5 Dangerous Things That Happen To Your Brain When You Fall In Love – Especially With A Toxic Person
Strangely, pleasure and pain make love a more intense and “rewarding” experience for the brain than stable, consistent romance.
Shahida Arabi
Shahida is the author of Power: Surviving and Thriving After Narcissistic Abuse and the poetry book She Who Destroys the Light. She is a staff writer at Thought Catalog.
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There Is No Such Thing As A ‘Perfect’ Rape Victim – And Why It Shouldn’t Matter In The Era Of #MeToo
Every victim of assault or rape has acted in ways that do not align with the image of the “perfect victim.” Yet this is often irrelevant when it comes to rape – a crime in which the focus of interrogation should be the perpetrator, but is usually the victim.
10 Survivors Reveal What It’s Like Co-Parenting With A Narcissist – And How They Thrived Against All Odds
“The most difficult aspect of co-parenting is the belief that it’s actually possible to co-parent with the narcissist. Co-parenting means you both are committed to raising the child with the child’s best interest at heart. The narcissist does not have the child’s best interest at heart, regardless of how hard he (or she) tries to portray himself as the perfect parent.”
Love-Bombing Is Crack Cocaine: The Addictive Cycle Of Narcissistic Abuse
Love-bombing – the excessive praise and flattery a predatory partner showers on their prey – might as well be crack cocaine. It is a common manipulation tactic used by cults to control their members – and in a relationship with a narcissist, you become a one-man cult.
5 Signs You’re Dealing With A Dangerous Female Narcissist
The female malignant narcissist is not just vain and self-absorbed. She is also a covert bully who ensnares fellow female friends, relationship partners and family members into her toxic web.
50 Devious Habits Of Highly Toxic Narcissists (And Why They Do What They Do)
Agency, independence and the ability to thrive on your own terms is very threatening to a toxic individual. Toxic people require that their victims be isolated – success, economic empowerment and a solid support network all threaten this, so they feel they have to take back the reins on the parts of your life that grant you a sense of stability and self-actualization.
The 5 Types Of Narcissists You’ll Meet On Tinder
Online dating is a bit of a hunting ground for narcissists, but perhaps no dating app attracts more narcissists than one focused solely on instant gratification – Tinder.
Narcissists Don’t Always Suffer From Low Self-Esteem – Malignant Ones Are Just Entitled
Do narcissists really suffer from low self-esteem, or does their pathological behavior stem from something deeper and more sinister?
What Real Love Actually Looks Like, Because It’s Not About Being An Emotional Punching Bag
It’s wonderful to embrace each other’s flaws in a relationship, but there’s a difference between tolerating inevitable differences and tolerating toxicity. The former can strengthen an existing bond, while the latter leads to self-destruction.
11 Badass Signs You’ve Moved On From Your Narcissistic Ex
You’re no longer part of the narcissist’s captive audience, waiting to be “chosen.” You’ve chosen yourself instead.
