How Covert Narcissists and Aggressors Manipulate July 25, 2024Abuse, Aggression, Covert-Aggression, empathy, Entitlement, gaslighting, Integrity, Manipulation, Manipulators, Narcissism, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychological Manipulation, Psychology, Relationships, Social Issuescharacter, charismatic, charm, covert narcissists, covert-aggressors, gasligting, likeability, likeable, manipulate, tacticsDr. Simon Covert narcissists often manipulate by default. But covert aggressors always do so by design.
Mistaking Attractive Traits for Character February 22, 2023Abuse, Empowerment, Integrity, Narcissism, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychology, Psychopathy and Sociopathy, Relationships, Social Issues, Spiritualityattractive traits, character, charisma, charm, decency, integrity, likeability, personalityDr. Simon We’re naturally drawn to attractive traits like charm, charisma, and likeability. But mistaking these traits for character is dangerous.
How Character Disturbed Charmers Gaslight April 1, 2022Covert-Aggression, gaslighting, Integrity, Manipulation, Manipulators, Narcissism, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychological Manipulation, Psychology, Relationships, Social Issues, Spiritualityamiability, character, charmers, gaslighting, integrity, likeability, respectDr. Simon Folks exiting toxic relationships with character-impaired charmers can easily fall into the trap of spending time and energy trying to get others to see what they came to see the hard way.
Likeability Does Not Necessarily Reflect Good Character October 7, 2020conscience, empathy, Integrity, Manipulators, Narcissism, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychology, Relationships, Responsibility, Social Issues, Spiritualitycharacter, decency, empathy, likeability, personality, valuesDr. Simon Likeability is a highly attractive personality trait. But just being likeable doesn’t make a person a decent character.