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Or rather, is apologising to someone with NPD necessarily a bad idea?

I am taking tentative steps towards repairing a 'friendship' with someone who shows the traits and behaviours of NPD. I haven't jumped the gun in deciding on the viewpoint - the more I read and watched, the more ridiculous it seemed to not conclude NPD was the fair term for how she is.

I had very little idea two years ago when things ...

Every time you think your family relationships can't get any more complicated, life hits you with another gem...
I spoke to my niece the other week, and she told me she had fallen in love.
I thought: 'About time!'
She's 15, going on 16, and it has never happened before.
But then she glossed over it, so I went 'c'mon, you can't just leave me hanging like this. Who is he/she? Did you meet through ...

Hello all, and thank you in advance for reading, letting me vent, and providing advice if you have any. :)

I am no psychologist, just a common 32 year old guy married to a 27 gal. I work with computers and she is a dental assistant. We have been married for 4 years. This is our first marriage for both. No kids yet. We love each other ...

Hello,

My husband and I have been married a little less than a year. He’s not been himself for a while-doesn’t take the initiative to see his friends when I encourage it (they live in a different state), is much less affectionate, we haven’t had sex in almost 5 months, used to give compliments all the time and want to spend one on one time and hardly does now. My therapist just told me my ...

I know this forum doesn’t get a lot of activity but I can’t sleep and it helps to write these things out.

I’m the scapegoat of my family and it hurts. I’m older and not a kid but I was pretty much raised this way. I believe it’s what’s led to a lot of the shame and low self esteem I struggle with on top of the bullying I was subjected to growing up. Even ...

I have no clue where to begin, but I do know I need some support. I know the answers, I think I'm just having a hard time putting them into action.

I've been married for 23 years. In the time my husband has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, and ADHD. I also believe he is codependent and a pathological liar. He is currently off medication and not seeking any help or therapy. ...

Hello,
I need help for my sister. I will explain everything in detail below in a while. My question is, does she need a psychologist/psychiatrist or it’s just a waste of time?

My sister is 26 years old and married. She has 3 cute kids. All the kids have very less age gap and all need special attention and care.

She is very stubborn and argues on every little thing even if it’s not her ...

For almost 5 months now, I've gone no contact after coming to the painful realization that my incredibly psychotic, annoying, and evil mother and sister are malignant narcissists (sister being the golden child of the family).

Learning this ugly truth about them is in a way liberating to know what's REALLY going on with them since previously I always had felt anger and frustration towards them but never really knew what their problem was and ...

Ok, this is over the last 8 years and the last 3 have been getting far worse. I must admit I always thought it was me, however in the last few weeks I have been reading up on NPD and Sociopaths and Disorders and the NPD stuff I have been reading, I just look at it and think "thats Her, she does that" and "thats me, the victim", not a survivor yet as I am ...

Hi,

I found out today my parent is in a psychiatric hospital, admitted against her will about 2 months ago. This is not the first time. She was diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar about 12 years ago, and she moved back to Brazil before it all got quite bad.

I'm a British citizen, my mum lived in the UK for 20 years, married to a British citizen for about 10 of those years. She is ...