All posts by Kim Saeed

10 Ways Sex With a Narcissist Makes You Feel Used

At first, sex with a narcissist may seem addictive. It’s like you can’t live without each other. You want to spend all your time in bed, pleasuring and enjoying your partner’s body. But as time goes

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Why Healing From Stockholm Syndrome Is Part of Your Narcissistic Abuse Recovery

In 1974, the well-known media heiress, Patricia Hearst, was kidnapped. Later, she went on to help her abusers rob a bank, citing empathy and support for their mission. In 1998, the ten-year-old child,

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Are You Experiencing These 9 Signs of Emotional Abuse?

There’s a good chance that you know the apparent signs of emotional abuse. For example, you probably recognize that it isn’t appropriate for someone to scream at their partner or threaten to kill them.

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Love Bombing: 17 Key Signs You Should Never Ignore

You’re in a new relationship, and this one feels so much different than all the other relationships. It’s fast, it’s exciting, it’s…perfect?  Part of you feels anxious about moving so quickly,

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Narcissistic Triangulation Puts You In A Lose-Lose Situation

You feel played again. But you’re also confused. It seems like the narcissist attacked you, but it was so indirect that you’re questioning your reality. Now you’re left feeling threatened and unsafe.

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8 Ways Narcissists Use Narcissistic Projection to Hurt You

You know that narcissists hurt people in many ways. They lie, cheat, steal, and manipulate to meet their needs. They consistently engage in these toxic patterns without any true regard for how they impact

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Understanding Internalized Gaslighting and Its Impact on Your Life

Gaslighting is a type of psychological manipulation technique used by narcissists to make you question your own judgment, ideas, thoughts, and even how you perceive the world around you.  Unfortunately,

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Limbic Bonding: How Your Brain Can Keep You Attached to Toxic Relationships

Suffering from a broken heart can be one of the worst experiences we endure in our lifetime. This type of loss often makes us question ourselves and the world around us. It’s raw and painful and can,

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Golden Child Syndrome: Why Narcissistic Parents Exploit Their Children

We hear about all the toxic strategies narcissistic parents use when raising their children. They manipulate, gaslight, abuse, and sabotage their children’s growth.  So what explains why some children

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