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Spencer Gifts Husband Beater Tee-Shirts: It’s Not Funny

Written by Dr Tara J. Palmatier on April 2, 2012 - 15 Comments
Categories: Domestic Violence, News

Hello Everyone, I received a group email from Jan Brown of DAHMW (Domestic Abuse Helpline for Men and Women) regarding a “Husband Beater” tee-shirt that is being sold by Spencer’s, the novelty gift giant, for $14.99. You may remember Spencer Gifts from your childhood and adolescence. They are also the purveyors of fake dog poop, [...]

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Hoovers: Don’t Let the Crazy Suck You Back In

Written by Dr Tara J. Palmatier on March 28, 2012 - 58 Comments
Categories: Abuse, Borderline Personality Disorder, Dating, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Healing, High-Conflict, Marriage, Personality Disorders, Physical Abuse, Professional Victims, Psychological Abuse, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Stalking and Harassment, Unhealthy Relationships

On the Shrink4Men Forum, there are several gentlemen in the process of ending relationships with abusive wives and girlfriends. Predictably, this has triggered their partners’ abandonment fears and control issues. Oftentimes, when an abusive personality senses they are losing their target/victim or that their target/victim is pulling away, they will make efforts to re-secure their [...]

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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 - 94 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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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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Shrink4Men Radio Embed: High-Conflict Divorce with Attorney Natalie Malonis

Hello Everyone, Thank you to Natalie for being such a wonderful guest and providing such helpful information. Thank you to callers and the folks hanging out in the chat room. Thank you also to Paul Elam of AVoiceforMen for screening calls. For those of you who are interested, the two songs featured on this program [...]

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