Ingrid Bergman starred in Gaslight the 1944 film about Gaslighting

The history of the term ‘Gaslighting’ in modern pop culture history and self-help social circles

The term Gaslighting comes from a movie reference to the film “Gaslight”. Gaslight is a story about a woman targeted by a Love Fraud predator for extreme abuse of her hospitality and humanity. In the motion picture made back in 1944, the social psychology phenomenon of using psychological and emotional abuse as a way to …

WOmanizers are always on the prowl for romantic conquests

Machiavellian social predators known as Womanizers engage in serial cheating for sport

When men cheat for sport, it’s a clear sign they embrace a Machiavellian Womanizer mindset in everyday life. Obviously, women who cheat as if they are collecting trophies tend to share the same personality type — but they are more than likely to embrace the gaslighting stereotype that all men are dogs (dehumanizing and making …

Somatic Narcissism

Somatic Narcissists are seldom in touch with their own logic or emotions

Somatic Narcissists are seldom (if ever) in touch with their own logic or emotions. By failing to develop their emotional intelligence when they are young and throughout their adulthood, they create neurological repression of anatomical emotion in such a way that their personality ends up being socially and emotionally handicapped. If you decide to pursue …

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 …

Love Fraud Valentines

Surviving Holiday PTSD related to Valentine’s Day

Does hearing ‘Happy Valentine’s Day!’ sound more like an exclamation of a curse to your ears than an actual message meant to inspire feelings of emotional security when it comes to romance? You are likely to have been the victim of a Love Fraud predator — one who additionally specializes in a Narcissistic Abuse tactic …

Gaslighting is denial of reality

Gaslighting, Denial of Reality, and Intent to Commit Fraud common Narcissistic Abuse tactics

Gaslighting, Denial of Reality, and Intent to Commit Fraud are common Narcissistic Abuse tactics used by Dark Triad people to control their marks and to influence people. Dark Triad people meet diagnostic criteria for two or more Cluster B personality disorders coupled with a high degree of Machiavellian behavior. If someone you know lies to …

Small talk and casual conversations about Scapegoat synonyms

Small talk and casual conversation survival tips for Scapegoats, Whistleblowers, and Abuse Survivors

If you have been the scapegoat of a social predator or you are a Whistleblower who outed a pack of bullies, chances are no one needs to tell you that you have been the victim of people committing deplorable acts of social, emotional, spiritual, and health impacting psychological and/or physical abuse. But how to explain …

New Years Resolution examples

43 New Years Resolutions that support Narcissistic Abuse recovery

Are you looking for ideas for New Year’s Resolutions to make that will assist you with Narcissistic Abuse recovery? Here’s a list of springboard ideas with phrases to mull over and decide if they might be a linguistic or energetic pro-social fit. Let everyone else worry about things like what they look like externally. Keep your …

Understanding Holiday PTSD in the context of social trauma exposure

Understanding Holiday PTSD can help special event lovers depersonalize situational abuse

What is Holiday PTSD? If you have it you know it… but if one of your relatives or a love interests has it, you might not intellectually realize it that they do. Understanding Holiday PTSD in the context of social trauma exposure is crucial to socially supporting oneself as well as triggered others. Holiday PTSD …

Stalker Types

Different types of Stalking behaviors reflect the core nature of the Stalker

Stalking is a crime. It is not anything done with the intent of making the targeted victim’s life or health better. Rejected Stalkers, Resentful Stalkers, Intimacy Seekers, Incompetent Suitors, and Predatory Stalkers are doing tremendous harm covertly and overly to their victim’s physical health while completely upending, changing, and destroying their lifestyle. Who are these …

thanksgiving

There’s always something to be thankful for in Narcissistic Abuse recovery

There is always something to be grateful for in Narcissistic Abuse recovery. Some days it is finding just the right Gratitude Rock following Law of Attraction theory, other times it is being grateful to have something wonderful or small and comforting in your immediate environment. As the Thanksgiving holiday season approaches and the time to …

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 …