Almost all of us have loved a toxic person at one point or another in our lives.
People who suffer from personality disorders are our parents, siblings, life partners, and even our children. We love them deeply, but they can inflict major damage on us as they work out their sense of entitlement, need for admiration, inability to take criticism, and dismissal of our feelings.
KEY POINTS When ending a relationship with someone who has a demonstrated need for revenge, be prepared for them to turn on you. Due to the nonphysical nature of smear...
Explainer: what is an anxiety disorder? Excessive anxiety causes serious distress and problems in important areas of life. Thomas/Flickr Most of us are intimately familiar with anxiety. We experience it as we...
Embracing Your Life Journey: The Key of Self-Compassion by Dr. Carla Manly Are you hard on yourself? Do you find that you judge your progress or pace if life??...
What It Really Means to Take Care of Yourself Why It’s Not All About Massages and Green Juices Real self-care probably isn’t what you think it is. It isn’t all...
Learn to recognize the textbook patterns of narcissists, Spot Master Manipulators, sociopaths, and psychopaths to protect yourself and those you love from being abused. Photo by JESHOOTS.COM on Unsplash Master manipulators act in...
Anxiety is one of our primal human traits. You can think of it as our body’s natural alarm system that goes off whenever there is a threat or unfamiliar situation...
When it comes to a condition like low back pain, the care a patient receives can depend on case history and examination findings, as well as the doctor’s training and...
“Belonging” is trending. You can see it in evolving executive titles, such as “vice president of global diversity, inclusion and belonging.” You can find it in reports about how to make employees...
Why do narcissists discard their own children? It often comes as a shock to people who have children with pathological narcissists how easily some of them abandon their children. Many...