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Defense Mechanisms Triggered By Humiliation

Defense Mechanisms Triggered By Humiliation

Part 4 of the blog series Disarming Defense Mechanisms

In Part 4 of this blog series we will be addressing the kind of defense mechanisms that can cause true human devastation. When feelings of humiliation are triggered by insecurity, defense mechanisms can go underground and […]

Disarming Defense Mechanisms Triggered By Shame

Disarming Defense Mechanisms Triggered By Shame

Part 3 of the blog series Disarming Defense Mechanisms
In Part 1, When We Hurt Those We Care About, and Part 2, How To Stop Defensive Behavior, we discovered that the most common reason people use defense mechanisms seems to be to cover up […]

Defense Mechanisms Part 2: How To Stop Defensive Behavior

Defense Mechanisms Part 2: How To Stop Defensive Behavior
Disarming The Defense
In Part 1 of this blog series, When We Hurt Those We Care About, we learned about defense mechanisms and how every one of us uses them at times in order to protect ourselves from uncomfortable thoughts, feelings and […]

Defense Mechanisms: When We Hurt Those We Care About

Defense Mechanisms: When We Hurt Those We Care About
The Mechanism Behind The Defense
Defense mechanisms seem to be one of the more mysterious aspects of human interaction. Most of us make the common assumption that defense mechanisms must be so psychologically complex that the average person doesn’t stand a chance […]

Women With Traits of BPD – Why Can’t She Say I’m Sorry

Women With Traits of BPD: Why She Can’t Say I’m Sorry
When She Won’t Admit She’s Wrong

In this blog post we are going to take a look at what is really behind this painful behavior pattern in women with traits of BPD. Once you understand the true motivation […]

Women With Traits of BPD – Regaining Her Trust

Women With Traits of BPD: Regaining Her Trust
When Trust Is An Uphill Battle

You probably found out the hard way that a woman with traits of BPD often can’t trust. She may have at first disclosed her deepest secrets to you and may also have gotten you to tell her […]

Female Anger In Relationships – Why Is She Always Mad At Me?

Female Anger In Relationships
Part 1 – Why Is She Always Mad At Me?

If you are like many men, you have probably wondered if there is a double standard that lets women off the hook for their anger at the men they are romantically involved with. After all, they seem […]

Women With Traits of BPD: Why Can’t She Trust Me?

Women With Traits of BPD: Why Can’t She Trust Me?
Understanding Why Women With Traits of BPD Lose Trust
If you have ever tried to get close to a woman with traits of borderline personality disorder, or BPD, you probably know firsthand that getting this individual to trust you is an […]

How To Stop Emotional Abuse – Advanced Techniques From The Nicola Method

In Part 2, What The Emotional Abuser Knows That We Don’t That Can Hurt Us, we took a look at the psychological motivation that even the abuser is not aware of that drives them to engage in this destructive behavior. We discovered that emotional abusers are always responding to […]

Techniques That Stop Emotional Abuse

In Part 4 of Techniques That Stop Emotional Abuse you will be presented with an easy-to-use technique that will allow you to use all of the information that you have learned in the first three parts of this blog series to stop any emotional abuser from launching an emotional […]