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...

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...

This is one of the major issues people tangled up in relationships with narcissists wrestle with over and over again. Do narcissists have empathy? Sometimes it seems like they do, and other times it...

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...

We all know what simple lying is – saying something which isn’t true, but knowing this isn’t always enough in today’s world. Lying and deception can sometimes take on more subtler forms, one...

Narcissistic or sociopathic abuse is a horrible thing to experience, and one of the first things people want to know once coming out of it is to how to make sure we never have to go through this...

This is something that people caught up in toxic relationships agonize about and spend months or even years ruminating over. Is the person I'm with a narcissist or not? Are they just a bit...

This can be a really frustrating dynamic that people more aware to narcissists and pathological personalities can get caught up in. You, as an observant person, can see very well who they are, what...