Living with a partner who qualifies for a diagnosis of narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is never easy and pleasant. The reasons why this is so have been covered extensively elsewhere, so I will ...

Trauma bonding is a unique (and hella toxic) bond between an abuser and an abused person. It’s a common, but really bad coping mechanism that occurs when a person experiences serious trauma. This ...

Almost everyone has experienced a toxic relationship at some point in their life — whether with a romantic partner, a family member or even a friend. Trauma-bonded relationships fall under ...

Remember when gaslighting was the mental health buzzword du jour? For a while there back in 2020, it seemed like everyone was talking about this type of toxic communication technique in which someone ...

Nick Cannon shared that he has narcissistic personality disorder on a recent episode of his podcast Counsel Culture. The host of the Masked Singer said in his podcast released Nov. 7 that he was ...

When you've experienced trauma, especially early in life, your brain creates connections between love and pain that can be difficult to untangle. You're not choosing these relationships ...

When most people picture narcissists, we think of self-centered, awful people who lack empathy. But it's a real mental disorder that is more than just an insufferable personality trait — and in some ...