Tag: love
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Part 1 – Love Bombing: When “Too Good to Be True” Is Your First Red Flag
Love stories often start with intensity: late-night talks, butterflies, and the dizzy feeling that you have finally met someone who gets you. But sometimes that intensity is not romance… it is a manipulation. The more intense it appears, the more likely it is that we could call it love bombing. Love bombing is a pattern…
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Questionnaire: Are you in an Abusive Relationship?
I posted this some time ago, but I’ve updated it, and it is worth a read… Sometimes, the early stages of a new relationship are so overwhelming that we lose sight of ourselves. We get lost in the fog, and we not only can easily miss any red flags, but we also feel so good…
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So, you think you know a Behavioural Narcissist (BN)?
Narcissistic personality disorder is a personality disorder and is relatively rare. What is much more common is what we can call Behavioural Narcissism (BN). I read an article recently that claimed BNs were up to forty per cent of the adult population. Even a quarter of that tells us we all know at least one,…
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Defeating Trauma Bonding
We all know trauma bonding is a powerful emotional control that will keep you emotionally connected to your abuser, accepting the abuse and ongoing maltreatment. So much has been said about trauma bonding, and the word trauma is such a buzzword these days, it is hard to make sense of all the complex explanations of…