This is a very common problem for people who’ve been in relationships with narcissists. They may have broken off with them months or years ago, but suddenly then contact you again out the blue....

This is a key question to answer, because toxic personality types like narcissists and sociopaths are masters at annoying and provoking others, to the point where we feel we MUST engage with them to...

This is unfortunately a common dynamic in toxic relationship dynamics, where you seem to catch another person smirking or grinning when you argue with them. It seems like such a strange thing to do,...

The no contact rule is well understood now in the narcissistic abuse recovery space. It states that to give yourself the best chance of recovery, you must break off ALL contact with them – no...

In many of my articles, I like to “tee up” or tease a topic by posing it as a question – but in this case, it’s obvious what the answer is, so I won’t bother. Narcissists cannot cooperate...

This is a very common frustration with well meaning but vulnerable people who get tangled up with narcissists. We’re often annoyed with ourselves in retrospect about how naive and “wide open”...