FACT: We all have narcissistic tendencies, but not all of us are abusive.We highlight this fact because it is important to remember that abusing others is a CHOICE, regardless of neuroses. So, when you find that your partner is showing signs of narcissism and is going out of their way to cross your boundaries and undermine your self-esteem, you might want to reconsider being in that relationship.Being with an abusive narcissist can be tricky. They always seem so perfect at ...

Has depression, anxiety, panic, or severe mental illness negatively impacted your life in one way or another?We’ve all been through difficult periods in our lives wherein our emotions got the best of us and pushed us to act in destructive ways. While it’s painfully human to become overwhelmed with negative emotions from time to time, we need to remember that when emotions start to take control constantly, we have to manage them.This is why “Cognitive Behavioral Therapy” is ...

Emotional abuse is a destructive way of controlling another using of emotions, whether that’s to shame, blame, criticize, embarrass, or manipulate.Once you find that your relationship has a consistent pattern of verbal abusiveness or bullying behaviors that intend to undermine your mental health or wear down your self-esteem, then you just might need to look for the exit.Because of the absence of any physical violence, it can take a while before you realize just how emotion...

When someone has an inflated sense of their importance and a deep need for admiration, they just might be a narcissist. But it’s not always so easy to spot them. Narcissists can be very charming and likable. You might even be dating one of them!Yes, you may be dating a narcissist. And while not all narcissists are bad people, some of them might be sinister enough to suck you into a very abusive spiral.So, if you find yourself constantly manipulated into doing things you don...