Psychopaths in Life

This is a very common question people dealing with a narcissist long term will ask, since they are by nature provocative and reaction seeking personality types, and therefore often unpleasant to deal...

The no contact rule is well understood now in the narcissistic abuse recovery space. It states that to give yourself the best chance of recovery, you must break off ALL contact with them - no...

This is a huge mindset "trap" that people dealing with narcissists long term can fall into. Despite all their obnoxious, abusive behavior, it's hard not to wonder whether there is still a real person...

Oh boy, this is a very common frustration normal people get when dealing with narcissists, right? You can present them with hard data, facts, and evidence, or use simple, easy to understand,...

Gas-lighting - the deliberate attempt to invalidate and erode another person's perception of reality by constantly questioning or undermining it - is now a pretty well known term. But it can appear...

This is something that's becoming gradually more known about in the toxic abuse recovery space - that forgiving oneself is ultimately more important than ever forgiving the narcissist or psychopath...

We've already covered extensively on this blog how damaging psychopaths are to a company if they allow them in, and then tolerate them. The bottom line is despite superficial appearances, these are...

Psychopaths are the worst types of managers you can have, with a provocative, reaction seeking style and an obsession with power and control over others that can be very oppressive to work under. How...

This is something victims of narcissistic abuse often want to know especially when feeling the pain after the discard in a toxic relationship - why? Why do narcissists even do this? Why do they take...

A lot is written about psychopaths in personal relationships, with the damage they cause now well documented. But what about in workplaces? What happens when a company hires, and then tolerates (even...

This is actually not uncommon, because there are unfortunately so many narcissists around, plus many narcs continually bounce from one disastrous relationship to another because of their broken and...

A common question for so many victims of narcissistic abuse is whether the perpetrator should ever be forgiven. Should we ever forgive a narcissist? Either for one specific, very hurtful thing they...

Narcissists can cause an enormous amount of damage in the lives of people they get involved with, but a key question to ask is "what is it that makes a person open or vulnerable to narcissists and...

This is a really pernicious and crazy making aspect of narcissistic abuse. Some of these people seem to be very clever and subtle with the way they abuse others, only doing it when do one else is...

The contrast between the overt/grandiose narcissist and covert/vulnerable narcissist is now mostly widely understood. Symbolically, the overt narcissist gets the megaphone out and demands attention...

In many of my articles, I like to "tee up" or tease a topic by posing it as a question - but in this case, it's obvious what the answer is, so I won't bother. Narcissists cannot cooperate with others...

Once you look into the narcissistic personality more deeply, you begin to understand how fragile and broken it is, despite the outward confidence and "bluster" some narcissists exhibit. Given this,...

This is a very common frustration with well meaning but vulnerable people who get tangled up with narcissists. We're often annoyed with ourselves in retrospect about how naive and "wide open" we are...