Codependency is an emotional disorder where a person lives by taking care of someone else 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, and their self-esteem greatly depends on the approval they …
Are you easily hurt by negative comments, 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 too much empathy? If your answer to the previous questions was yes, then you might be an emotionally sensitive person. A highly sensitive …
One of the most asked questions on the internet about narcissists is how to deal with a narcissistic girlfriend or boyfriend. That’s why I decided to write this article. Most authors who try to answer that question give the most common answer which is; “leave the narcissist and never come back”. I personally consider such …
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I know this title may sound weird after all in some of my previous articles I said that manipulative people are mentally unstable. In this article I don’t intend to teach you how to manipulate people on your advantage, simply because that’s socially unacceptable and unhealthy, and I’m strongly against that kind of behaviour. You …
Traumatic bonding is an unhealthy emotional attachment that happens in an abusive relationship between the abuser and the victim when phases of emotional abuse are followed by phases of affection and niceness continuously. This unhealthy attachment can be so strong that the victim may find it impossible to leave the relationship. To understand well why …
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For most people when the word psychopath is mentioned, what comes in their mind is a criminal, a serial killer, or a very violent person. Of course it’s true that most psychopaths have those evil qualities but since they don’t exhibit those qualities every time, it would be wrong to understand a psychopath only as …
The reason why some people fall victim of narcissists’ hoovering and get back into a toxic relationship is because they don’t manage to recover completely and forget the narcissist after going no contact. In this article I will tell you how to erase a narcissist from your mind after you have decided to go no …
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I guess you already know that high self-confidence and feeling good about yourself goes hand in hand. If you managed to be confident then you would naturally feel good about yourself. One the other hand, when you have low self-esteem, you will always be critical to yourself, therefore, you will hardly feel good about yourself. …
Abusive narcissists may look stronger and powerful on the surface but inside they are usually weaker than the victim. An abusive narcissist is usually someone that life has treated badly, but instead of directing the life disappointments, anger and all the bad emotions associated with life problems towards seeking solutions they decide to direct this …
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One of the common questions I get when I do relationship coaching is; how to keep a narcissist interested in you? Narcissists have a habit of devaluing and discarding their relationship partner sometimes for no obvious reasons. Some people get confused by this behaviour and wonder what they can do to prevent the narcissist from …