Codependency: Why Red Flags Give Us All The Information We Need
In my daily work with codependents, I hear a lot about so-called "red-flags". Usually this comes when clients are describing the early stages of a relationship they were or are in...
What Is It Really Like To Live With A Narcissist (Diagnosed): A True Story
This is her account, mostly a summary of journals and notes she made during the relationship. Names are not used and places have been changed as per her request.
Don’t Let Your Abuser Back In Your Life
The lockdown was, in fact, a haven for abusers. Their victims, who would typically have an escape route, had that route completely closed off by anti-virus procedures. It has been called by some, the shadow pandemic.
Top Post Of 2020: Emotional Incest And The Golden Child
2020 was a year to forget and anything that could help us get through was welcome. Before the pandemic, however, we had other things on our minds as the post below shows. Of all the posts I published in 2020, the one below was the most popular...
Trying To Deal With A Narcissist? It Just Won’t Work
Anyone who identifies as codependent will also know that relationships are the "battle ground" where the dysfunction takes place. As codependency originated as a broken connection to caregivers...
Codependency: A Case Of Repetition Compulsion?
Codependents often exhibit a certain behavior in adult relationships, often moving from one to the next in a "copy and paste" scenario...
Narcissist Abuse Syndrome: Elements of Stockholm Syndrome and PTSD
I once had a client who was involved with the most abusive, self-absorbed, self-centred, controlling man you could ever imagine. He abused her physically, emotionally, financially and verbally...
Narcissist Abuse: Being Hooked By The Illusion
You are swept away in a tide of emotional abandon with a seemingly like-minded person who only has your interests at heart. You fall in love fully and completely, you drop your boundaries and do not listen to your instincts that might hold some warning signs...
The Three Stages of Narcissist Relationships: A Roller-Coaster Ride
Narcissists are the archetypal Jekyll and Hyde characters, one way one moment, one way the next...
Why Codependents Stay With That “Special” Person
elationships are never as smooth as they could be and a major amount of hard work has to go in to keeping the ship afloat. If you read the many articles online about being in a relationship
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