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…
Narcissism
DARVO (Deny, Attack, Reverse, Victim, and Offender) is a defense tactic commonly used in the context of extreme or malignant narcissism.
DARVO is an initialism that stands for Deny, Attack, Reverse, Victim, and Offender. It describes a defense tactic used avoid accountability.
CO-PARENTING WITH A NARCISSIST is often said to be impossible. A popular quote by A. Price asserts that “A narcissist will never co-parent with you. They will counter parent. They don’t care about the emotional damage that the constant drama inflicts upon the children as long as it causes emotional damage to you.” A distinguishing feature of narcissistic family dynamics is…