• contemptuous woman
    Narcissism - narcissist - narcissistic abuse - narcissists - Narcopath

    Five Traits of the Female Narcissist

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    My first encounter with a genuinely dangerous female narcissist was in the workplace. She was my boss and making a colossal mistake that involved the students under our care. When I pointed out the error repeatedly, she didn’t even consider for a moment that she might have made a mistake. I became the victim of a smear campaign which eventually culminated in her leaving. Facts are facts, after all, and mine were simply irrefutable. Because my first experience with narcissism was with my ex-husband, I was unprepared for a Jezebel to storm into my life. I think that we assume…

  • divorcing
    abuse - Adversity - dissociation - Narcissism - narcissist - narcissistic abuse - narcissists

    Divorce and Your Abuser: Taking the Long Road Home

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    Divorce is not the short cut society pretends it is.  I am a person who likes to be efficient with my energy so I am always looking for life hacks. But God, despite my preferences, has led me the long way round over and over.  I am currently reading through the Bible through the eyes of John Wesley, truly an exercise in taking the long way. But reading through Exodus 13, I finally understood why it was that my routes through life appear so circuitous. The Hebrews are preparing themselves for an escape from slavery. They make their preparations and…

  • narcopath
    Narcissism - narcissist - narcissistic abuse - narcissists - Narcopath - Sociopath

    Haman in the Bible: Eight Signs of a Narcopath

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    Narcopath is a pop psychology term, but a useful one in that it refers to a person who exhibits not only the typical symptoms of a narcissist but also two or more symptoms of an anti-social personality disorder. As one reads the book of Esther, the full impact of Haman’s narcopathic tendencies reveal themselves. But before we take a look at the long list of Haman’s character flaws, it is useful to understand him on a more metaphorical level within the book of Esther. Haman was an Agagite. This meant that he descended from King Agag of the Amalekites, a…