Manipulators excel at twisting your emotions around and making you feel that you need to explain yourself, defend yourself, ...

Manipulative people rarely sound manipulative — in fact, they can often sound reasonable or even helpful at first. But ...

We often think of memories like the contents of a museum: static exhibits that we view to understand the present and prepare ...

Terms such as “gaslighting” have fully entered our lexicon, but DARVO—which is often interlinked with gaslighting and just as ...

The most powerful response is far more destabilizing to the manipulator's strategy: emotional non-cooperation. Calmly, ...

People often assume narcissists are smart, but their apparent success may have less to do with brilliance and far more to do ...

While manipulative personalities often stem from nuanced places — from family trauma, to personality changes, and even from a sense of adversity that hardens a person's sense of empathy and self — ...

When you’re dealing with a toxic, narcissistic, or abusive person, you don’t want to add any fuel to their fire. In fact, in many instances, you’d probably like to simply disappear. Emotionally, ...

Romantic relationships require clear communication to thrive, yet millions find themselves entangled with partners who express frustration through indirect means. Passive-aggressive behavior — the art ...

While the showmance played out in a more traditional fashion on the broadcast episodes for this summer's 'Big Brother,' live feed viewers have expressed a lot of concern about Rylie's behavior toward ...