So many people seem to think the idea of an open relationship sounds like some sort of paradise. Images flood their mind of having two girlfriends or three boyfriends and endless sex, adoration, and attention. That somehow if both people in the relationship are...
Almost all of us have experience with people who use others. It’s an incredibly unpleasant experience that harshly impacts our self-esteem, self-worth and overall happiness in life. We feel incredibly disrespected, and we wonder how or why someone close to us...
Vanity is not becoming. The more in love with ourselves we are, the more difficult it is for others to feel the same. I’m all for self-love, but there is a definite line between self-love and self-centered. The term “narcissism” dates back to the demigod Narcissus...
Narcissism has become such a frequently-used word in mainstream culture that it has taken on a life of its own. It’s used for everything ranging from a way to informally insult someone to a way of discussing the behavior of reality TV stars. The word has even been...
Many comedies, particularly those with more elderly actors and actresses, have depicted a scene where for one reason or another, the main character claims to have suffered some sort of loss of memory and identity in order to hide or conceal some behavior or episode...
Emotional instability, also known as emotional dysregulation, refers to difficulty in managing and controlling one's emotions. This can present in various ways, such as mood swings, difficulty coping with stress, and intense or inappropriate emotional reactions....
Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation that aims to distort the victim's sense of reality. It involves the perpetrator constantly denying and undermining the victim's perceptions and memories, causing the victim to doubt their own sanity. The term...
