Men and women from all walks of life — including ages and socio-economic class stereotypes — have cheated on their romantic partners, it is true. But what few people know or realize about cheaters is an average person can be conned into participating in a Love Fraud relationship or be brainwashed by a Cluster B …
How to spot a Mild Sociopath
How do you spot a card-carrying Sociopath? It can be hard to do when you are not 100% sure what the difference is between sociopathy and someone who has a simple or mild Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Sociopaths tend to be overwhelmingly narrow-minded and almost tunnel-vision self-absorbed, but without all the pomp and circumstances their more …
Parents who demand Grandparents Rights reflect entitlement-based thinking
Demanding Grandparents Rights is Narcissistic Abuse of Adult Children, co-parents, step-family members, and Grandchildren as a family unit. It is a prevalent form of Narcissistic Abuse, to force the parent of a child to leave a child with a grandparent when and if the parent or co-parent does not feel comfortable personally allowing it. Whether …
Men develop C-PTSD issues after being abused, too
Ladies and mindful gents, listen up. Men develop C-PTSD issues after being abused, too. Abuse hurts them as much and sometimes more than the emotional, physical, psychological, and social abuse that all women, in general, tend to go through. While women have long been thought to suffer at the hands of abusive men, men with …
Breaking the silence about having C-PTSD never felt better
Dear Readers… if you ever are worried or concerned that it might be too late in life to shift your thinking on a vexing emotional issue, do not be. Narcissistic Abuse recovery can happen at any age or stage in life. Case in point — a shared note from one of our Narcissistic Abuse recovery …
Malignant Narcissists use their own social insecurity as justification to bully
Malignant Narcissists use their own social insecurity as justification to bully people they consider Narcissistic Rivals. The person being targeted for abuse seldom knows why they are being scapegoated, socially targeted for destruction, or why their abuser persistently cyberbullies. Why? Because above all else, narcissistic people fear losing prestige and personal power socially. Narcissistic behavior …
Abusers process toxic shame differently than victims of social aggression
Abusers process toxic shame differently than victims of social aggression. It is a biologically inspired truth. While victims tend to self-reflect and blame themselves for having problems with personal, professional, and romantic relationships, Abusers tend to blame shift compulsively and pride themselves in the thought of having won in what they perceive is nothing more …
Overlooking abuse empowers and enrages Abusers
Overlooking abuse is not polite. It actually empowers and enrages Abusers who attention seek constantly for their own personal gain and delight. By most contemporary psychological definitions, the verb “ABUSE” means to treat (a person or an animal) with cruelty or violence, especially regularly or repeatedly. It can also mean the cruel and violent treatment …