Tired of being used, invalidated, manipulated and devalued? PRESS THE BUTTON!
Are you tired of being taken for granted, used, invalidated, disrespected, manipulated and devalued? Do you want to have relationships with healthy, normal people? Could your self-confidence use a boost? Press the Button! Related Posts You Are Not Your...
Psychopathic Medicine and The White Wall of Silence
Today I’m deviating from the subject of psychopaths and love, and delving instead into psychopaths and medicine, for good reason: so you can protect yourself and your loved ones when you seek medical care. Law enforcement is known for having a “blue...
Knowledge is Power: Never Be Manipulated Again
Never let anyone get away with manipulating you again. Empower yourself! Identifying covert emotional manipulation is tricky. You sense something is wrong, but you can’t quite put your finger on the problem. Covert emotional manipulation tactics are underhanded...
Greatest Hits, Vol. 1: How Can You Tell if You’re Being Manipulated?
Image by The Wandering Faun You may have missed this post, but I wouldn’t want you to because it’s an important one. Even if you read it before, it’s worth a review. We all have some concern about getting involved with another manipulator, so...
Get Your Psychopath Decoder Ring, While Supplies Last!
The Psychopath Decoder Ring for women… Get your very own Psychopath Decoder Ring! Slip this unique high-tech, handcrafted ring onto your finger, and it begins to work. Perpetual motion design makes batteries obsolete. The only thing you need to do in addition to...
Emotional Vampires: How To Keep Them Out of Your Life
Thomas Burke, The Nightmare “Emotional Vampires will use you to meet whatever needs they happen to be experiencing at the moment. They have no qualms about taking your effort, your money, your love, your attention, your admiration, your body, or your soul...
Self-Respect: The Key to Everything
“Self love, self respect, self worth – all interlinked and vital.” ~ Jane Thorne Self respect can be in short supply after being manipulated, abused and devalued by a psychopath. Losing our self respect stems from the feeling that we compromised our own...
Protect Your Most Valuable Asset — YOU
There was a time, not so long ago or far away, when “psychopathic predator” was not on my mental list of Things That Could Possibly Go Wrong. It never entered my awareness, so there was no way I could have expected it or prepared myself to deal with it. It...
Freedom: The Ultimate Relationship Litmus Test
The very first thing I felt after the psychopath discarded me was absolute and utter relief. I remember the long, deep breath I took, and the feeling of my entire body relaxing. This feeling of relief was quickly overpowered by other emotions, but I will never...
Never Trust Your Gut…Unless it Tells You to RUN
“Always trust your gut.” That’s what common wisdom tells us. We’ve got our built-in Spidey Sense working behind the scenes to protect us, if only we would listen. We’ve got our Bat Girl or Bat Boy Glasses on, ready to spot the...
The Hidden Vulnerability We All Have, Revealed
We’ve learned there are many things that leave us vulnerable to predatory manipulators. But no discussion of what may make us vulnerable is complete without revealing one vulnerability we all have, but that remains hidden from us. We see others and the world...
Got Boundaries? Part Five: Important Points and a Wrap-Up
A reader commented on my last post, saying “It’s hard to enforce a boundary when you don’t even know it’s being violated.” When dealing with covert manipulators, it won’t always be obvious that our boundaries are being tested, pushed and...
Got Boundaries? Part Four: Can Boundaries Protect You?
Can boundaries protect you from a manipulator? Only if you defend them. If you don’t, they’re useless. Psychopaths and other manipulative people will test your boundaries. Oh yes, they will. They’ll poke and they’ll prod and they’ll huff...
Got Boundaries? Part Two: How Boundaries Protect You, and a List of Examples of Boundaries
Take a look at the illustration of Lil’ Red. She’s really changed, hasn’t she? A big part of that was learning to be her own protector. She went through quite a trauma with the wolf, and big changes were needed. Isn’t this new image of her more...
Got Boundaries? Part One: What They Are and Why You Need Them
Do you have boundaries? Do you know what they are and why you need them? If not, you’re not alone, and it’s time to get some. If you do, it’s time to polish them up so they’re crystal clear, because boundaries are the invisible shield that...
Advice for Dealing with a Violent Ex
Recently I got a comment from a terrified reader with a violent ex, who didn’t know where to turn. She wrote, “Two years ago I found out I was pregnant with our second child. Let me tell you, it does NOT get better. During that pregnancy, I endured abuse...
How to Avoid a Relationship with a Psychopath
When we’re imagining our ideal relationship, no one thinks: “I want to be in an unhappy relationship with a person who is only out to dominate and humiliate me, and who will use me for sex and entertainment along the way. Ideally, he’ll be someone who has no respect...
How Can You Distinguish Real Love From Victimization by a Psychopath?
I’ve been asked the same question several times by people who read “Red Flags of a Psychopath” on this website: “This sounds like a description of a couple falling deeply in love. How is it different? How can I tell if it’s happening to...
Traits of the Psychopath’s Victim
Do you have traits that make you vulnerable to psychopathic manipulation? There are certain traits we may have that make us more likely to be victimized by psychopaths. This in no way suggests a victim is to blame — the predator is clearly the one to...
Vulnerability and the Psychopath
Psychopaths can easily spot a vulnerable person. They have an uncanny ability to look at a you and tell if you’re a potential victim, one who will easily succumb to their mind games and provide them with what they need. Vulnerability is defined as being “capable...
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