by Kris Godinez | Discredit, Mask wearing, Narcissistic Personality Discorder
Abusers need chaos and drama the way the rest of us need air. Drama is how they feed their insatiable need for ego supply. Remember, speak well of them or speak ill of them, they don’t care… as long as you speak OF them. Abusers create an unending supply of chaos and...
by Kris Godinez | Narcissistic Personality Discorder
Congratulations! You’ve left the abusive relationship! Now, you are starting to have post acute withdrawal symptoms just like when someone stops using drugs or alcohol. Our brains have been conditioned by the intermittent positive rewards that the abuser would bestow...
by Kris Godinez | Narcissistic Personality Discorder
Abusers, narcissists in particular cannot stand it when they are not the center of attention and the one in “control”. Three things in life are going to show you who and how people really are: Weddings, Funerals, and Finances or money. Abusers will try to ruin a...
by Kris Godinez | Gaslighting, Narcissistic Personality Discorder
Gaslighting comes from the play and movie “Gaslight” in which the heroine is made to believe she is crazy and losing her mind by her abusive husband. The gas lanterns in the house dim every time he is in the attic searching for her family fortune yet, he insists that...
by Kris Godinez | Love bombing, Narcissistic Personality Discorder
Abusers do not love. They covet. When they meet a potential target for abuse, they want what the target has, which is love, empathy, kindness, compassion. The abuser can only mimic those emotions. Abusers do not understand normal courtship. They want the relationship...