Gaslighting abuse is one of the sneakiest tools people with a manipulative personality use to make their victim feel crazy. We often use terminology in our everyday language without knowing where it originated from. For instance, ‘gaslighting’ is a psychological term that describes a form of mental abuse in which…
A narcissistic sociopath is someone who has a combination of a narcissistic personality and sociopathic traits. Could there be one in your life? Once upon a time, people were either mad or bad, and that was the level to which we distinguished between the two. Nowadays, there are all kinds…
In general, most of us have a type, that is to say, we look for potential partners with a certain list of characteristics. These might be personality traits such as a sense of humour, kindness, loyalty and intelligence. Or they could be more shallow factors, for example, appearance or finances.…
Emotional vampires are like their monster counterparts, they drain your life away. But it’s not blood they’re after, it’s the life essence of others that feeds them. I was excited about writing this piece, and yes, I had some pretty interesting angles. But when I started to study the subject…
Silent treatment abuse is real and can be very damaging. Read on to learn what happens when silent treatment becomes an abuse. Have you ever been on the receiving end of silent treatment? If so, you will know how damaging and upsetting it can be. For people that prefer to…
A guilt trip is a feeling of guilt which has been induced on purpose by a third party. Typically, a guilt trip is used to manipulate a person into doing something they would not normally consider doing. There are, of course, different scales of guilt tripping someone. A mother might…
Could there be a fake person in your life? We’ve all met someone before who seems really kind at first... keywords: at first. Quickly this nice facade they have constructed fades away and you see them for what they really are, a fake person. Fake people often manipulate everyone around…
Here is an adapted version of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist, which can help you find out that someone you know might be a psychopath. The term ‘psychopath’ was first coined in the late 1800s, and comes from the Greek psykhe and pathos, which mean ‘sick mind’ or ‘suffering soul.’ In…
