by Anne Dranitsaris, Ph.D. | Oct 14, 2021 | Personal Development
Why do we enable others when we know it doesn’t work for anyone in the long term. It breeds self-deception, entitlement and grandiosity – and let’s face it. It allows people to act badly and victimize us. While it temporarily allows us to avoid conflict...
by Anne Dranitsaris, Ph.D. | Oct 7, 2021 | Personal Development
Passive Self-Importance, Hypersensitivity, Manipulation, and more… Narcissistic defences are more common and complex than we like to believe. Almost everyone has a narcissistic wound and uses self-protective narcissistic defenses to help protect us from our own...
by Anne Dranitsaris, Ph.D. | Sep 30, 2021 | Personal Development
Gaslighting, Devaluing, Love-Bombing and more… Narcissistic defences are offensive and destructive to relationships. What’s tricky about them is that they are done with such ease that if you don’t have a strong sense of self, you can be swept off centre, believing the...
by Anne Dranitsaris, Ph.D. | Sep 20, 2021 | Personal Development
“What a narcissist! Can you believe their behavior?” How often do we hear this being said about someone whose behavior we don’t like? Usually, we are just observing narcissistic (self-protective) defenses rather than someone with an actual narcissistic personality...
by Anne Dranitsaris, Ph.D. | Sep 13, 2021 | Organizational Dysfunction
There are many reasons why it is challenging to work for leaders with a narcissistic self-protective persona at the best of times. They are image-driven, with a need to have others treat them as though they are wonderful, smart, competent and amazing leaders at all...
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