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The Negative Effects of Pathological Empathy and Altruism
Are you too kind? According to Wikipedia, Empathy is defined as the capacity to understand or feel what another person is experiencing from within the other person’s frame of reference. Pathological
Read MoreHow Obsessively Researching Signs of Narcissism is Ruining Your Life
Have you found yourself obsessively researching signs of narcissism? Did you recently leave a toxic relationship, only to continue your fact-finding mission like a journalist working for CNN? Have you
Read More5 Brutal Ways New Abuse Survivors Torture Themselves
Wondering how to truly heal from emotional abuse? Legions of people who’ve endured emotional and narcissistic abuse hold the mistaken belief that choosing to leave a toxic relationship is the hardest
Read MoreCognitive Dissonance Removal Strategies
Abusive relationships often reshape your entire belief system. If you are like most victims of narcissistic abuse, you experienced a distorted sense of reality throughout the majority of the relationship
Read MoreThe Anatomy of Narcissism
Narcissists are disconnected from life; they have no knowledge, experience, or memory of love or caring. They cannot appreciate beauty. They are not able to replenish themselves; they have no internal
Read MorePsychic Cord Cutting: Healing After Emotional Abuse and Trauma
What is a psychic cord? Psychic cords are energetic bonds that develop between people. This typically happens when they share a deeply intimate relationship, but also when one partner believes that their
Read MoreWarning Signs You’re Dating a Loser
Written by Joseph M. Carver, Ph.D., Psychologist Introduction Very few relationships start on terms other than sweetness and politeness. In the beginning, “the honeymoon” of the relationship,
Read MoreEasing the Sting of “Rejection”
I get emails every day from people who are stuck in an obsessive cycle of feeling worthless, unattractive, and “no good”. This happens because the Narcissist in their life conditioned them to believe
Read MoreBreaking No Contact Can Hurt You in Court
How many times have you found yourself in this situation? “I don’t know why he has to be so hateful. I only called him so I could tell him…” No judgement here. I did this all the time before
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