“You are permitted in times of great danger to walk with the devil until you have crossed the bridge.” Bulgarian Proverb MANIPULATION Sam Vaknin, a narcissist, shares a view on manipulation: “One of the favourite tools of manipulation in… Continue Reading
You choose. Do we have the glass half full playbook or the glass half empty? The silver lining playbook or the nimbus cloud? It helps to be born with the optimism gene and let life’s little terrors bounce off your… Continue Reading
Sometimes you have to be blunt with your friends to get the message across. I refer to GFE here which means, according to Urban Dictionary, Girl Friend Experience from a prostitute. (No, I won’t deconstruct… Continue Reading
When opposing counsel would call and vow to grind me into the ground until I was gone and the rent was unpaid and the kid had chest pains and his father said when I tried… Continue Reading
When someone thinks they know everything about you – and they get it all wrong it creates some cognitive dissonance. I read this and think, “Who is this? Who thinks like this?” A while ago… Continue Reading
Women – Is he screwed up? Dysfunctional? Distant? Cold? Emotionally unavailable.? Then get this guidebook in his hands now and if it doesn’t work, get out your courage and your walking shoes.MEN:Yes, you – the one with one hand on… Continue Reading
It’s a Tuesday morning in February. I’m in bed, awakening, and as consciousness returns I am tumbling off the cliff again. Over and over I fall and I can’t pull myself up and out. The fear increases, escalates as if shot through with… Continue Reading
WHY I WRITE ABOUT NARCISSISM I was in a conference room with two attorneys and my former husband. On the chalkboard was this quote: “The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were… Continue Reading
Manipulation Is Control And No One Wins The personality disordered charm and con and manipulate easily. Narcissists are very good at manipulation. How Do I Know If I Am Being Manipulated? If you feel like you can’t be heard, if you… Continue Reading
EVIL M.Scott Peck and Sam Vaknin disagree on whether narcissists are evil. Is it evil to belittle, denigrate, scapegoat, and make fun of someone until they are demoralized, subjugated, and traumatized? Is the verbal and emotional abuser who keeps his… Continue Reading