How To Never Get Involved with an Abuser Again
The two traits all abusive people have in common: They lack empathy and they are manipulative.
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The Wizards of Id
It’s all about the id, the ego and the superego. Psychopaths, you see, are The Wizards of Id.
EMPATHY: What It Is and Why You Need It
Emotional reciprocity, love and belonging are essential human needs, and if these needs are not being met, then mental and physical health will suffer.
Intensity or Intimacy? A Relationship Litmus Test
Intimacy has to do with trust, understanding, and feeling understood. Intensity, on the other hand, is all about drama, anxiety, uncertainty, and fear.
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Invalidation: I Refuse to Have This Discussion!
Invalidation is considered one of the most damaging forms of emotional abuse. Abusers use invalidation as a tool of manipulation and a weapon. Others may be short on empathy. Some may feel uncomfortable with your pain. Some are simply jealous.
The Self-Compassion Effect
Self-compassion is nothing less than a paradigm shift after involvement with psychopath, narcissist, or any abuser. It can be transformational.
Backed Into an Emotional Corner
When you’re backed into an emotional corner, acting out does not mean you’re crazy, and it does not make you the abuser. It means you’re a normal person pushed to your limits by a manipulator.
The Game You Didn’t Know You Were Playing
When targeted by a psychopath,
we unwittingly become an opponent in a game we don’t even know we’re playing. The stakes are high and the odds are stacked in their favor. They make the rules, and play to win.
The Psychopath: Truly and Fundamentally Different
The truth can be difficult to understand from our own frame of reference.
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Liminality, the Unsettling Space of In-Between
After our experience in a psychopathic bond, we are shaken to our core. The firm foundation we believed we stood on crumbled beneath us. We find ourselves in a liminal place — a place of ‘in-between.’
Charm and the Psychopath
The psychopath’s charm is the focus of a predator on his prey, adorned with a smile. Literally.
How to Tell if You’re Being Manipulated
Emotional manipulation can be so subtle and undercover that it can control you for quite a while before you figure out what’s happening, if you ever do. Learn how.