Life with a narcissist is like being in a fun house without the fun: Narcissistic mirroring and projection meet you at every turn. At first you may feel dazzled, seduced by what the narcissist is showing you about yourself and…
Terminology relating to narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) has been developed by psychologists and therapists over decades of research as well as by survivors of narcissistic abuse seeking a vocabulary to understand and talk about their experience. This list…
Whether on the playground, in the workplace, or on the home front, we all have experience with jerks: insensitive, self-serving people we’re better off without. Whether they’re self-righteous bigots, snarky critics, or cynical naysayers, they burden our lives with dead…
So, yeah, I know too well why you’re reading this right now. Whether or not you like being called “Dude,” you’re here looking for answers, understanding, insight, validation for the crazy hellfire you’ve lived through with narcissism. Maybe you’re still…
Published on HuffPost July 23, 2017, at 1:46 pm ET People with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) are exceptionally skilled abusers with a kind of algorithm that makes their abuse particularly destructive. The NPD Equation unstable identity + lack of self-esteem…
Published on The Huffington Post April 22, 10:59 p.m. ET. When she went to college, Ali of Portland, Oregon, was surprised to find herself telling a friend that she hated her father. The friend asked if her father had abused her,…
Narcissism is the talk of the town these days, but this pathological and socially toxic condition remains widely misunderstood. The true narcissist has a personality disorder that causes complex and insidious misery to him-/herself and to those around him/her. The…
Although narcissists would never admit it, they are by nature dependent on other people for their emotional survival. If they were loners, many lives would be spared immeasurable misery. But the narcissist actively, persistently pursues others to obtain “narcissistic supply,”…
It seems like everybody is talking about narcissism these days. Does social media breed it? Are we raising a generation of overpraised narcissistic kids? Is your boss, your new flirtation, or your president one? Questions and theories abound. But if…
Published on The Huffington Post 3/7/17 Narcissism has become a buzzword these days, but for adult children of narcissists (ACoNs) the reality is painfully serious and the health stakes are high. Parents with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) are pathologically self-focused…