A Vain Fantasy: His One True Love, the Exception that Confirms the Rule

In some cases, women stay with dangerous men not because they’re forced to, but because of a toxic combination of denial and wishful thinking. They believe that even if their partners have been abusive in the past, they will change for them and thanks to their influence. Somehow, they hope that they’ll break the pattern [...]

December 20, 2011
Categories: bad men, because you're special, borderline personality disorder, cat and mouse games, charismatic psychopaths, charming predators, Claudia Moscovici, confusing relationships, Dangerous Liaisons, dangerous men, dating, deception, denial, domestic violence, love addiction, psychology, psychopath, psychopathic seduction, psychopathy, psychopathy awareness, psychopathy symptoms, psychopathyawareness, the exception that confirms the rule, toxic relationships, Uncategorized, wishful thinking . Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Author: psychopathyawareness . Comments: 4 Comments

A Painful Incredulity: Psychopathy and Cognitive Dissonance

Almost everyone involved with a psychopath goes through a phase (and form) of denial. It’s very tough to accept the sad reality that the person who claimed to be your best friend or the love of your life is actually a backstabbing snake whose sole purpose in life is humiliating and dominating those around him. Rather [...]

July 29, 2011
Categories: A Painful Incredulity: Psychopathy and Cognitive Dissonance, a stronger you, bad men, borderline personality disorder, boredom, can psychopaths fall in love, charming predators, cheating, Claudia Moscovici, cognitive dissonance, confusing relationships, cyberpath, cyberstalking, Dangerous Liaisons, dangerous men, deception, denial, devalue and discard, do psychopaths fall in love, domestic abuse, domestic violence, doublethink, emotional abuse, emotional predators, emotional vampires, evil, faces of evil, Hervey Cleckley, how sociopaths think, insincerity, love addiction, manipulative men, manipulative personalities, mental health, moving on, narcissism, narcissistic personality disorder, psychological torture, psychology, psychopath, psychopathic lovers, psychopathic seducer, psychopathic seduction, Psychopathy and Cognitive Dissonance, signs you're dating a loser, social predators, sociopath, sociopathy, stringing women along, The Seducer, The Seducer: A Novel, The sociopath next door, wishful thinking, Without conscience . Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Author: psychopathyawareness . Comments: 73 Comments

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