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Emotional Abuse

Sociopaths and narcissists leave long-lasting damage on their chosen targets through various tactics of emotional abuse and neglect.

  1. Why Narcissists Want to Know If They Hurt You

    by Peace, Oct 22, 2017
    To people with Cluster-B disorders, it's very important that you still like them, even if they don't like you. It's all about "winning" the rejection game.

  2. The Drama Triangle: Persecutor, Victim, and Rescuer

    by Peace, Mar 8, 2017
    It's called the "drama triangle", because everyone is distracted from their unresolved baggage and instead acting out a completely misguided fantasy.

  3. Healing From Emotionally Abusive Relationships

    by Peace, Feb 3, 2017
    When we are separated from love in a traumatic or extremely abrupt way (cheating, abandonment, replacement), we often internalize a message that we caused that.

  4. Why Do Narcissists and Sociopaths Cheat?

    by Peace, Jan 23, 2017
    Narcissistic infidelity differs from "normal" cheating, because a narcissist feels no shame or remorse for what they've done.

  5. Why Sociopaths Idealize and Devalue People

    by Peace, Nov 15, 2016
    Like a black hole, they will suck the energy out of you until you have nothing left to offer, then discard you and blame you because the void is still there.

  6. Fear, Obligation, and Guilt (FOG) After Narcissistic Abuse

    by Peace, Oct 25, 2016
    Fear, Obligation, and Guilt (FOG) are the triad of emotional abuse. These three feelings cause an overwhelming amount of self-doubt, anxiety, and unhappiness.

  7. "Too Busy": When Sociopaths Have Time for Everyone Except You

    by Peace, Aug 1, 2016
    Narcissists and sociopaths make you feel needy and clingy, acting as if you're crazy for trying to continue the dynamic they created.

  8. The Psychopath's Game: Gaslighting Through Silent Treatment

    by Workinonit, Jul 20, 2016
    Psychopaths abhor making other people happy, but it's something they have to do to continue the game and keep you confused and playing along.

  9. 3 Emotions That Narcissists and Psychopaths Manipulate in Others

    by aphrodite, May 20, 2016
    They want to use this unstable emotional state of jealousy that they've manufactured within you to discredit your reputation and place themselves as the victim.

  10. The Narcissist's Mind Control Tactic of Assumption

    by Barberable, May 20, 2016
    Psychopaths use your kindness, sympathy, love and compassion to fill the emptiness that drives them in the aggression to control their target.
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