Psychopaths in Life

Films and the media in general tend to portray psychopaths as violent “crazies” with murderous impulses that can be triggered on a whim. This serial killer stereotype of a psychopath is...

The idealize-devalue-discard cycle is now very well known in the toxic relationship recovery literature. It is the very common pattern that characterizes relationships with the so called Cluster B...

The image of the toxic workplace often carries with it the stereotype of the high flying, high paying, corporate job, where the stakes are high, and the atmosphere is super competitive and toxic to...

Gas-lighting - the process of gradually undermining and invalidating a person's self confidence and perception of reality - is generally thought of more in the context of personal relationships. And...

"Duping Delight is the pleasure we get over having someone else in our control and being able to manipulate them" Dr Paul Ekman, psychologist. We already covered in our main article on...

Omission lying is a subtle form of deception that can show up in many different contexts in life. See our full article on the topic for a more general overview. In this article though, we want to...