First published on Psychology Today, March 25, 2023. To understand the trauma narcissists induce in others, we often focus on their… Read More

Exaggerated victimhood is a form of narcissistic grandiosity. Read More

Through the projective identification process, the parents both interpret and induce behavior in the child to identify with their projections. Read More

Children of narcissistically disordered parents experience profound violations of trust and ongoing assaults to their sense of reality, identity, and… Read More

Ah, praise. It can lift us up and send us flying to lofty heights. It can validate, it can motivate,… Read More

People with narcissistic personalities are relational antagonists who compulsively undercut others to gain a sense of control and superiority. Even when… Read More

In order to ban autocracy, exploitation, and inequality in the world, we must first realize that the first inequality in… Read More

Dysfunctional, narcissistic families typically feature inequities, and one of the most common forms of inequity is parental favoritism of one child over another. In… Read More

Forgiveness is often touted as the holy grail of healing. Indeed, releasing anger and resentment toward someone who has hurt… Read More

Despite the fact that an increasing number of young people identify as LGBTQ (1 in 6 of Generation Z), queer-identified individuals are subject… Read More