Narcissists, or people with narcissistic personality disorder, need very high amounts of attention, adulation, and praise from their romantic partners, and they are not very good at giving it to others. In the real world, the odds of two narcissists being in a long-term, committed relationsh...
Again, for narcissists, winning isn’t about recognizing the effort one’s made to train for a 6k race or win a game of skill like chess. They want to be seen as “winners,” but don’t want to do the work to win legitimately. Furthermore, an honest win doesn’t do harm to one...
Many women are initially attracted by a narcissist’s good looks and veneer of power or wealth. But not all. If a narcissist is trying to date you and you ignore him, he’s going to pursue you even harder. However, while all men do experience a degree of excitement in the “chase,”...
Those of us who chose to terminate a pregnancy also chose to avoid those consequences; this outrageous decision by these religious zealots says that their religious dogma holds more sway than the freedom to chose what happens inside our bodies. Ironic, given their refusal to uphold vaccine or m...
Eventually, Peale was criticized and eschewed by most religious communities as well as the mental health groups, not that his church got smaller. It grew to over 5,000 active members. For this he got a 1984 Presidential Medal of Freedom. Where did Peale get his ideas? They Ain’t ...
I eventually hit a breaking point on the corruption and meaning of saunas, to human health and to their egalitarian and cultural roots in Finland, but also Estonia, other Baltic countries, and also Russia through hot baths called banya. ...
That’s an offer that’s hard to refuse. Trump is a narcissist, this is a fact, and being President, of itself, could well be more important to him than returning our country back to anything near what it was. A time comes when you have to accept reality and I’ve been saying all...
this will make the task of eventually making Russia a responsible international partner much, much harder. When clouds have cleared and the spectre of totalitarianism removed, we will need a Marshall plan for Russia. The long-term risk to international society stemming from the rape of Ukraine is...
Friend A would have to do things for themselves, and that sounds just awful. Friend A doesn’t care that B is unhappy, because if we’re being honest, A is a bit of a narcissist. Being abusive to B has become a habit for A, and the idea of losing their punching bag is very una...
The temptation to begin worshiping (knowingly or unknowingly) spiritual teachers means that we eventually forget the purpose of listening to them, i.e.,to integrate the essence of their teachings. By treating the words of a guru or master as the irrefutable truth and failing to think for ours...