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Narcissists & The Baffling Break-Up: Q & A (Part 1)

I now provide email counseling via Q & A and I felt that my exchange below with a male victim of a female narcissistic partner would be helpful to everyone. As we know, while the female...



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Narcissists & The Snippet of Truth

Narcissists may be pathological liars but there will be those times when, feeling boxed in, the narcissist will toss out what I call a snippet of truth. It would behoove us to believe these snippets...



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Narcissists & The Substance Abuse Excuse

Let’s talk about narcissists and addiction since we tend to give narcissists a free pass on many things…alcohol, drugs, cheating…because the poor things just can’t help it. As usual, I have my...



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Narcissist Abuse: Feeling Sad is No Reason to Go Back

As I coach people through narcissist abuse recovery, I see a behavioral and emotional trend occurring about the third week in. It typically happens after an abuse victim is feeling pretty good about...



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Narc Abuse Recovery: Normal Sadness is No Reason to Go Back

As I coach people through narcissist abuse recovery, I see a behavioral and emotional trend occurring about the third week in. It typically happens after an abuse victim is feeling pretty good about...



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Do Narcissists Know Right From Wrong?

One of the most frequent questions I get asked about narcissists is whether or not they know right from wrong. It appears, obviously, that they don’t because how else could they possibly keep doing...



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5 Illogical Reasons Why We Stay With a Narcissist

Okay, so why do we stay with a narcissistic abuser even when we know better? Even when we, as smart, educated, and “normal” people, realize that something about this person is uncomfortably off? Even...



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5 Reasons Why We Stay With a Narcissist

Okay, so why do we stay with a narcissistic abuser even when we know better? Even when we, as smart, educated, and “normal” people, realize that something about this person is uncomfortably off? Even...



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Staying With a Narcissist: 5 Reasons Why We Do It

Okay, so why do we stay with a narcissistic abuser even when we know better? Even when we, as smart, educated, and “normal” people, realize that something about this person is uncomfortably off? Even...



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Staying With the Narcissist: 5 Reasons Why We Do It

Okay, so why do we stay with a narcissistic abuser even when – or after – we know better? Even when we, as smart, educated, and “normal” people, realize that something about this person that we...



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