As someone who has been through her fair share of codependent relationships, I’ve spent a lot of time researching the concept of codependency, and let me tell you, if there was a cure to be found, I would drink that…
Many years ago, when my son was studying the Mafia in school, he wondered out loud how difficult it would be for the police to catch Mafia members. After all, they all sit in bars, wear white jackets, smoke, and…
There is music that the more I listen to it, the more I like it. As for narcissists, the opposite is true: the more a person is exposed to a narcissist (and their true personalities begin to emerge), the less…
Narcissists are masters of the guilt trip. Narcissists have a set of rules for you in the relationship, which they do not apply to their behavior, which leads to emotional abuse. Here are eight signs that you are in a…
What is the “dark side” of personality? This is not an obvious question. My colleagues, Peter Harms and James LeBreton, and I discussed this to some extent in a review of “The Dark Side of Personality at Work,” published in…
If you’ve never met a narcissist before, go out and buy a lottery ticket because you’re a very lucky person. Most of us have had a narcissistic friend, partner, coworker, or parent. Sometimes it may take some time to know…
When a man is a narcissist, he will do anything to get to the top. Even if it means willingly playing the victim using a defensive manipulation tactic called “DARVO” — which is what Brett Kavanaugh recently did during his…
Because of my narcissistic personality traits, what I am about to say is not something I would say or admit (to you). Doing so would end the winner-takes-all game in our relationship that is my main source of joy in…
I’m not a lawyer and don’t claim to be, but I went through four years of court battles with a narcissistic ex-husband, so I know a thing or two about how to get a divorce from a narcissist. It’s hard…
Why do some of our kindest, kindest, most thoughtful people find ourselves so painfully attached to a narcissist? Over and over again, you see it. A kind, empathetic person wrapped around a narcissist’s finger. Given their narcissistic personality traits, this…
