Why do narcissistic people come unglued during the holiday season? It is called #CrazyMaking and #ManufacturingChaos. It is attention-seeking behavior. Seriously. It has no deeper meaning, value, or significance. They are flat emotionally and get bored. Because it is easy for them to fixate on being annoyed by happy people during the holiday season, they …
Give yourself the gift of going low to no contact this holiday season
Why does Narcissistic Abuse always seem worse at the holidays? Because it is — you are NOT imagining it. This particular article is such an important one to read and re-read on a regular basis for any narcissistic abuse survivor who struggles on a daily basis with the realities of life before, during, and after …
Narcissistic people ruin holidays and birthdays by refusing to be pleased
Pleasing others successfully — for an Empath or HSP — is the pinnacle of self-actualization Maslow arguably referred to when discussing his psychological treatise on the human “Hierarchy of Needs”. Whether narcissistic people act like Grumpy Cat on holidays or every day of the year, the important thing for any self-respecting People Pleaser to realize …
Toxic family holidays traumatize People Pleasers
Dreading heading home for the holidays? Throwing a toxic family holiday dinner bash for people you know are unlikely to appreciate your efforts or enjoy YOUR company? Welcome to the world of being a People Pleaser. It is a thing people who are naturally empathetic but are raised in a toxic family are taught to …
‘War on Empathy’ bad for global mental health
Have you been emotionally traumatized by the recent events in places like Paris — the city of love whose people and travelers were brutally assaulted in 2015 at the behest of religious narcissists and sociopathic predators? Have you been left in a pervasive state of fear and anxiety over watching five minutes of a popular …
Why are holiday seasons difficult for so many Americans?
Thanksgiving and Christmas are tough holiday seasons to endure for many Americans, even more so at times than they are for many Europeans. American people are often forced by family to participate in weird social customs like sharing Thanksgiving dinner with their least favorite family members and relatives. Does it not seem weird to kick …
Seasonal Wrecking Balls: Narcissistic people hate holidays like Christmas
Narcissistic people are notorious for acting like “Seasonal Wrecking Balls”. They truly enjoy crazy-making and chaos manufacturing to interrupt the traditions of celebrating holidays like Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, Passover, and the like in order to ensure all eyes are on them and everyone has given up the power and control of their own emotional thoughts …
Why Narcissistic people act like ‘Seasonal Wrecking Balls’
Narcissists notoriously hate the holidays and they all have one thing in common. They absolutely act like seasonal WRECKING BALLS. Narcissists will be the first to tell you they love Halloween (because they can grandstand and dress up extravagantly). Aside from that, they will be the first to tell you about how everyone hates holiday XYZ …
Why Narcissistic people love to ruin birthdays and holidays
People with Cluster B personality disorders enjoy making other people feel worthless — especially on birthdays or holidays. Mean people love nothing more than stealing joy from an otherwise happy or sensitive-natured person. Do not let the opinion of a manipulator or gaslighting con-artist’s angry, ugly, words spoil your mood. Their fundamentally toxic ill-fated projections …
What motivates Cluster B personalities to act like Grinches?
What motivates people to do self-aggrandizing, dishonest, or sadistic things — with their bad behaviors seeming to escalate during seasonal holiday events like New Year’s Eve and Christmas? If you are sitting here wondering why some people simply seem evil, you are not alone. Actually, you are part of the narcissistic abuse targeted Walking Wounded …