I’m not good enough for my partner; he will just leave me for someone else. I will probably lose my job in the upcoming retrenchment. I don’t think my children will have a good future. Do these phrases sound familiar? If your answer is yes, then you might have developed insecurities. Insecurity is a feeling …
Are you tired of being disrespected by a narcissist? Are you losing your self-esteem because the narcissist disrespects you? Before you try to make a narcissist respect you, it’s important to understand why he doesn’t respect you in the first place. Malignant narcissists are narcissists who try to hurt others intentionally, and disrespect is one …
Have you ever met someone who: Believes and behave like he is not like other people Feels that he is destined for a glorious life Feels entitled to a special treatment Those are some of the characteristics of a person who has entitlement complex (an unhealthy sense of entitlement). At first you may think that …
In the initial stages of a relationship, couples are usually intensely attracted to each other and madly in love. But after sometime, these intense feelings of love usually fade away, and in a healthy relationship love is felt through intimacy, mutual respect and connectedness. People who don’t understand how love works may start thinking that …
Why do we obsess over people who ignore us? Why do we think a lot about people who do not seem to be interested in us? Logically, we should obsess over those who love us, after all, we all want to be loved, and ignore those who ignore us because no one likes to be …
Since people are different, when two people come together in a relationship, there can be a lot of conflicts, fights and disagreements but those problems are usually solved as time passes and the relationship stabilises gradually as those people gets used to each other. However some relationships never seem to be going in the direction …
A submissive woman who does not respond assertively to her abusive partner, a man who drinks in order to escape bad moods for a moment, a person who tries to keep himself busy in order to forget his problems, are examples of people who suppress their emotions. Many people suppress their emotions thinking that by …
Codependency is a behaviour where a person tries to make his relationship partner or other people depend on him by taking care of them and pleasing them while ignoring his own personal needs and rights. Codependent people usually feel good about themselves when they find that they are needed by others especially their relationship partner …
Do you get easily hurt by negative remarks, criticism and small insults? Do you find it unbearable when someone shouts at you or talks to you in a rough way? Do you have a lot of empathy? If your answer to the previous questions was yes, then you might be an emotionally sensitive person. A …
How to deal with a narcissistic partner? How to deal with a narcissistic boyfriend or girlfriend? How to handle a narcissistic partner? These questions are among the common questions I usually get when I’m coaching people who are dealing with narcissistic partners. That’s why I decided to write this article. Of course you can’t use …
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