The cognitive dissonance in a relationship with an NPD partner is substantial, but perhaps it’s all in their head. Literally.
In recent years, we can actually see narcissism in the brain shown in imaging tests like MRIs and CT scans. People who suffer from narcissistic personality disorder have structural abnormalities…
“Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
if I should die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul to take.”
It’s been almost 2 years since the end of my marriage to a narcissistic psychopath. In the aftermath of his…
My identity has been forged by a number of things. Life was not kind to me as a bi-racial female growing up in the Texas Panhandle in the 60’s and ’70s. Not only was the environment inhospitable to say the least, but my family was also plagued with mental illness…
Everybody knows about patterns of abuse and dysfunction. Dr. Phil talks about it. Oprah talks about it. Mainstream pop-psych talks about it.
It’s simple, actually. My father was absent, and my mother was crazy.
So I married crazy. Twice.
They say you marry your parents. And that is exactly what…
Incy Wincy spider climbing up the spout.
Down came the rain, and washed poor Incy out.
Up came the sun, and dried up all the rain
And Incy Wincy spider went climbing up again.
They cannot change. They are what they are.
The world’s most fascinating predator.
The arachnid.
The…
After the disengagement from a partner who suffers from narcissistic personality disorder, there is often a feeling of confusion, loss, and grief that seems never-ending. In a typical breakup with a regular run-of-the-mill jerk who does not have NPD, the period of grief usually lasts 12–18 months post disengagement, depending…
Groundbreaking New Theories from Dr. Sam Vaknin and Research Studies
One of the most innovative new discoveries about narcissism that frames the interaction they have with their significant others arrives via a recent lecture by Sam Vaknin. …
So here we are at the season of the witch. Halloween, the spookiest of boo times is upon us once again. Candied apples. Pumpkin patches. Pumpkin spice. Yum. But also death and torture. Fear and suffering. Ghosts and vampires. You know, kinda like the aftermath of life with a narcissist.
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After partnering with a narcissistically disordered individual, closure becomes a primary goal. But what if closure is an ephemeral ghost we chase that can never be captured and put to rest. What is there is another way to get past your grief and despair and loss?
Closure is any interaction…
I never understood why abused people stay with their partners. I was always critical of their choice to remain with their tormentors, subject their children to horrible things, and just keep getting off the ground, trembling, bloody-faced, only to say, “May I have another, sir?” I judged them harshly as…
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