Although we don’t remember most of them, our childhood years are the most important years of our lives. This is when our personality starts to form from the ground up and our behavior patterns in adulthood take
Birthdays, holidays and other special days often become good memories for us to reminiscence in the future. Unfortunately, special days spent with narcissists are far from being good memories. Birthdays, in particular, can often be filled with
What is Narcissistic Supply?
People with narcissistic personality disorder are in constant need of attention, care, affection, admiration, praise, appreciation, etc. from others. All of these expectations, which the narcissist desperately needs, are called “narcissistic supply”. The narcissistic supply can
A smear campaign is the systematic spread of a mass of lies or deceptive information in order to render somebody unreliable, disgraced and consequently isolate them. Narcissists and the other emotional manipulators are often unlikely to walk
The term Flying Monkey is a popular term used for people who are in the inner circle of manipulative people (who often have narcissistic or sociopathic traits) and exhibit behaviors that benefit the manipulative person. If you watched the famous
Triangulation is a manipulation technique toxic people use frequently. Even if you’ve never heard of this manipulation technique before, you probably experienced it at least once in your lifetime.
Although triangulation is usually a method used against
Financial abuse, or economic abuse is a very common form of abuse especially among married couples. It’s possible to see financial abuse in almost all relationships in which there’s emotional and physical abuse. Like all the other types of abuse,
Let’s start with explaining the word abuse. It can be defined as exploiting one’s goodwill. Within this context, we can say that it’s basically using one’s emotional state against them in a way that would serve the abuser’s purpose. It
It’s commonly believed that sexual assault often comes from strangers. But in most cases, the abuser turns out to be the victim’s spouse or partner. The victim can find themselves in a situation where they don’t know what to think
(This article contains spoilers concerning the TV series titled ‘Big Little Lies’)
Big Little Lies is a mini-series with 7 episodes for now, first aired on February 2017, produced by HBO and adapted by the book with the same title.