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 get 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, an alcoholic man who drinks in order to escape bad moods, a person who tries to keep themselves busy in order to forget their problems, are all examples of people who suppress their emotions. Many people suppress their emotions thinking that by doing …
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 to 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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