Many people don’t even know what a healthy relationship looks like. Hearing insults can be a normal everyday experience for those in a narcissistic relationship – but it shouldn’t be! Insults, in general, are not part of a healthy relationship.…
Looking back is great, and it would be great if we could refuse to let all narcissists into our lives, right? Feeling them come and kicking them out of our lives would be a dream—but that’s not always possible. We…
The old saying “a leopard can’t change its spots” is a great way to describe a narcissist. This common saying can describe a person’s personality, saying that they will not change, even when they pretend to. Anyone who has been…
To the narcissist – money is power. Power is also abuse. They hold it over the heads of the unsuspecting as if it is a weapon of mass destruction, because they know how to use it to manipulate. Think about…
Looking back is great, and it would be great if we could refuse to let all narcissists into our lives, right? Feeling them come and kicking them out of our lives would be a dream—but that’s not always possible. We…
Narcissists like to think they’re unpredictable. They want you to wonder what’s going to happen next each day, so you shift uncomfortably in your seat, waiting for their next move. What a narcissist says and does is pretty predictable once…
Covert narcissism is a fairly recent phenomenon when it comes to our understanding of narcissism in general. Covert narcissists are victimized people who appear vulnerable and needy. They can exhibit traits of neediness. Resentment is the middle name of covert…
Criticizing a narcissist is pointless. In fact, if I could give you negative points for doing so, I really would. It gets you nowhere fast and creates the same kind of pain and conflict you’re trying so hard to avoid.…
That’s what Sam Vaknin told WebMD in 1999. Vaknin is a self-confessed narcissist, and one of the few narcissists who has written books about the condition. And there’s a lot of truth to what he says here. I think he…
Have you ever been the “new guy” in a group that you know well? You may have initially felt like you were out of step with the group. They seemed to be on the same wavelength. They had the same…
