One of the most persistent and damaging myths about narcissistic abuse is that it happens to people who should have known better. The implication — sometimes stated, more often implied — is that intelligence, professional success, emotional maturity, or relational experience ought to confer protection. That people with those qualities should have seen it coming. That falling for it reflects…
Madelaine Claire Weiss
Narcissistic Personality Disorder and the Trauma Bond: What It Is, How It Works, and How to Break It
Narcissistic Personality Disorder and the Trauma Bond: What It Is, How It Works, and How to Break It
The question survivors of narcissistic abuse ask most often is not “what happened to me?” It is “why couldn’t I leave?” The answer to that question is not a character flaw. It is a clinical phenomenon — one with a name, a documented mechanism, and an established path out. In this article I draw draws on the clinical expertise of…
Clinical psychologist Madelaine Claire Weiss of Harvard Medical School unpacks the common grooming strategies of narcissists.