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Growing up with a parent who exhibits sociopathic traits can have profound, oft life-long effects on a child's psychological and emotional well-being. Sociopathy, characterized by a lack of empathy, manipulative behavior, and a disregard for the rights of others, can...
NPD is a personality disorder (Cluster B - DSM5) characterised by grandiose behaviour, painful need for recognition, manipulating to secure resources or attention, lacking empathy and appropriate boundaries. What is Narcissistic Supply? The key driver behind these...
Let's contrast narcissist and sociopath (tonally) Narcissist Vs Sociopath is a lighter way to look at these two dangerous profiles. They share enormous comorbidity but are also structurally distinct in terms of emotionality, inner life, motivation and tone....
Trauma of a BPD parent on their children can be extensive, paradoxical and "sticky", occasionally lasting life long, though symptoms of BPD survivors tend to attenuate with time. For the purpose of this blog we will stick to the direct impact of a BPD parent on their...
The "36 questions that lead to love" are explained in this recent blog. They are a concrete list of 36 questions by American psychologist Arthur Aaron that aim to predict odds of attraction and long term relation potential. This is simply the full list of the 36...
Love, often considered one of life's greatest mysteries, has intrigued humanity for millennia. Poets, writers, and philosophers have tried to capture its essence, its dynamics and yet it remains elusive and enigmatic. Even common wisdom or language seem unable to...
ASPD, BPD, NPD: Comorbidities & Symptoms Personality disorders are complex mental health conditions that affect the way individuals learn, think, feel, and behave. Among the most widely recognized are Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), Narcissistic...
Growing up with a parent who exhibits narcissistic traits typically leaves lasting impact on a child's emotional and psychological well-being. Child development, and their ability to forge healthy relationships for life, can be substantially influenced by a...
According to Berne, founder of Transactional Analysis, social interactions are vital to human life (even in biological terms) but often follow unconscious patterns. Berne sets out to identify, define, and document this full list of games people play. "Blemish", "I'm...
When he published this book, Eric Berne (a psychologist researcher from Montreal - Canada) ushered in a quiet revolution in psychology. Here was a system that was extremely simple, very usable, easy for client and therapist to practice and with immediate improvement....
“The interpretation of dreams” was published in 1899. Aged 43, Freud dynamited the established understanding of the human mind. This keystone book would also serve as a key turning point in founding psychoanalysis as a discipline. In it he proposes nothing less than a...
The prevalence of sociopathy among the wider society is often misunderstood and underrated. Sociopathy is found in an estimated 1-2% of the population. DSM IV-TR pegs prevalence around 1% in women and 3% in men. Estimates vary greatly still, from 1% to 15% (Hare,...
