Manipulative seduction is a tactic I first described in In Sheep’s Clothing. It can include heaping attention and praise on you, and ego-massage. Put these things all together and you have what’s now commonly called “love-bombing,” which can be anything but genuine love.

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.

Lingering Gaslighting Effects

March 24, 2023Covert-Aggression, Empowerment, gaslighting, Integrity, Lying and Deception, Manipulation, Manipulators, Narcissism, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychological Manipulation, Psychology, Relationships, Social Issues, Spiritualitycharacter, covert-aggressors, gaslighting, manipulators, tacticsDr. Simon

Lingering gaslighting effects can make you doubt yourself and your judgment even after you’ve come to know better about your partner and their tactics.

How Some Impression Managers Gaslight

January 13, 2023Abuse, Covert-Aggression, Entitlement, gaslighting, Integrity, Intimacy, Love, Lying and Deception, Manipulators, Narcissism, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychological Manipulation, Relationships, Social Issuesegocentrism, entitlement, gaslighting, impression management, intimacy, love, narcissism, tacticsDr. Simon

Many abusive relationship survivors are at their wits end trying to understand why others are still so positively swayed by the person who treated them so heartlessly. It’s a scenario that produces an intense gaslighting experience.

The Lying and Deception Spectrum

December 21, 2022Abuse, Aggression, Covert-Aggression, Empowerment, gaslighting, Integrity, Lying and Deception, Manipulation, Manipulators, Narcissism, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychological Manipulation, Psychology, Relationships, Social Issues, Spirituality, Therapycovert-aggressors, disturbed characters, gaslighting, grandiose narcissists, lying and deception spectrum, manipulation, tacticsDr. Simon

For some disturbed characters “thinking makes it so.” In other words, reality or truth is what they say it is.

Drs Carter and Simon Discuss All Things Narcissism

November 16, 2022Abuse, Aggression, Covert-Aggression, Empowerment, Entitlement, gaslighting, Integrity, Lying and Deception, Manipulation, Manipulators, Narcissism, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychological Manipulation, Psychology, Relationships, Social Issuescharacter, intervention, manipulation, narcissism, narcissistic relationships, tactics, therapy, toxic relationshipsDr. Simon

During a remarkable interview, Dr. Carter and I sometimes use different terms, but we describe the same realities – perspectives that differ considerably from those taught during our professional training but which both experience and abundant recent research soundly validate.

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