Category Archives: Personality and Character Disorders
The Most Noble Work is Forging Character
Malformed Conscience and Character Disturbance
When a malformed conscience, virtually nonexistent conscience, or absent conscience lies defines someone’s character pathology, intervening in traditional ways is futile. That’s why it’s so important that toxic relationship survivors, who have most likely already endured years of gaslighting and other trauma, get the right kind of help should they manage to drag their character-impaired partner into therapy.
The Grandiose Narcissist’s Image is Built on Lies
Reverence for the Truth and Character Integrity
Finding a Partner with a Healthy Self-Image
Narcissistic Pomposity and Pretense
The 10 Qualities of Wholesome Character
Wholesome character is in particularly short supply these days. The problem is not just narcissism. And it’s not just antisociality. Character disturbances encompass a wide spectrum of problematic traits and behaviors that vary in types and degrees of severity. It’s bad enough that we have such a shortage of wholesome character. And it’s bad enough that behavior once regarded as unusual, unbecoming, or even outrageous, has become normalized. But what’s even more appalling is that we seem to have forgotten what good character is all about and what it takes to cultivate and promote it.