Hahahahahaaaaaa...for some reason the word "teal" there was just right.

Hahahaha! I can only laugh at this amazing display of wit and guile.

Jesus Christ. What a terrible situation. I'm sorry you had to go through that! (But glad you got out.) I wasn't married to my ex (not for lack of wanting to on my part) and didn't meet his parents, but he never, ever spoke of them beyond saying where they lived one time and didn't spend holidays with them or anything.…

Oh, dear! It gets so much easier. I'm 32 and have been struggling for about 15 years myself. The best thing I did was to get a good therapist and psychiatrist. After a few years of that type of stability, and after aging a bit, it's gotten a ton better. Turning 30 was really nice. I was stressed out about it, but in…

Yep. I feel sort of bad for my ex, because he didn't do anything to deserve this (meaning the disorder itself). Something happened to him as a child and now he's going to be a messed up person forever who never achieves happiness. It's kind of sad. Some of that feeling I have is a residual of being in love with him,…

Thanks for that reference. I have somehow missed this in my extensive research on this subject.

It's funny, because you often hear/read that if you're wondering if you have NPD, you don't. Like I keep saying, I think there's a key difference between "narcissist" and "Narcissistic Personality Disorder." It's a lot like depression. People often say they're depressed, but they don't have clinical depression.

Also look up Melanie Tonia Evans. She's changed a lot of lives.

Narcissists actively manipulate people into doing things that serve their own purposes. To me, that's what sets them apart. You could check out the Narcissistic Personality Inventory mentioned above to see what types of things might be applicable.

Yep, totally. I was mentioning earlier that I think they might be happy to be a "narcissist" because that implies that you like yourself, and could easily be perceived as a good thing. But having Narcissistic Personality Disorder also carries a negative connotation and I doubt they'd admit to that.

Oh, yeah, as I posted above, they don't think they have a problem, so they don't stay in treatment. It's similar to someone who's a sociopath. I think those are the two that really are beyond help.

In my opinion, it goes beyond just being a jerk. And it's not simply thinking highly of themselves. In fact, they hate…

My therapist says that they don't stay in treatment long, generally, if they ever go. They don't feel like they need it. She tells me that they're one of the few groups of people that will never be cured.

It surprises me that there aren't many people commenting that they do sort of believe in soul mates. For me, it's kind of like God. I don't really believe in God, but it's so ingrained in my brain, I can't really ever say I'm an atheist. I don't think it's possible for me not to believe in God. I attribute it to being…

This article and the comments are interesting to me. I don't have a current boyfriend, and whenever I go on online dating sites or whatever I get overwhelmed by the fact that it's so random, because there are just hundreds of random people you are looking at at once. It conflicts with the idea of a one right person,…

I was very convinced that I had met my soul mate about 7 years ago. I believed this up until a few months ago. It tore me apart for those 7 years. But then I found out that he's a narcissist and I was a victim of narcissistic abuse. Everything I thought about him was a complete and total lie. It totally shattered any…

JESUS! I am so thankful I didn't live back then. But then again, I'm sure people will think the same thing 30 years from now (and they'll be right, too).

This makes me so excited, because it's something I can really contribute to! And learn from!

I think it ties into women's issues as well, when you get to typically guy things like woodworking or electrical or whatever. I have had a tough time getting into things like that, but thankfully my dad knows everything and has helped me out. I've done crafty stuff with electrical, woodworking, metal working, all…

Something horrible just occurred to me. What if, in a million years, humans have evolved arms twice as long because of selfies? :(

The problem is, a lot of us can't just have kids at whatever age we want. I'd have loved to have kids when I was in my 20s, but I didn't, because I didn't have a relationship. I don't think it's fair for me to be judged because of that.