Somatic Narcissism

When looks and appearance matter to someone more than reality

When looks and appearance matter more than actual reality to a person, they have developed a Somatic personality disorder. People who care more about what people will say or think if and when they hear the truth or witness someone in an authentic state tend to be tunnel-visioned, short-sighted, profoundly emotionally and intellectually handicapped, and …

Pirate thinking reflects ENABLING

Am I thinking like or acting like a Co-Dependent person?

Am I acting or thinking like a Co-Dependent person? If you use people as a means to an end — choosing to enable predatory people for personal comfort or gain — understanding you are acting and thinking like a pirate is one way to break the toxic malformed-NLP-inspired cycle.   Here, proffered — a list …

Common justifications abuse victims tend to give for enabling

Common justifications abuse victims tend to give for willful enabling

The following list of reasons why people with Dependent Personality Disorders enable has been excerpted from Psych Central. Do we agree with all their assessment and clinical observation based hypothetical assertions entirely? No. The article features common traits of most adult children raised by toxic families — especially when drug or alcohol abuse issues tend to dominate the …

Trauma Bonding the root cause of enabling

Trauma Bonding leads many Domestic Abuse victims to willfully enable

Trauma Bonding leads to many Domestic Abuse victims willfully enabling. Truly misguided by toxic social influences, young people who are told that enabling abuse is exhibiting unconditionally ‘loving” behavior tend to end up being romantically victimized by Cluster B Love Fraud predators. The Narcissistic abuse tactics use to foster Stockholm Syndrome affectations in other people …

Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Story

Letter from stereotypical Narcissistic Abuse victim re: Toxic Parents

The following letter was sent in by a mature-aged reader who has spent the bulk of their childhood and adult lifetime vexed by “toxic parenting inspired” issues. The main subject? Unrecognized anti-socially nurtured codependency issues coming to light. It is a long, convoluted tale with generalizations any person who comes from a toxic family and has …

Magical Thinking example

Magical Thinking reflects Narcissism in Co-Dependent personalities

Magical thinking is more than positive thinking. It is not simply daydreaming or “pipe dreaming” as some people might claim. According to Wikipedia, “Magical thinking is the attribution of causal or synchronistic relationships between actions and events which seemingly cannot be justified by reason and observation.” Further, Psychology Today notes evidence of Magical thinking springs …

Dependent Personality

Co-Dependent behavior and Dependent Personality Disorder

Co-dependent behavior cripples both the Abuser and the victim. It is an extreme form of codependency, clinging to the notion that in order to keep people in a person’s life that a toxic thinker must manufacture crisis after crisis and extreme chaos for their friends and family on an ongoing basis simply to ensure their …