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Dominance Seeking Disturbed Characters

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The more character disturbed someone is, the more problematic it is when they seek dominance.

Another Aggressive Personality Primer

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The aggressive personality is out to win and often at all costs. Such a mindset and behavior always takes a heavy toll on relationships.

Understanding The Psychopathy Spectrum

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The Psychopathy Spectrum All disturbed characters on the psychopathy spectrum are significantly impaired in their empathy capacity. But exactly where a person lies on the spectrum depends upon just how devoid of empathy they are and what other problematic traits they also possess. Psychopaths: lack empathy are extremely decietful, manipulative, conning possess a certain glibness, … Continue reading Understanding The Psychopathy Spectrum →

Severe Character Disorders

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Presently, there’s no treatment for severe character disorders. This is especially true when it comes to psychopaths.

Empathy Can Be Facilitated But Not Taught

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What Is Empathy? Empathy does not equate with compassion. Nor does it mean the same thing as pity. And it’s not something we cause to happen in any way. Rather, we simply experience it in certain situations. Most of us do, that is. And it involves more than just intellectually surmising or understanding how someone … Continue reading Empathy Can Be Facilitated But Not Taught →

Some Manipulators Enjoy Toying with You

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Folks devoid of empathy will hurt you without compunction. They might regret certain consequences, but they rarely experience genuine remorse or contrition. How someone acts when they’ve hurt you tells all you really need to know about their character.

Malignant Narcissism Goes Beyond Haughtiness

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Malignant narcissists disdain all the qualities most of us think make us decent human beings. They see them as signs of weakness. And they see them as proof of others’ inferiority. That’s what enables them to feel superior. And that’s why they feel entitled to prey.

Toxic Self-Love

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Narcissism is pathological self-love. And noble character is largely about healthy self-love. Getting the balance right is what the third commandment of sound character formation is all about.

Personality and Character Disorders: When It’s Serious

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The most severely disordered characters among us are not the “hot-headed” types who sometimes let their passions get the better of them and do things they might sometimes later regret but rather the “cold-hearted” sorts who chronically and ruthelessly try to get the better of others.

The Character Disturbance Continuum – Part 3

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Malignant narcissists don’t really need anyone nor do they particularly care about anyone other than themselves.