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Understanding Metanarcissistic Characters

August 11, 2023Aggression, Covert-Aggression, empathy, Entitlement, Narcissism, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychology, Psychopathy and Sociopathy, Relationships, Social Issues, Therapyaggressive personalities, character, covert, manipulative, metanarcissistic, overt, tacticsDr. Simon

Some disturbed characters exhibit a pathology that goes well beyond their narcissism. The folks I call the “aggressive personalities” fit this category.

Prisons: What To Do with the Seriously Character Disturbed?

October 24, 2014Aggression, conscience, Entitlement, Narcissism, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychopathy and Sociopathy, Social Issuesantisocial personalities, character disturbance, culture, entitlement, incarceration, manipulative, Psychopathy and Sociopathy, sociopathyDr. Simon

Misperceptions abound about why people commit serious crimes and eventually find their way into prison. Some of the misconceptions have been around a long time and persist despite mounds of evidence to the contrary.

What is a Psychopath?

July 8, 2011Abuse, Manipulation, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychological Manipulation, Relationshipsaggressive, character, conscience, empathy, manipulation, manipulative, predators, psychopath, Psychopathy and Sociopathy, Unhealthy Relationships, victimizationDr. Simon

There’s been a lot of media hype about psychopaths in recent weeks. But true psychopaths are neither as common nor as easy to identify as some in the popular media would have you believe. You have to really understand those devoid of empathy, remorse, and conscience in order to minimize the risk of victimization.

How You Get Manipulated – Part 1

October 20, 2008Abuse, Manipulation, Personality and Character Disorders, Relationshipsabuse, abusive, character disorder, control, controlling, disturbed character, exploit, manipulate, manipulation tactics, manipulative, manipulator, psychologyDr. Simon

One reason people get manipulated is because commonly accepted psychological principles about why people do the things they do actually set a person up to be victimized!

Neurotic vs. Character Disorder? Criterion Three – Guilt

August 25, 2008Abuse, Manipulation, Manipulators, Neurotics, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychological Manipulation, Relationshipsdisturbed character, disturbed characters, emotional abuse, emotionally abusive, guilt, guilt-tripping, manipulated, manipulative, manipulator, neurotic, Neurotics, people get manipulated, Personality and Character Disorders, problematic relationships, Unhealthy RelationshipsDr. Simon

People often get manipulated because they misjudge the character of their manipulator. We have a tendency to want to see everyone else as basically pretty much like us. We want to think that they think the same way, care about the same things, and feel the same way we do. But individuals with disturbed characters … Continue reading Neurotic vs. Character Disorder? Criterion Three – Guilt →

“Passive-Aggression” Top 5 Misused Psychology Terms – Part 3

August 2, 2008Abuse, Manipulation, Psychobable, Psychological Manipulation, RelationshipsAdd new tag, anger, emotional abuse, get-back, indirect anger, manipulation, manipulative, passive-aggression, passive-resistance, resistance, Unhealthy RelationshipsDr. Simon

Unlike passive-aggression, covert-aggression is very active, albeit carefully veiled or subtle aggression, and it’s generally the culprit in manipulative behavior.

Dr. George Simon

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

Tag Archives: manipulative

What is a Psychopath?

How You Get Manipulated – Part 1

Neurotic vs. Character Disorder? Criterion Three – Guilt

“Passive-Aggression” Top 5 Misused Psychology Terms – Part 3