Teenagers are the ones most likely to be diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (#ODD), not because they don’t show early warning signs of having the condition by or before the time they go to kindergarten. With increased social and community mobility comes the freedom to actively choose social and emotional behaviors as well as activities. …
Parents, if your child develops a full-fledged personality disorder by the time they hit their teenage years, then YES — obviously your parenting style (in theory) could have exacerbated a pre-existing propensity to develop the condition. It also could have traumatized an otherwise normal, emotionally healthy, and sensitive child [i.e. a narcissistic parent with a …
What is “Oppositional Defiant Disorder”? Something common to have if you are part of the mini-me generation of narcissistic teenagers. The bottom line is, narcissistic teens reflect thinking of toxic parents and enablers. It is a big pain in the butt mental condition for a child or teenager to have, ODD. Most parents or custodial …
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 do narcissistic people strive to socially, emotionally, and financially damage the lives of their targets? To feel powerful and in control, that is why. The Narcissist knows there is no greater loneliness than feeling trapped and forced to endure the mortification of isolation and shaming. One would think that forcing a victim to suffer …
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 …
Narcissistic abuse is common, especially when Covert or Fragile Narcissists are around. Situational abusers to the extreme, most are charming and charismatic people who have spotless reputations as the best people in town. That never makes their secret abuse tactics right or excusable in any way, morally speaking. Keep in mind, guys and dolls… the division …
People who have narcissistic personalities constantly blame-shift while striving to further embarrass, upset, inconvenience, or humiliate their victims. They could care less about other people’s feelings except they seem to delight in knowing trigger issues in order to exploit them. Pretending they are a puppet master who excels at pulling people’s strings. “Dance, puppet… dance!” …
How do you know if a person has Narcissistic Personality Disorder (#NPD)? Red flags and warning signs of NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER are actually pretty easy to spot, figure out, or openly see. Share academic news and information about #CLUSTERB and teach your family, friends, co-workers, and children how to recognize and stop participating in the cycle …
What is Malignant Narcissism? Consider it an extreme form of #ASPD that combines all the WORST and most extreme qualities of a person with #NPD and a host of co-morbid #Entitlement thinking based issues. Such high maintenance, insecure, and rage-filled personality types thrive on creating fictional discord. Understand they are pathological LIARS. A few quick fact checks of their stories before believing …
Why do most people with personality disorders hurt a family’s most beloved pets? It is related to their desire to show off their power as well as to force sentient beings to comply with their will. For better or for worse, total submission of all family members — including both human beings and animals — …
What is the NARCISSISTIC CYCLE OF ABUSE — but more importantly why does it seem like once you are in it, it keeps happening to abuse victims over and over again no matter how kind they are as people or how hard they try to keep all the people in their lives happy? It is …
Going to see a mental health professional for the first time (or at any time) can be a daunting and unnerving process. Most people do not enjoy feeling like they need to seek out professional life coaches, therapists, behavior specialists, or psychiatric care services. Sometimes, however, being completely and unabashedly raw and emotionally vulnerable both …
Going “No Contact” with a narcissistic peer group, person, or family unit can be a terrifying prospect to consider… but it is the one thing narcissistic abuse survivors all seem to wish they had been brave enough to do sooner. Do not let the fear of the unknown or fear-based thinking that they have raised …
Getting to know the red flags and warning signs of emotional predators early on in life — as well as developing skills to self-protect — can help individuals, as well as families with children, learn to be more dolphin-like while navigating shark-infested social waters. Using methods like creative visualization and GRAY ROCK techniques, a person …
