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What Do You Think? Man Shares Videos of His Abusive Wife

Written by Dr Tara J. Palmatier on March 13, 2012 - 84 Comments
Categories: Abuse, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Domestic Violence, High-Conflict, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Personality Disorders, Physical Abuse, Psychological Abuse

Earlier today, a gentleman calling himself Craig posted a comment that includes two videos on the article, When Love Hurts: The Emotionally Abused Man, over at the old Shrink4Men WordPress blog. I hesitated before publishing his comment because his wife’s face is identifiable in the videos. On the other hand, I think it is important [...]

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Crazy Bitch the Musical! The Abusive Woman’s Script and Why She Won’t Be Different with the Next Guy

Written by Dr Tara J. Palmatier on March 8, 2012 - 63 Comments
Categories: Abuse, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Domestic Violence, Healing, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Personality Disorders, Professional Victims, Psychological Abuse, Relationships

Why did she treat me so bad? How can she move on to the next guy so quickly? What does he have that I don’t have? What if I’d only done this instead of that ? What if I’d said x instead of y? Did she ever really love me? She says she’s never been [...]

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A View from the Outside: How Healthy Loved Ones See your Abusive Relationship with a High-Conflict and/or Personality Disordered Partner

Written by Micksbabe on February 13, 2012 - 55 Comments
Categories: Abuse, Dating, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Healthy Relationships, High-Conflict, Marriage, Parental Alienation, Personality Disorders, Physical Abuse, Psychological Abuse, Relationship Advice, Relationships

Here’s the latest from CrazyBuster, Micksbabe . . . If you’re in an abusive relationship with a high-conflict and/or personality disordered individual, you’re probably very aware of what your situation looks like from the inside — constant chaos, blame, fighting, projection, and gaslighting, possibly even shame. Have you ever wondered what your situation looks like [...]

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Relationship Stages, Abusive Women and the WTF Moment, Part Two

Written by Dr Tara J. Palmatier on February 9, 2012 - 52 Comments
Categories: Abuse, Accountability, Blame, Dating, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Healthy Relationships, High-Conflict, Marriage, Personality Disorders, Physical Abuse, Psychological Abuse, Relationships, Unhealthy Relationships

Relationships Stages, Abusive Women and the WTF Moment, Part, One, explored the early stages of an abusive relationship and the WTF moment. To clarify, the WTF moment is when the non-abusive partner first realizes there is something wrong with the abusive partner. As noted in Part One, the second relationship stage, the power struggle phase, [...]

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Relationship Stages, Abusive Women and the WTF Moment, Part One

Written by Dr Tara J. Palmatier on January 30, 2012 - 57 Comments
Categories: Abuse, Blame, Dating, Domestic Violence, Healthy Relationships, Marriage, Personality Disorders, Physical Abuse, Psychological Abuse, Relationship Advice, Relationships

What is the WTF moment? Oprah and her minions talk about having an “a-ha” moment or a defining moment of wisdom that you use to change your life. It is my belief that men and women in abusive relationships often have the WTF moment when they see behind an abusive partner’s mask for the first [...]

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