For diagnostic purposes, it’s enough to have DSM-like rubrics for categorizing difficult people: If a subject has X number of these descriptive traits
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The discard phase is very challenging for survivors. Due to cognitive dissonance created by the love bombing and the good days contrasted with the evi
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I watch you. I watch in order to learn. I observe in order to process. I survey so that I can add to my understanding. My steady gaze garners knowled
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Information is power, and for those who seek to safeguard against nefarious manipulation, learning how personality works and what to watch out for tra
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After living with Narcissists I have realised the extreme effort it takes for the them to maintain their false image and personas. I’ve seen the effor
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You could be forgiven for thinking that all of our kind are sadists. From your perspective, much of our behaviour, if not all, makes no sense and ther
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Antisocial personality disorder (APD) is one of the most difficult psychological diagnoses. Those with APD, also known as sociopaths, once discovered,
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Envy is usually described as a feeling of discontent, which arises as a result of wanting or desiring something that belongs to someone else. Envy can
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The strategies many narcissists instinctively use to get their way in personal relationships can be strikingly similar to the coercive tactics used by
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