines, psychopaths, histrionics and other personality disordered individuals, it’s become a bit of an urban legend that Crazy is exciting and that emotionally stable women and men are, in comparison, boring. That crazy in the head equals crazy in bed. Many […]

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July 7, 2016

Narcissists, Borderlines, Psychopaths and Codependents: Mutual Mommy and Daddy Issues

If you’ve been in a relationship with a narcissist, borderline or psychopath there have probably been times when it seemed like they were projecting a parental role onto you. At a very basic level, yes, narcissists and borderlines do this. However, there’s much more to it beyond the superficial observations of their childish behaviors and […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Child Abuse, Financial Abuse, Healing, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Marriage, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Personality Disorders, Psychological Abuse, Unhealthy Relationships Tagged With: antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, codependency, codependent, Dr Tara J. Palmatier, histrionic personality disorder, idealization, love bombing, narcissism, narcissistic abuse, narcissistic personality disorder, parentification, parentified child, parentified children, psychopath, psychopathic abuse, psychopathic mother, sociopaths, toxic relationships

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