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
Have you ever considered the possibility of you being the actual narcissist in the relationship?
Perhaps the person you’re with was recently diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder, or perhaps you came across this term
The family dynamic and childhood of the codependent play a huge role in developing codependency. People are not born codependent, it’s something they learn later on in order to fit in their family and most
There can be multiple definitions for codependency. One of them suggests that it’s when people define their own identities and values depending on how much the others need and appreciate them. So, most of the
If you ever came across someone with narcissistic personality disorder, the term narcissistic rage shouldn’t sound alien to you. Sometimes, even when everything seems to be go going well, you can witness a narcissist throw a sudden temper tantrum. This
Being with someone you can’t be sure whether they’re a narcissist or not can be quite confusing. Though you can find yourself feeling just as confused once you find out they were indeed a narcissist (or when you start suspecting