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Wouldn’t It Be Great if High-Conflict People and Abusive Personality Disordered Individuals Came with Warning Labels?

Written by Dr Tara J. Palmatier on February 27, 2012 - 71 Comments
Categories: Abuse, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, High-Conflict, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Personality Disorders

A gentleman sent a link to the cartoon below and it got me thinking. Wouldn’t it be great if high-conflict people (HCPs) and abusive personality disordered individuals (PDIs) came with warning labels? What kinds of warning label symptoms and side effects should your abusive, high-conflict and/or personality disordered wife, girlfriend, husband, boyfriend or ex had [...]

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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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Introduction to CrazyBusting and the CrazyBusters: What I Wish I Knew Before Marrying a Man with a Crazy Ex-Wife

Written by Dr Tara J. Palmatier on July 13, 2011 - 80 Comments
Categories: Abuse, Blame, Custody, Divorce, High-Conflict, Marriage, Parental Alienation, Personality Disorders, Professional Victims, Psychological Abuse, Rage, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Stalking and Harassment, Unhealthy Relationships

The following article is by “Micksbabe,” whose name you may recognize from comments here and the Shrink4Men Facebook page. Micksbabe started a private online group a few years ago for women married to men whose previous relationship was with Crazy — the high-conflict, abusive personality disordered, golden uterus, BPD/NPD, professional victim, waif, controlling, abusive, narcissistic, [...]

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To the Victim Go the Spoils: False Allegations, Men as Default Scapegoats and Why Some Women Get Away with Murder

Written by Dr Tara J. Palmatier on July 6, 2011 - 41 Comments
Categories: Abuse, Blame, Domestic Violence, High-Conflict, Negative Advocates, Personality Disorders, Physical Abuse, Professional Victims, Psychological Abuse, Stalking and Harassment

Look at that poor woman crying! I wonder what he did to her? Pretend the image on the left is a Thematic Apperception Test card and make up a story about it. Is the woman crying because she discovered her boyfriend had been cheating on her, dumped her and emptied their joint account to go [...]

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Urgent Group Intervention Needed: Should this Man Marry His Abusive and Controlling Fiancée Next Week?

Written by Dr Tara J. Palmatier on June 30, 2011 - 194 Comments
Categories: Abuse, Domestic Violence, Financial Abuse, High-Conflict, Marriage, Psychological Abuse, Rage, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Unhealthy Relationships

Dear Dr Tara J. Palmatier, I have recently come across your articles on Shrink4Men and have been reading them — especially those related to controlling and abusive women — and am hoping you can answer a simple yes or no question for me: Am I involved with a controlling and/or abusive woman? I hate to [...]

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