Through the Eyes of a Survivor: Inadvertent Gaslighting
Gaslighting refers to a process in which one individual is trying to make another person question their own reality and making them feel crazy through psychological manipulation. I experienced gaslighting by my husband during our marriage. For example, after many years of strife in our marriage, he agreed to go to couples counseling with me. We
Through the Eyes of a Survivor: Finding Hope in Research: Connecting Research in Psychopathy to My Life
Early in life I felt like an outsider, unable to make friends and have the closeness I saw between other people. Why not for me? I couldn’t understand why and didn’t know what to do about it. For decades I grieved and tried to deal with the loss of so many friends who really mattered
Mit den Augen eines Überlebenden: Leiden
Vermutlich kann nur ein Opfer eines Psychopathen den Inhalt dieses Beitrags vollständig verstehen. Diejenigen, die noch nie dieses Leiden erlebt haben, werden wahrscheinlich nichts weiter als Worte erkennen. Aber diese sind keine hohlen Worte. Dies ist die Perspektive eines Überlebenden; der folgende Text beschreibt nur meine Gefühle. Es ist entscheidend zu bedenken, dass jeder unterschiedliche
Aus dem Mund von Überlebenden: Eine qualitative Analyse des Einflusses psychopathischer Individuen auf Intimpartner
on Mary B. Ritchie1, Esther Deck2 und Adelle E. Forth2 1 Western University, London, Kanada; 2 Carleton University, Ottawa, Kanada “Monster sind real, das Böse existiert”. Trotz einer wachsenden Forschungsliteratur zur Untersuchung von Psychopathie wurden diejenigen, die von psychopathischen Personen zum Opfer gemacht wurden, weitgehend vernachlässigt. Bis heute hat nur eine veröffentlichte Forschungsstudie qualitativ die
Through the Eyes of a Survivor: Lying and Duping Delight
Lying to Others I don’t really remember exactly when I caught my ex-husband’s first lie, but I do remember as time went on and I got to know him better I noticed that from time to time he would exaggerate when telling stories (if the fish was one foot long it must have been two
Through the Eyes of a Survivor: Anger
Probably only a victim of a psychopath is able to fully understand this post. Those who have never experienced this kind of anger will likely see nothing more than words. But these are not hollow words. This is a perspective of one survivor; the following text describes only my feelings. It is crucial to remember
