Tag archive: narcissism

Echoism is a term used to describe a personality trait or pattern of behavior characterised by a tendency to minimise one’s own needs, desires, and opinions while focusing excessively on the needs and desires of others. It is often seen as the opposite or counterpart to narcissism. This term “echoism” was coined by Dr. Craig…

Narcissistic people have a huge sense of entitlement but a weak ego and a false sense of self. They require constant attention, validation and admiration from others, often referred to as their narcissistic supply. But what happens when they aren’t as entitled as they thought, their schemes backfire or they lose their supply? This video…

DARVO is an acronym that stands for deny, attack and reverse victim offender. It’s a very effective tactic for a narcissist as it can confuse the Hell out of their victims and can shame, sometimes even frighten them into silence.

The intent of the DARVO method is to silence victims through denial, confusion, invalidation, minimising or intimidation while they’re attacking the evidence, the victims credibility, their claims and also claiming that they are the victim while they’re doing it. Once you recognise the pattern. Once you see it, you can’t unsee it.

‘Flying Monkey’ is the term given to those agents and allies that collude with an abusive person. Their role is to continue carrying out tormenting the victim on their behalf. If it’s during the relationship, the abuser gets to abuse by proxy as it’s other people that are getting their hands dirty. If it’s after…