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The Big Mistakes with Teams

 The Big Mistakes With Teams I’m going to explain something here so I don’t want anyone to take this personally as it’s not about anyone specific but it’s about a general observation I’ve had in my experience that could be something someone could learn from to prevent themselves from being misperceived. It revolves around the idea of someone telling a traumatic story about themselves and a second person hearing the story and feeling that it wasn’t that big of a deal due to either a lowered empathic response or some conflict that is present between the two individuals. Sometimes in this situation the second person will invalidate the first person by comparing their situations. It often comes off as trying to assert that you are an expert on the human condition. When a person drills down to the root of the issue, often It is an attempt to invalidate anything else anyone has gone through by saying ‘well, I went through (insert situation here) so that means everyone else’s story t...
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The Bible is against divorce. If you're a Christian who's married and your spouse cheats on you with another person, is that a good reason to get a divorce?

  The Bible is against divorce. If you're a Christian who's married and your spouse cheats on you with another person, is that a good reason to get a divorce? This is a subjective decision in my book. It comes down to the betrayal and whether or not you can get past it. Ultimately, it will be your decision and no one should shame you for it. To me the idea of sticking around comes down to whether there has been a change in the person. If they show genuinely that they feel bad about what they did to you and that has manifest itself into real long term change of behavior then it might be worth giving him a chance but, there has to be a desire to change and he has to acknowledge that it takes a long time to build trust back up after a major betrayal and that is what he did was betray you in the worst way imaginable. If getting past it is not something that you feel you can do then I’d consider the following: Those who let society dictate that they must live in a perpetual hell to ...
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If somebody can't take responsibility, should it be forced onto them?

  If somebody can't take responsibility, should it be forced onto them? We are a product of our environment and our circumstances. When you are surrounded by things that pull you down and when you are sabotaged perpetually you eventually become what everyone tells you that you are. You eventually believe it because all of the evidence around you points to that being reality and when you are someone that carries that internal shame from childhood then you are far more likely to accept this as the truth than someone who has a strong sense of self, strong sense of being and knows what they are worth. This is what makes narcissists vulnerable and invulnerable at the same time. The pathological ones have already grappled with this when they were a kid and they opted for rewriting life into a fantasy story that has them as the star and nothing that they do can be held to them for accountability. They simply deny reality and replace it with their rewritten one because it’s more pleasant f...
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Narcissism: A Complete Summary

Narcissism: A Complete Summary Photo by  Vitaly Gariev  on  Unsplash A narcissist is someone who is grandiose and feels that they are larger than life. They have this feeling of being special or they need to affiliate with something that they find special or elite in order to feel like they have value. The have an entitlement which makes them think they are above the law and above the rules but that the rules still need to apply to everyone else. They view everything as a hierarchy and those that they view below them will be treated like total trash and they will believe that they can do as much damage to them as they want, as they see the person as a lower lifeform. Those that they view above themselves though, they will kiss their butt to remain in favor. Narcissists act arrogant and haughty all of the time so when they speak about something they will have some angle as to how it makes them ‘the best’ and they will do so overtly if they are the grandiose style narcissis...
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Psychopaths and Love

  Psychopaths and Love One thing I’ve heard a lot about from psychopaths is that the person they fall in love with tend to have specific traits that are rare — but they love those traits specifically because of what it gives to the psychopath — thereby not actually loving the person for who they are but more what they provide. Those traits are typically: Someone that will put up with their shit because they know they see themselves as above the law and don’t have follow the rules that they expect everyone else to follow — it is very rare finding someone that will have this trait but its not the person that is loved its the fact that the person won’t leave while they treat them like garbage. The person is mentally resilient enough to put up with the ‘boredom’ tortures that the psychopath unleashes on them. When they get bored its like acid in the veins and for some reason nearly universally, it’s attacking the psychology or causing reactions out of their partner because it entertain...
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Acceptance: It is what it is

  Acceptance: It is what it is Photo by  Daniel Uvegård  on  Unsplash Betrayal. Betrayal is hard to accept. It’s hard to get past when you know what you’ve been through and you can’t articulate it in a way that really provides the weight of the gravity and a sense of the urgency that the situation truly should call for. You find out that no one cares what happened to you. No one cares how wrong it was, or how illegal it was. They just want you to shut up so they don’t have to hear about it. So you found yourself discriminated against, you were shunned, you were isolated, and were systematically picked apart by the very people that you should have been able to trust. Then, after it all if you try to explain it to anyone you’re further isolated by their invalidation and inability to understand the true magnitude of what you’d been through. It amounts to a total betrayal by everyone you knew and the idea of having to let it go and let those people get away with it is a ...
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You are wrong about your narcissist

  You Are Wrong About Your Narcissist Photo by  Andrej Lišakov  on  Unsplash Psychologists will often not believe you if you tell them that your spouse is a narcissist for a couple reasons. The first is that people often don’t truly understand what a narcissist is, and the second is because people are often incorrect with their assessment despite knowing what narcissism is. People can’t diagnose their loved ones. The argument that people can’t diagnose family members roots from a couple of different places. Spouses have a conflict of interest and are too close to the situation to be able to objectively assess and diagnose. Comorbidity confuses people, so they make mistakes within their assessment due to their own lack of training. I actually used to get upset at the notion that significant others have no right to be assessing and diagnosing. I would say that I’m quite capable of identifying abuse and that I’m intelligent enough to be able to assess. However, after re...
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Dark Psychology - Manipulation

  Dark Psychology There are many different psychological mechanisms that are  present in society on a daily basis.    These mechanism utilize a person's fears and their ability to interpret messages that their aggressor wishes for them to have.    Everywhere from the office to the club, to your very own home, you are subjected to various forms of manipulation from people.     Manipulation has a bad rap.    People believe that manipulation is a bad thing because of how it makes them feel when they find out that they have been manipulated.   People get upset because it makes them feel like a lesser person, like they have been victimized in some way, and often like they are not intelligent.    Manipulation can be used for good purposes however.    In the case of a newborn baby the very first thing it learns how to do in order to survive is to cry.    By crying they trigger their mother to come an...
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Narcissism: A Complete Summary

Narcissism: A Complete Summary Photo by  Vitaly Gariev  on  Unsplash A narcissist is someone who is grandiose and feels that they are larger than life. They have this feeling of being special or they need to affiliate with something that they find special or elite in order to feel like they have value. The have an entitlement which makes them think they are above the law and above the rules but that the rules still need to apply to everyone else. They view everything as a hierarchy and those that they view below them will be treated like total trash and they will believe that they can do as much damage to them as they want, as they see the person as a lower lifeform. Those that they view above themselves though, they will kiss their butt to remain in favor. Narcissists act arrogant and haughty all of the time so when they speak about something they will have some angle as to how it makes them ‘the best’ and they will do so overtly if they are the grandiose style narcissis...
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What you need to know about Codependency

  What you need to know about Codependency Photo by Morgan Housel on Usplash Attachment Style Codependency roots from an attachment trauma that a child received in their early years. There are many different causes for attachment trauma ranging from neglect, to child abuse, to the main caregiver becoming ill or hurt, necessity for survival (working for food), to the baby itself being sick or in a lot of pain. Codependency typically accompanies an anxious style of attachment. It is the inverse of narcissism because the narcissists attachment trauma typically manifests itself in an avoidant attachment style. Once a child has an anxious attachment style — if they have any instability at home or some perceived threat to their security they will often move into a people pleaser role growing up. They will attempt to take care of the needs of their caregiver or to avert disturbing temper flares by catering to them and by being the good child at the beckon call of the parent. Arise my Peop...
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Why is there an addiction to narcissistic partners?

Why is there an addiction to narcissistic partners? This is just my personal theory on the topic as I’ve thought a lot about variances of this question and my own situation. This is what I have come up with as to why:  Enmeshment - enmeshment often gets spoken about from the abusers perspective. Where they purposefully inject themselves into someone else's life and take control and influence over everything and using it as a means to isolate them from their supports. There is a different version of enmeshment that occurs with narcissism that has the narcissist get their significant other into all of the aspects within the narcissists life. So, they assign them duties and tasks that are integrated right into the narcissists life. These keep getting added on as the relationship continues and more and more of these aspects of the narcissists life becomes the significant others responsibility. It can get to the point where the significant other has no time at all for the things they...
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You are wrong about your narcissist

  You Are Wrong About Your Narcissist Photo by  Andrej Lišakov  on  Unsplash Psychologists will often not believe you if you tell them that your spouse is a narcissist for a couple reasons. The first is that people often don’t truly understand what a narcissist is, and the second is because people are often incorrect with their assessment despite knowing what narcissism is. People can’t diagnose their loved ones. The argument that people can’t diagnose family members roots from a couple of different places. Spouses have a conflict of interest and are too close to the situation to be able to objectively assess and diagnose. Comorbidity confuses people, so they make mistakes within their assessment due to their own lack of training. I actually used to get upset at the notion that significant others have no right to be assessing and diagnosing. I would say that I’m quite capable of identifying abuse and that I’m intelligent enough to be able to assess. However, after re...
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Acceptance: It is what it is

  Acceptance: It is what it is Photo by  Daniel Uvegård  on  Unsplash Betrayal. Betrayal is hard to accept. It’s hard to get past when you know what you’ve been through and you can’t articulate it in a way that really provides the weight of the gravity and a sense of the urgency that the situation truly should call for. You find out that no one cares what happened to you. No one cares how wrong it was, or how illegal it was. They just want you to shut up so they don’t have to hear about it. So you found yourself discriminated against, you were shunned, you were isolated, and were systematically picked apart by the very people that you should have been able to trust. Then, after it all if you try to explain it to anyone you’re further isolated by their invalidation and inability to understand the true magnitude of what you’d been through. It amounts to a total betrayal by everyone you knew and the idea of having to let it go and let those people get away with it is a ...
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How is a narcissist affected by someone who rejects them romantically?

 How is a narcissist affected by someone who rejects them romantically? Photo by  Warren  on  Unsplash I have a slightly different take on this one than most people. Usually, people believe that narcissists think that they're God's gift to the earth which they do create that aura around them. They do talk like they believe it and they do act like they believe it. So as a result, people believe that why narcissists react so horribly to the rejection of a romantic interest is because they cannot accept that somebody wouldn't want them. I believe it's the other way around. I believe that for the vast majority of narcissists their fear of rejection is rooted in their childhood. They are actually hurt when they're acting this way because it actually touches a core wound of theirs around rejection. It touches that wound around why they actually have low self-esteem and don't believe in themselves. This is the true route of why they can't let it go. The other ones ...
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Narcissistic Snare

  Narcissistic Snare · Photo by  Freddie Sze  on  Unsplash One of the nasty tricks that a narcissist will use is the narcissistic snare. When you need something from the narcissist they will create these hurdles you need to get through in order to get what you need. Essentially, they will start an argument and they will keep whittling away at your patience through repetition of points, talking in circles, bringing up business from the past that has already been resolved, as well as the use of jabbing words at your weak points in such a way that it’s difficult to call out because of the subtleness that they do it. They create these fights simply to get you to react. You’ll see the legendary narcissistic smirk in these moments where you finally reach the end of your rope and you snap and say something rude. This moment gives them a feeling of joy and control as they just got you to react emotionally which to them is a show of superiority. At the same time that this fig...
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The Secret to Making It Work with a Covert Narcissist

  The Secret to Making It Work with a Covert Narcissist Photo by Randy Jacob on Unsplash If you are someone that is in love with your covert narcissist then there is one secret tactic that you’ll absolutely need to have in place if you are going to last any length of time with your self-esteem and self-worth intact. You love your narcissist. You love it when we make you feel special and you feel like you are elevated when you are with us. Like the two of us form an elite team that is better than everyone and you’re proud to be part of something so awesome that it makes you feel great. We have an energy and a presence when we enter into any room and it seems like people want to hear what we have to say - they seem value you a little more for some reason and it seems like they look up to us in some way because of our relationship.. It’s all very strange but somewhat intoxicating as well. Its the illusion that you buy into. The only problem is that Ineed to pick apart the things that ...
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Gaslighting - rewriting history by changing your memories

  Gaslighting — The Rewriting of History Photo by  Toa Heftiba  on  Unsplash I would suspect that if you are aware of gas lighting then you’re aware of how most abusers use it to try to get out of trouble and to try to flip the script so that you’re the one that is on defense. They try to make it so that they never have to feel that shame and they never have to be the bad guy. They can be the perpetual victim and they can always be the one telling the sob story for the sympathy hit, or they can be the justified avenger that finally had enough. In all cases you’re the bad guy and they are the good guy but, it’s petty enough and childish enough that it doesn’t really effect you, despite the annoyance of someone denying what you know to be true. True gaslighting is much more insidious than that. If you’re truly the target of someone with real malintent in mind then this person will sadistically try to break you down mentally and emotionally with the ultimate goal of com...
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