Category: Narcissist Abuse Tactics

Some of the things narcissists say can raise eyebrows, and they might come in packages of grand verbal speeches or in bite-sized pieces that seem out of place. Either way, you might recognize that something seems off, but not always know why.  Often what they say has another meaning because...

There seems to be no logical reason why narcissists manipulate us when they could so easily have everything we have to give without going to all that trouble. What hurts so much is the fact that the horrible things they do to us are coming from someone we love. But...

It can make us feel crazy trying to figure out how to tell when narcissists are telling the truth and when they are lying. We know they’re not being honest, and yet we may spend hours researching how to figure out when or how to make a narcissist tell the...

Most survivors of relationship abuse have probably not heard the term “coercive control,” but they’ve almost certainly experienced it.  What is coercive control exactly? It sounds like something you might learn about in a defensive driving course, or perhaps a method of classroom management that teachers might employ to discipline...

Lies are not the same for narcissists and psychopaths as they are for the rest of us. When a narcissist lies, it splits the world off into two realities and forces us to choose the one in which we want to live. In the article “16 Faces of a Psychopath,”...

Gaslighting tactics are one of the most dangerous forms of emotional abuse, if not the most dangerous. If someone is using these tactics on you, you should distance yourself from that person immediately before they do a massive amount of psychological harm to you. Gaslighting tactics are designed by their...

There is an explosion in pop culture TV right now depicting how abusers are grooming their victims for abuse and I have mixed feelings about it. Consider the following recent examples: Surviving R. Kelly, a multi-part documentary, details the long history of singer R.Kelly’s physical, sexual, and emotional abuse and exploitation of...