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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.

Covert Personalities and Personality Disorders

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Covert personalities are not who they appear to be. They know how to look good but don’t care much about actually being good. By the time you figure out who they really are, you’ve already invested much and a lot of damage has been done.

Aggressive Narcissists and other Narcissistic Types

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Most aggressive personalities are also narcissistic. But not all narcissists are aggressor types. One example is the “amorous” type of narcissist.

Aggressive Narcissism Has Many Forms

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Narcissism comes in many forms. And aggressive narcissists create the biggest relationship problems.

Empowering Attitudes for a Lifetime

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Empowering attitudes are ways of looking at life and the world that are both freeing and confidence building.

The Art of The Lie

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Manipulative people are among the most skilled liars. As masters of deception, they know each and every little way to lie. Perhaps the biggest single reason their tactics of manipulation and control work is because their surface-level behaviors can easily have you believing one thing while underneath the surface something else is really going on.

Trust: The Foundation of Any Relationship

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Trust is not just a prerequisite for a sound therapeutic relationship. It’s an essential ingredient – perhaps the single most important ingredient – in any relationship, especially our more intimate relationships.

Serious Abusers And Psychology’s Failure to Understand Them

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Psychology needs to set aside our outdated, well-intended but purely speculative and unverifiable notions about who we are and why we do the things we do and build on the hard science we’ve acquired about our species and the natural world around us.

Manipulation Tactics: A Closer Look – Part 2

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Once you’re intimately familiar with all the tactics they habitually employ to: 1) get the better of you; and 2) look good while doing it, you can be more sure of your judgments about your manipulator’s character.

Life After A Manipulator

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After years of being manipulated, abused, and controlled, survivors of dysfunctional relationships can experience a variety of emotions that make it difficult to move on, even after mustering the courage to leave. Self-questioning, doubt and blame can pose real obstacles on the road to recovery. Life after a manipulator can be a welcome joy indeed, but it’s not always so easy to get there.