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.
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To Trust or Not To Trust… Is That the Question?
What are we to do? Should we trust or not trust? How about neither one? It turns out there’s another choice available to us.
Emotion or Logic? Three Ways to Have Them Both
How can we prevent love from ‘getting in the way’ of seeing reality clearly, trusting our perceptions, and looking out for our best interests? It comes down to three things.
Can We Ever Trust Again?
It’s hard to trust others after what happened. And it’s hard to trust ourselves. After all, we didn’t see the truth of what was going on right before our eyes. But we have learned a lot since then.
Shiny Objects: A Deeper Look at Idealization and Devaluation
For a psychopath, to know you is to hate you. You didn’t really do anything wrong (although he wants you to think you did). Likewise, you weren’t idealized for anything you truly were, only for what the psychopath imagined you to be. But you are a real person, not a product of the psychopath’s imagination.
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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. Or… maybe not.
How to Trust Again After a Relationship with a Psychopath
After learning the shocking truth – that you were targeted and victimized by a dangerous manipulator – you might make up your mind to never trust again. But if that’s your plan, think twice.
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