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  • Victim reaction to Abuse by Narcissists and Psychopaths
    Constant feelings of guilt, self-reproach, self-recrimination and, thus, self-punishment.
  • The Compulsive Giver
    To all appearances, the compulsive giver is an altruistic, empathic, and caring person. Actually, he or she is a people-pleaser and a codependent. The compulsive giver is trapped in a narrative of his own confabulation: how his nearest and dearest need him because they are poor, young, inexperienced, lacking in intelligence or good looks, and are otherwise inferior to him. Compulsive giving, therefore, involves pathological narcissism.
  • The Cult of the Narcissist
    The narcissist is the guru at the centre of a cult. Like other gurus, he demands complete obedience from his flock: his spouse, his offspring, other family members, friends, and colleagues.
  • Lies People Tell
    All people lie some of the time. They use words to convey their lies while their body language usually gives them away. This is curious. Why did evolution prefer this self defeating strategy? The answer lies in the causes of the phenomenon.
  • The Good Enough Family
    The families of the not too distant past were orientated along four axes. These axes were not mutually exclusive. Some overlapped, all of them enhanced each other.
  • The Egoistic Friend
    What are friends for and how can a friendship be tested? By behaving altruistically, would be the most common answer and by sacrificing one's interests in favour of one's friends.
  • Dr. Jackal and Mr. Hide
    Narcissists are either cerebral or somatic. In other words, they either generate their Narcissistic Supply by applying their bodies or by applying their minds.
  • The Malignant Optimism of the Abused
    I often come across sad examples of the powers of self-delusion that the narcissist provokes in his victims. It is what I call "malignant optimism". People refuse to believe that some questions are unsolvable, some diseases incurable, some disasters inevitable.
  • Back to La-la Land
    Relationships with narcissists peter out slowly and tortuously. Narcissists do not provide closure. They stalk. They cajole, beg, promise, persuade, and, ultimately, succeed in doing the impossible yet again: sweep you off your feet, though you know better than to succumb to their spurious and superficial charms.
  • What is Abuse?
    Abusers exploit, lie, insult, demean, ignore (the "silent treatment"), manipulate, and control.
  • The Spouse, Mate, or Partner of the Narcissist
    What kind of a spouse/mate/partner is likely to be attracted to a narcissist?
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