Narcissism
Surviving Narcissism Podcast with Dr. Les Carter. Episode: Healing from Toxic Relationships, Featuring Dr. Stephanie SarkisDr. Les Carter speaks with Dr. Stephanie Sarkis about her book that describes how to recognize toxic relationship patterns so you can focus instead on staying true to who you need to be. Listen to Surviving Narcissism Podcast [...]
Narcissistic parents can cause lifelong damage.Having a narcissistic parent can damage a child's self-esteem, self-concept, and how they view the world. As adults, they may unknowingly be drawn to narcissistic partners or exhibit some of their parent's pathological behaviors. Narcissistic parents often exhibit certain common behaviors that can affect their children. Read the full article on [...]
Anxious and avoidant attachments styles can attract each other. Attachment theory suggests that how we form emotional bonds in early childhood influences our attachment styles and behavior patterns in adult relationships. According to research by psychiatrist and psychoanalyst John Bowlby and developmental psychologist Mary Ainsworth, there are three main types of insecure attachment: anxious, avoidant, and disorganized. People with an anxious attachment [...]
Toxic people can erode our self-esteem. Some people seem to radiate positivity, while others leave us feeling emotionally drained and manipulated. Toxic people impact our mental and emotional well-being, leaving us exhausted and stressed. How do toxic people leave us feeling depleted and like a shell of our former selves? Learn what makes a person [...]
Narcissists from your past can pop up in your life and leave just as quickly. Your ex texts you out of nowhere and asks how you are doing. She tells you she misses you, and you don't hear from her again until months later. You may have been breadcrumbed. Breadcrumbing is when a person gives [...]
Learn if a trauma bound may exist in your relationship. You may develop a trauma bond in relationships with toxic people, whether they have narcissistic or sociopathic tendencies. A trauma bond occurs when you have become emotionally attached to someone that abuses you (Reid, 2013). You may have heard of a trauma bond named Stockholm [...]
Narcissists will try to suck you back into contact with them. Resist it. When a pathological narcissist is out of your life, they may eventually try to “hoover,” or suck you back into contact with them. Hoovering may be done by emailing, texting, calling, or snail mailing. A narcissist may send you a long email [...]
Taking an “emotional inventory” can help you forge ahead in the new year. An end-of-year review of your self-care and wellbeing can help you prioritize and give you insights into what you would like to change in the new year. Part of that review can include looking at the emotions you experienced.It is crucial to take [...]
How to protect yourself when someone ignores your boundaries There are generally two types of narcissists — overt and covert. Overt narcissists are the types you hear about more frequently because they tend to be louder (verbally and behaviorally) about their need for special attention and treatment. Covert narcissists tend to play a "victim" role and usually say [...]
Your narcissist parent can turn a quarantine into a nightmare. You have a narcissist/gaslighter for a parent. Going to work was your reprieve from the narcissist's antics. Work was like a vacation for you. Or maybe you only had to visit your parent on weekends. Even then, you kept the visits short. But now your parent [...]
