Narcissistic Abuse and Ayahuasca
Meredith Miller is a YouTuber who is the child of a narcissistic mother. Her channel is Inner Integration.In this video she speaks about an ayahuasca trip she took at a…
Narcissistic Personality Disorder Statistics
NPD Statistics According to Medscape: "It is estimated that NPD is present in 0.5% of the general United States population and in 2-16% of those who seek help from a…
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Cluster B Personality Disorders
The DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association, 2013) identifies and describes ten specific personality disorders. These diagnoses represent ten specific enduring patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviour. There are four core features…
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The Narcissistic Family System
A person with Narcissistic Personality Disorder will generally have come from a background where there was a parent with NPD (there are differing theories as to the cause of NPD…
Psychopaths, Sociopaths and Narcissists – The Differences and Similarities
Definition of a Psychopath Estimated to be present in 1% of the general population, psychopathy is thought to be innate. Psychopaths are likely to be educated with a good career.…
Addictions
What is an Addiction?An addiction is a repetitive or compulsive behaviour that people use to regulate and manage their emotions. These can be emotions we are aware of or they…
How We Become Our Own Abuser
Children of narcissists will often ‘internalise the narcissist’. This means to develop part of the brain/personality which mirrors/copies the narcissist’s critical voice. This defence mechanism ensures that the child can…
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Black and White Thinking
Black and white, all or nothing or dichotomous thinking is a pattern of thinking that develops in early childhood.It develops in children who have come from difficult backgrounds where there…
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Narcissistic Supply
Narcissistic supply is the name for the driving force behind the behaviours of a narcissist. This driving force is their shaky, unstable self-esteem of which they are largely consciously unaware.…
Guilt
Many children of narcissists may not be aware that they are usually in service of others and do not really do anything just for themselves or consider their wants and needs to be important. If they do something for themselves or if they do not do something which other people want them to do, they may feel an overwhelming sense of guilt.
