the more toxic individuals are, the more dishonest they are in their behavior and the more distorted they are in their thinking. This doesn’t allow us, as clinicians, to help them because they do not have any insight. A vampire is a fictional character who cannot see their reflection in a mirror. Toxic people are like this in that they cannot see within themselves. They lack insight. The psychological definition of insight is: •The capacity to show understanding for one’s own or another’s mental processes; •The immediate understanding of the significance of an event or action; •The ability to
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