Dr. Rick Patternson reveal some of the qualities predatory narcissists look for in a partner to greenlight their exploitative behavior.
Manipulation
Manipulation is the deliberate and deceptive practice of influencing or controlling others to serve one’s own interests or agenda. It involves using tactics such as lies, guilt-tripping, gaslighting, or emotional appeals to gain power and advantage over the target. Manipulation can undermine trust and autonomy, causing emotional harm to the victims.
IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO CONFRONT a loved one who you suspect is being unfaithful to you. This is especially true if you are dealing with a highly narcissistic partner or someone with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) because they are likely to respond by blame-shifting, gaslighting, and a host of other tactics to escape being held to account. To discern…
Recognize narcissistic cheating patterns by learning these four signs of infidelity with dating expert Nikolina Jeric, co-founder of 2Date4Love.com.
FLYING MONKEYS ARE ENABLERS who act on behalf of narcissists. They are usually friends and relatives who serve as surrogates, emissaries, fixers and drones in the narcissist’s network. Moreover, they make it possible for narcissists to carry out their campaigns of abuse by proxy. A person may rationalize playing the flying monkey role for a variety of reasons. Here are…