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I have frequently used the phrase “psychic vampire,” or “energy vampire” to describe a person who extracts energy from others in order to survive in their world. We have all heard of vampires, who feed on the blood of others. The psychic vampire feeds on the energy of others. However it is not normally a […]
I had a dream last night that I felt was quite interesting. In my dream a friend was over visiting and I was talking about how distraught I was over my husband’s recent behavior. It was very narcissistic. He had become aloof, detached, condescending, and playing head-games that were making my mind spin. As I […]
The work I do is Counseling others through the tragedies of narcissistic abuse. The stories I hear are all equally as horrible and unfortunately I am never surprised by anything a client tells me anymore. It is sad to get to the point where nothing surprises you anymore but this is where I find myself. My heart […]
After I broke up with my narcissistic boyfriend, before I knew what narcissism was. I was leafing through the books in the self-help and psychology section of Barnes and Nobles searching for the answers to my seemingly hopeless problem. I was obsessed with the man whom I had chosen to leave. I chose to leave him because I knew something was terribly wrong and I felt if I left him whatever was wrong would soon identify itself.
Have you ever heard the saying “what you focus on is what you create?” According to Quantum Physics and the Law of Attraction, as talked about in the films “The Secret” and “What the Bleep Do We Know” our minds have the power to create our reality. This means where we focus our attention and […]
Inverted Narcissist is a term, coined by Sam Vaknin which suggests a type of “dependent disorder” that is the compliment of a narcissistic personality. It is the compliment because someone who is considered an inverted narcissist depends upon a narcissistic personality for their affirmation of their worth, which is ironic since a narcissistic personality is […]
One thing we have learned about narcissism is it is about living in the lie rather than in truth. The more our souls cry out for truth, the more we see through the illusion and realize where we are living in the lie. It was when I left my second narcissistic relationship that I met […]
After spending years supporting victims of narcissistic abuse and writing about narcissism I have been feeling a transformation within myself. I feel a hesitancy to label people. Although putting the label of narcissist on those difficult people in our lives helps us to understand the craziness that is happening in our lives, it doesn’t necessarily […]
by Ernie Vecchio In this tale, told by Roman poet Ovid and remembered for his verses on love, a young girl named Echo falls in love with a vain youth named Narcissus. He was the son of a woman that the river god had encircled with the windings of his streams, thus trapping and seducing […]
During a radio show I had the pleasure of interviewing Psychologist Ernie Vecchio who told the story of the Narcissus Myth. Later in the interview Ernie also shared the story of The Swan and The Scorpion. Many of us have heard this story or some version of it but it goes something like this. There was […]