Tag Archives: boundaries

Charm and the Potential for Harm

February 19, 2026Abuse, Character Matters, Entitlement, Integrity, Love, Manipulators, Narcissism, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychological Manipulation, Relationships, Social Issuesboundaries, character disturbance, charm, ego massage, entitlement, love bombing, malignant narcissists, narcissistic, psychopaths, seduction, spellDr. Simon

Charm should generally sound an alarm, because its aim is to disarm, and that always carries the potential for harm, whether intended or not.

Loving Boundaries Versus Unloving Barriers

May 28, 2024Aggression, conscience, empathy, gaslighting, Integrity, Intimacy, Love, Manipulation, Manipulators, Mental Health, Narcissism, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychological Manipulation, Psychology, Psychopathy and Sociopathy, Relationships, Responsibility, Social Issuesaggressive personalities, barriers, boundaries, character, character disturbance, conscience, love, relationshipsDr. Simon

While some boundaries are both necessary and genuinely loving, others are inherently problematic.

The Nature of Truly Supportive Relationships

September 2, 2021conscience, empathy, Integrity, Intimacy, Personality and Character, Psychology, Relationships, Responsibility, Social Issues, Spiritualityboundaries, character, commitment, contrition, positive regard, supportive relationships, trustDr. Simon

Supportive relationships have highly recognizable core characteristics that sadly are in short supply in our character-impaired times.

Healthy Boundaries Versus Intimacy Barriers

November 19, 2020Abuse, empathy, Integrity, Intimacy, Mental Health, Narcissism, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychology, Relationships, Responsibility, Social Issuesbarriers, boundaries, heart, intimacy, relationshipsDr. Simon

Healthy boundaries are essential for protecting our hearts. But an overly defended or hardened heart finds true intimacy difficult.

The Keys to Self-Empowerment

August 24, 2018Abuse, conscience, Empowerment, Entitlement, Integrity, Manipulation, Manipulators, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychological Manipulation, Relationships, Responsibility, Social Issues, Spiritualityboundaries, depression, empowerment, limits, manipulation tactics, relationships, terms of engagementDr. Simon

The main key to self-empowerment is simple: keep your attention, time, and energy focused where you have power.

The Importance of Making Amends

January 30, 2015Abuse, Aggression, empathy, Personality and Character, Psychology, Relationships, Responsibilityboundaries, character, contrition, limits, making amends, pride, regret, remorse, responsibilityDr. Simon

Making amends in a meaningful way can be a particularly arduous task. But in a loving relationship, repairing any damage done (whether inadvertently or intentionally inflicted) is not only a person’s duty but also essential for maintaining integrity of character.

Judging Character – Part Two

February 14, 2014empathy, Entitlement, Personality and Character, Relationshipsabuse, boundaries, character, empathy, entitlement, exploitation, remorse, therapyDr. Simon

In today’s world, making the right assessment of a person’s character before getting involved in a serious relationship is more important than ever.

What Made Them This Way?: Understanding Disturbed Characters

December 7, 2011Abuseabuse, boundaries, character, enabling, irresponsibility, limits, neglect, relationships, responsibility, trauma, understandingDr. Simon

When you strive too hard to “understand” a person’s behavior, you can often inadvertently excuse it.

Character on Trial: Some Lessons to Learn

October 13, 2011Personality and Character, Psychobable, Relationships, Responsibilityboundaries, character, enabling, irresponsibility, limits, relationships, responsibilityDr. Simon

Society can set all the limits and boundaries it chooses. But the willingness to respect those boundaries and limits instead of trying to get around them is an a matter of each individual heart.

Anger Issues or Something More?

September 15, 2011Abuse, Addiction and Recovery, Manipulation, Manipulators, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychological Manipulation, Relationships, Responsibilityabuse, abusive, aggression, anger, anger management, boundaries, character, control, dominance-seeking, enabling, limits, relationships, Unhealthy RelationshipsDr. Simon

The most important thing for anyone to accept is that the disturbed character’s behaviors are his (or her) problems to address through appropriate guidance and dedicated self-correction.

Dr. George Simon’sCharacter Matters

A Resource for Understanding and Dealing with Narcissists, Manipulators, and other Problem Characters