Category Archives: Lying and Deception

Lingering Gaslighting Effects

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Lingering gaslighting effects can make you doubt yourself and your judgment even after you’ve come to know better about your partner and their tactics.

Finding True Love in the Right Way and Place

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Finding true love in character-impaired times is most challenging. But knowing where to look and what to look for makes the task a bit easier. Of course, character is key.

Resisting the Urge to Expose a Covert Abuser

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The urge to expose your covert abuser is natural. But it’s frought with danger and can lead to even greater depression.

How Some Impression Managers Gaslight

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Many abusive relationship survivors are at their wits end trying to understand why others are still so positively swayed by the person who treated them so heartlessly. It’s a scenario that produces an intense gaslighting experience.

The Lying and Deception Spectrum

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For some disturbed characters “thinking makes it so.” In other words, reality or truth is what they say it is.

Beware of the Smug and the Glib

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Beware of the smug and the glib. Smooth talkers and smooth operators are often among the more malignant narcissists. Trust your gut and dismiss any seemingly superficial charm and seduction.

Drs Carter and Simon Discuss All Things Narcissism

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During a remarkable interview, Dr. Carter and I sometimes use different terms, but we describe the same realities – perspectives that differ considerably from those taught during our professional training but which both experience and abundant recent research soundly validate.

Things That Seem Like Love But Aren’t

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Some things in life sure do seem like love. And too many come to realize what love really is and isn’t too late in a relationship, when they’ve already invested a lot. The sense of dissapointment, disillusionment, and betrayal that inevitably follows can be a serious soul crusher. 

Compulsive Lying Versus Tactical Lying

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Most pathological lying is tactical lying, for the sole purpose of maintaining a position of advantage to abuse and exploit.

The Crazy Making Behaviors of Disturbed Characters

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Recognizing manipulation tactics when you encounter them, and responding appropriately is key to both sanity and personal empowerment.