Another aspect of narcissistic behavior is one of a large sense of self-importance. Those with the disorder often act as though they are better and more important than others around them are. At the same time, however, those with narcissistic personality disorder actually have very low self-est...
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Unfortunately, narcissistic behavior and the myopic, self-centered perspective can seemingly grow in magnitude as an older adult diminishes in other abilities. They may make everything a “life or death” situation as they hound you into responding to their needs and their whims. They may ...
Experts and therapists weigh in on the Boy Mom trend and where it comes from, and real women explain what it’s like to date the son of a Boy Mom.
The word “narcissistic” was rarely used as an adjective until recently. Today, however, the word is everywhere. Oh, we lay people may have known words like “bipolar”, “manic-depression”, and “split personality” because we saw old movies like Freud, The Three Faces of Eve, The Sn...
in response to "anon5335 " comment. What you said just blew me away. I am in the middle of the same thing. It was like I was reading about my own life. My ex husband is narcissist. We where married for 26 years and I to sat back and watched not realizing what was going on. ...
Women need satisfying sex as much as men or even more. They are not getting it from feminized boyfriends or anonymous hookups.Why would a stranger care about her satisfaction?Having sex is not making love.Women are narcissistic-masochistic. A man's love-making is their narcissistic reward for...
The American Psychiatric Association estimates that there are approximately 1.5 million American women with Narcissistic Personality Disorder. While NPD is rare, non-clinical narcissism is a pervasive problem. In truth, we all have some of these traits. It is perfectly normal to have some of the ...
Similarly, feeling compelled to make rash decisions in the name of love is equally dangerous. Anita explains, “A lovesick person may exhibit irrational behavior like following their crush secretly or spending a long time getting ready just in case they bump into their love interest somewhere. ...
As well as being repressed, women’s sexuality was, in more recent history, mislabeled. Assuming that genes regulated women's behavior, evolutionary psychologists claimed that genes made women desire security in relationships. Thus, evolutionary psychologists developed the parental investment theory, which...