Tag Archives: tactics

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.

Manipulation Tactics and Gaslighting

November 2, 2022Covert-Aggression, empathy, Empowerment, gaslighting, Integrity, Manipulation, Manipulators, Mental Health, Narcissism, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychological Manipulation, Psychology, Relationships, Responsibility, Social Issues, Spiritualityempowerment, gaslighting, manipulation, Narcissists, tactics, toxic relationshipsDr. Simon

Manipulation tactics and gaslighting go hand in hand. In fact, it’s a manipulator’s astute use of tactics that induces the gaslighting effect.

The Crazy Making Behaviors of Disturbed Characters

July 13, 2022Abuse, Covert-Aggression, Empowerment, gaslighting, Infidelity, Integrity, Lying and Deception, Manipulation, Manipulators, Narcissism, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychological Manipulation, Psychology, Relationships, Responsibilitycrazy-making, empowerment, gaslighting, manipulation, outrage, tactics, trustDr. Simon

Recognizing manipulation tactics when you encounter them, and responding appropriately is key to both sanity and personal empowerment.

Honesty is Crucial to Good Character

March 17, 2022Abuse, Aggression, conscience, Covert-Aggression, empathy, Empowerment, Integrity, Lying and Deception, Manipulation, Manipulators, Neurotics, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychological Manipulation, Relationships, Social Issuescharacter, deception, honesty, impression management, lying, manipulation, spin, tacticsDr. Simon

We once widely regarded truth as the “best policy.” That’s partly because we understood that it always outs in the end. But it’s also because the it mattered to us more than it seems to these days.

Empowering Attitudes for a Lifetime

November 11, 2020Abuse, Covert-Aggression, Depression, Empowerment, Integrity, Manipulation, Manipulators, Narcissism, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychological Manipulation, Psychology, Relationships, Self-Esteem, Social Issues, Spiritualitybehavior, covert-aggressors, empowering attitudes, loving, principle, tactics, valuesDr. Simon

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

Manipulation and the Gaslighting Effect

August 18, 2017Covert-Aggression, Lying and Deception, Manipulation, Manipulators, Personality and Character, Psychological Manipulation, Psychology, Relationshipscovert-aggression, doubt, gaslighting, manipulation, manipulators, tacticsDr. Simon

Gaslighting Gaslighting has become a popular term these days. It was borrowed from the the suspense thriller play and movie Gas Light. Its plot involves a conniving husband who tries to make his wife think she is losing her mind. And he does this in part by making subtle changes in her environment, including causing the episodic … Continue reading Manipulation and the Gaslighting Effect →

Aggressive Personalities: An Upcoming Refresher Course

February 21, 2013Aggression, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychological Manipulation, Psychology, Relationshipsaggression, anger management, character, character disorder, character disturbance, covert-aggression, emotional abuse, manipulation, personality, personality disorder, tactics, verbal abuseDr. Simon

Human aggression is most often manifested in the unscrupulous and undisciplined will to power.