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Building Your Dream Home – The Importance of Self-Love

Recovery from Self-Love Deficit Disorder/codependency cannot be rushed.  Many of us have lived in or currently live in a metaphorically dilapidated and dangerous home that fools us into believing it protects us from the risk of harm and danger. As...
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THE CRUSHING DOUBLE BIND

Written by Ross Ross Rosenberg, M.Ed., LCPC, CADC. Self-Love Recovery Institute – President/CEOPsychotherapist, Educator, Author, Expert Witness So many people suffering from Self-Love Deficit Disorder (codependency) dream of what it would be like to experience personal and emotional freedom. Freedom that has...
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Setting Boundaries with Narcissists

Boundaries don’t work with narcissists. It is critical to fully understand this simple truth. As you begin to accept this, you can begin the treatment for your codependency and learn to protect yourself. Avoid the Wrestling Ring One of...
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The Five Love Languages Doesn’t Work with Codependents & Narcissists

In this video Ross explains the danger of applying Gary Chapman’s “Five Love Languages” concepts to codependents (Self-Love Deficients/SLD’s) and Pathological Narcissists when in marital/couples therapy. Although this book is universally helpful to the majority of people, it can...
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The Catch-22 of Gaslighting: Making the Effect the Cause

The song by The White Stripes, Effect and Cause, painfully illustrates the catch-22 trap that Pathological Narcissists ensnare their Self-Love Deficient/SLD (codependent) victims in.  In this song, the person tries to hold the gaslighter accountable, but he (or she)...
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What is Gaslighting?

Gaslighting is a form of mental abuse, in which a victim is manipulated into doubting their own memory, perception, and sanity. Victims are not aware they are being manipulated into believing they have a problem. This makes them powerless...
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GASLIGHTING LOGIC

Gaslighting Logic: the distorted and flawed reasoning ability of a gaslighting victim. A sustained campaign of inculcated false narratives results in the scrambling of the gaslit prey’s thoughts, emotions, and intellectual capacities to the point of becoming impaired. This...
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Narcissistic Abuse Quotes by Ross Rosenberg

From Ross Rosenberg’s book The Human Magnet Syndrome, quotes on Narcissistic Abuse, Covert Narcissists and their victims.                         By Ross Rosenberg, M.Ed, LCPC, CADCPsychotherapist, Author, Educator, Expert Witness For more information about...
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Gaslighting and Brainwashing

By Ross Rosenberg, M.Ed, LCPC, CADCPsychotherapist, Author, Educator, Expert Witness Gaslighting is a manipulative mind and behavior control strategy. It is perpetrated by highly manipulative pathological narcissists who desire power and control over weak and defenseless victims. These predators prey on susceptible individuals...
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