Source: Song about narcissistic abuse: It’s In Your Head (introspectrum)
Chronic rage is a trap, not a trophy.
Great Article by lucky!
If we are survivors of narcissistic abuse, we are all at different stages of our recovery. If we are just coming out of a relationship with a narcissist or in the process of going No Contact (which is the best gift we can give ourselves), it’s natural to feel anger and even hatred toward our abusers. Our anger overrides the fear they instilled in us and makes it possible for us to take the actions necessary to disconnect from them.
When I started this blog, I too was extremely angry at my narcissists, particularly my psychopathic ex. As an ACON, I railed on about my parents too, particularly my MN mother. Early posts of mine on this blog have a much more bitter and angry tone than my more recent posts, some of which attempt to understand why my narcissists did what they did to me and about what makes…
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Why IQ tests of the past lacked smarts.
An Article I wrote that Lucky Otter Shared on her blog…
The following is a guest post by Mary Pranzatelli about the matter of how the standard IQ tests those of us of a certain age had to endure as children only tested for one aspect of intelligence, when there are actually 6. This was damaging because kids who scored low on the standard (Iowa) IQ test in those days were often assumed to be “slow” (and sometimes put in special ed classes) when they may have actually been very bright–in aspects those tests didn’t measure. This is what happens when an IQ test for children is developed through the limited and damaging lens of cerebral narcissism.
Fortunately things are improving today. Psychologists are recognizing there are at least 6 different types of intelligence.
Mr. Smarty Pants and the Dumb IQ Test
Guest Post by Mary Pranzatelli
Does anyone remember those placement tests we took way back in the day? Those…
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