A person with narcissistic personality disorder MUST get their way, and they’ve become experts at manipulating people into giving it to them. They modify their behavior, their stories, and their lies to tailor a situation in their favor. ...
Even with all thewarning signs,it’s still normal for some spouses to stay by their narcissistic partners but when the time comes that theeffects of being married to a narcissisthave taken a toll — know that there’s no turning back. When you still have that little hope that you can bo...
But sometimes, the attachment between a mother and her son can become unhealthy, resulting in a phenomenon called mother-son enmeshment, in which a man can become a kind of surrogate husband to his mom. Here to unpack this complex issue is Dr. Kenneth Adams. Ken is a clinical psychologist ...
Throughout the years of marriage to anarcissist, there has been ample opportunity for the narcissist to chip away at their spouse’s confidence, to isolate them and make them feel inadequate as though they wouldn’t find anyone better than their narcissistic spouse. This constant chipping away w...
"Now that I’m out, I see that he was emotionally abusive, narcissistic, and was systematically erasing my personhood. Any time that I had an opinion that wasn’t his, he said that I was being a disrespectful wife." —41, Canada 7. "I was married at 18, my husband was 22. I ...