Narcissists play the intricate web of mind games to feed their insatiable hunger for control and validation, weaving illusions of power and superiority to mask the fragility within. In their twisted dance of manipulation, they seek to bend reality to their will, leaving behind shattered trust and...
One of the most maddening games they play is blaming you for your own abuse. You drove them to it. If only you weren’t so difficult. You upset them so much they couldn’t think straight. Your backtalk pushed them over the edge. Your nitpicking is driving them to distraction. They ...
At the season of the south-east winds those cousins played totoie; they made toy canoes of sharpened sticks, with sails of plaited leaf and leaflet rudders at the stern. Then they ran down to the cool lagoon to make them race. They swam them to the starting place, then they let them...
Because I do not get to spend all the ball games and cookouts with them I feel left out so when I plan to come I want to have that time that they all had. Right now I am angry with one of my sisteres because she doesn't let me into her Life. I talk about emotional things h...
Narcissists are masters of spin and diversionary tactics to drive their “conflicted reality” home through brute verbal force, emotional dismissiveness, psychological games, and delusional reasoning. If you are involved with a Narcissist, you know these communication strategies firsthand. ...
comes from getting educated on how they operate. You become less inclined to blame yourself or get caught up in the vortex or their games when you can see their tactics. You can also share with a trusted friend, colleague, or therapist what you are witnessing so you can chronicle it and...
Self-pity too has several variants. The milder version wants India to “hide its capability and bide its time” while the stronger version takes self-pity to the extreme: “A poor country must not have a bold, proactive foreign policy”. They argue ...