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Showing posts with label Narcissist. Show all posts

Divorcing a Narcissist - The Ultimate Challenge

Thursday, July 12, 2012 - Posted by Bigeye at 3:50 PM

You may be shocked when your narcissistic husband or wife asks for or demands a divorce. The narcissistic partner has been planning this action for some time. Narcissists are plotters. They ponder how a particular move will benefit them long before they reveal it to the other party, even if it is a spouse to whom they have been married for decades. The truth is that you only thought you were part of a real marriage. Narcissists are incapable of genuine relationships. Most often, their marriages are business deals. They choose partners because they are physically attractive, young, emotionally pliable, fit the narcissist's perfect image, come from the "right family background," have a strong economic portfolio.

Some narcissists who have had long marriages (with many affairs on the side) prefer to make a deal so that the family dynasty remains intact. I have known husbands and wives who have offered the other party millions of dollars to "stay in the marriage." In exchange for cash and other financial incentives, the narcissist makes it clear that he or she is romantically and sexually free to pursue other relationships. Some partners prefer to agree with this proposal and maintain the marriage façade. The reason for many is that they cannot give up the sumptuous lifestyle that the high-level, very successful narcissist provides. The injured party may complain and moan but he or she acquiesces to the irresistible offer.

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There is the question of mediation rather than divorce. It is not impossible but very difficult. Narcissists are not willing to compromise;they are always right and they don't share blame or possessions.

Having studied and worked clinically in the area of narcissistic personality disorders for many years, I believe that it would be very rare to have a positive mediation result with a narcissist.

Those who choose to divorce a narcissist are entering a psychological thicket from which they can exit victoriously. Despite all of your psychological pain and the nightmare that you expect, be sure to do your homework. Study, interview and use word of mouth resources through friends and confidantes who know the work of several great divorce lawyers. Choose an attorney who specializes in divorce and who has been at the center of these battles innumerable times. Make sure that your attorney has a good character that is worthy of your trust and that he will fight for you with great perseverance. It is important that the lawyer understands the narcissistic personality disorder.

When the formal divorce process is over, the important personal work begins. Draw on your strengths. You will find mental and psychological resources that have been hidden under the intimidation of living with a narcissist for so long. Research, interview and find an excellent therapist who specializes in divorce with whom you can grieve your loss. Part of the healing after divorce are your assertive efforts to redirect your life. Call upon your close friends. Take good care of your physical, mental and emotional health. Be open to discover ways of healing yourself through physical exercise, yoga, meditation, support groups. After all of your work, you will find yourself leading a life that is calmer, healthier, more peaceful and creative----a life that belongs to you and that you share with others that come across your new path. Some day you may find yourself giving other spouses excellent counsel on how to successfully divorce a narcissist.

Divorcing a Narcissist - The Ultimate Challenge

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The Emasculated Male Narcissist - Mommy's Little Darling

Saturday, January 28, 2012 - Posted by Bigeye at 11:45 PM

The male narcissist who is highly successful finds female partners who are attracted to his magnetism, lifestyle and extraordinary confidence. High-level narcissists often have several marriages and a number of mistresses and girlfriends. Women are magnetized to the successful high-level narcissist. Observing the quantity of their romantic relationships, flings, affairs and marriages, one might think that male narcissists are comfortable with women and capable of intimacy with them. The opposite is true. On the outside the narcissist is charming and engaging, promising his woman of the moment, whatever she wants to fulfill her desires. The narcissist who believes that he has found the "right woman" complies with exorbitant gifts and a lifestyle to match. The woman of the day is a narcissistic supply to him, an enticing object who makes him feel more alive and invigorated. The narcissist thinks carefully about this new acquisition, the role she will play and how he will mold her to meet his exact specifications. She is another notch in his belt, a beautiful fixture that tells the world one more time how powerful and virile he is. The narcissist requires perfect mirroring, meaning that his partner must reflect back to him his feelings of superiority, grandiosity and power. If the woman doesn't comply with the narcissist's script, she is unsuited for the role and quickly pushed out of the picture.

Deep down, narcissists are unconsciously uncomfortable with women. Secretly, they despise them and are fearful of them. The male narcissist's relationship with women begins with his earliest interactions with his mother. The mother of a narcissist is often narcissistic herself. This mother creates an unbroken psychological fusion with the son. She adores him, putting him on a pedestal above ordinary mortals. The mother is often seductive with her son in various ways as part of the psychological fusion with him. Often the father is passive or psychologically unavailable. The mother chooses her son as her partner, rather than her husband. In this process, the mother emasculates her son. Emasculation is the deprivation of "strength, vigor, or spirit." This child is treated like a deity but has been tragically deprived of becoming a genuine independent self. Since early childhood the budding narcissist has been forced to dance to the tune of his mother's imposed role for him---her perfect little man, her psychological partner. In these families there is a dysfunctional family triangle in which the father is blocked from the role of providing his son with a solid sense of male strength and independence.

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In his biography of Frank Lloyd Wright, Brendan Gill describes the classic relationship that mother Anna Lloyd Wright had with her son Frank: "(She) now loved something more, something created out of her own fervor of love and desire, a means to realize her vision." Her adoration of Frank and her disdain for her husband generated a dysfunctional triangle and a narcissistic duo. Although Frank had several mistresses and married a number of times, his psychological fusion with his mother remained intact until shortly before Anna's death.

The narcissist who takes command in the world, enjoys huge material success and has access to any number of women who acquiesce to his lead, remains beneath it all, a small, frightened, enraged boy, psychologically engulfed by a controlling, seductive mother who robbed him from becoming a genuine, loving, authentic human being.

The Emasculated Male Narcissist - Mommy's Little Darling

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