Tag Archives: separation
Recognising (the dynamics of) high conflict divorce
I recently found a fascinating article by Dr Kathy J. Marshack about high-conflict divorce. Although she primarily talks about high conflict divorce with a narcissist, I think her ideas are broadly applicable to other high-conflict personality types. For me, what … Continue reading
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Is there really an epidemic of BPD among separated parents? (from In The Blender)
A couple of days ago, I reposted an article from Suite 101 called How Narcissists Abuse Children During Divorce in response to the huge weight of discussion in the online step-parenting community about personality disorders like Narcissistic Personality Disorder and … Continue reading
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The shame of exposure (via Stepsleuth)
Stepsleuth writes one of the most thoughtful, well-informed stepmother blogs around. I always enjoy her writing and ideas; this post particularly resonated, though, since I’ve become so accustomed to the slow-up-and-down-eyes of first family wives when we are introduced and … Continue reading
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Resources: How Narcissists Abuse Children During Divorce
Many, many separated family members describe the difficulty of co-parenting with high-conflict ex-spouses who they believe suffer from personality disorders, most often Narcissistic Personality Disorder or Borderline Personality Disorder. Of course, few of these “diagnoses” will ever be confirmed by medical … Continue reading
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Deesha Philyaw, crazy schedules and humble pie
I have an assignment due. (Because my MacBook is actually magic, I can hear what you’re thinking right now – yes, I am procrastinating.) So rather than do the responsible student thing and not post at all, here are a … Continue reading
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What she said
Recently, I had what I call a “No shit, Sherlock!” moment. The family therapist the Lovely Man and I see from time to time told us something I found so utterly, earthshakingly true that my heart just about halted while … Continue reading
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