you do not need a diagnosis to recognize when someone displays narcissistic tendencies, especially when those tendencies are causing you harm.

The defining factor that separates narcissistic behavior from ordinary human flaws is empathy. And we are talking about real, genuine, emotionally felt empathy, not learned, performed, or mimicked.

Many narcissists are highly skilled at intellectual empathy. There goes a term you probably never heard of before. Some individuals can study emotions, mirror reactions, and perform compassion convincingly. This is where people can get fooled. The presence of …

These individuals, often deeply wounded themselves, rarely seek help for their inner pain. Instead, they manipulate and control, extracting the energy, confidence, and joy from others, using them as a substitute for ..

Jealousy, insecurity, and judgment often go hand-in-hand. But with awareness and practice, you can release all three. You deserve love, peace, and freedom from toxic patterns.

So why do we hold ourselves to such impossibly high standards? How could we have known better if we never tried? How could we understand what works without making mistakes?

It may not be easy though, because you may have to make some changes that you didn’t anticipate. It may cause you some temporary pain. But it’s the kind of pain that you can control. It’s the kind that you can endure and not fall apart. You know this by now because you have been there, and done that.

Let me describe to you what happens behind those closed doors, that you think no one else knows about. And no, I was not a fly on your wall, I just know exactly what life with a Narcissist looks like, because I have been there too.

Yet another love article. Another one among many already posted and perhaps more to come. As long as we are alive, we will keep wondering, pondering and trying to understand the big L word. We can’t help ourselves. We are always questioning. We crave to find answers so we can find peace. Some of us can’t get out of bed, while some can’t function a day, others won’t be able to focus - not until we reach to some sort of conclusion in our minds about why, how and what we feel, where it’s leading us and what actions should we take moving forward. We are questioning constantly … Is it love?