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Do you know what narcissistic personality disorder is? Would you be able to spot it if you had to? For most people, their belief is that narcissism is "easy" to spot because laymen and pop psychology characterize narcissism as selfish ambition,
Do you know what narcissistic personality disorder is? Would you be able to spot it if you had to? For most people, their belief is that narcissism is "easy" to spot because laymen and pop psychology characterize narcissism as selfish ambition,
This article is brilliant. I went through this for years with a former "friend" who had and still has people completely fooled. Through social media she presents herself as this innocent, kind hearted person which she is not. I saw her unmasked and because I did I was permanently discarded. She also developed a "clique" of blind servants who came to her rescue no matter what and would unleash attacks on me on her behalf. She purposely tarnished my reputation and turned friends and acquaintances against me which left me lonely and unable to defend myself. I am still very angry about all of this and am always looking for ways to out her or get revenge which I know will only make things worse.
There's a nickname for the "blind servants." They're called flying monkeys after the creatures in The Wizard of Oz who did the wicked witch's bidding. 🙂
P.S. I know the same experience(s) as you.
Been there. It's difficult getting revenge. Almost impossible. Just distance yourself and use forums like this for therapy. 😊
After recovering from my anger towards my x-narc, I have to agree with you about revenge. Absolutely not worth it. The best way to get even is to move on and be happy in your new life. I recommend the 25th verse of the Tao te Ching for this situation. Connect to your soul and there you will find the greatness of your eternal self which will have huge payoffs for you. (as for revenge)Eating at or feeding others at the trough of misery never has and never will have any payoff for you or them.
Revenge is never worth seeking.
I have a horrible knee jerk reaction when I discover I've been the target and my anger scares me, let alone anyone who has to witness it!
I learned a long time ago how to curb my reaction to being a narcissists target. It's a game I find both enjoyable and therapeutic.
I get MY revenge by writing in a journal, specific scenarios, a perfectly planned act from a to z.
I do this when I'm at my most angry. I let my pen fly across the page and don't stop until every detail is outlined and organized.
When I've "plotted out my actions" to the grim end for my attacker I close my journal and go on with my business of living.
Once my anger subsides and I've all but forgotten the situation I'll sit down with a cup of coffee and read it.
I can't begin to tell you the howls of laughter that I've gotten from my imaginative counter attack!
I am very creative 😉
I once showed my father when he came to visit and I was yet again sharing the latest shenanigans my boss was pulling. He asked how I could handle such psychologically draining, soul sucking abuse from this person.
That's when I pulled out my journal and told him to read a few entries. Dad read more than a few, and was laughing and called me badassed maverick!
Dad said, "it's a good thing you've found a healthy outlet because you'd be a F-5 tornado!"
Yes it's hard to have someone have control of your life because your can't afford to quit a job and are stuck with no recourse. This takes me to that place of exacting my revenge in the most extreme ways, yet keeps me in check both legally AND emotionally.
May my pens never run out of ink, my journals stay affordable and my imagination stay keen! 🙂
This is BRILLIANT! I loved every word – thanks so much DeeDee. And I'm going to use this concept re my narc husband 😀
Revenge? I wonder who the narcissist really is now.
I know exactly how you feel. 9 years ago, I put a narcissist in her place in a not so nice way only to have everybody in my life cruelly throw me away. These were relationships that spanned several years and the narcissist was the new kid so to speak. Come to find out,in telling this narcissist off,I had accidentally exposed a covert narcissist, an enabler and several flying monkeys. I was angry for years. I wanted revenge. I was contemplating doing something illegal to bring destruction to the narcissist and everyone stupid enough to believe them. But now I realize I don't have to get even. The day is coming when they will have to face the truth and there will be no getting around it. Get revenge by moving on and leave the spoiled brats to their delusions.
Think about why this person attacked you. A narcissist Will only seek revenge if you did something terrible to them. It is easier for them to not attack so it makes sense that something had to have triggered your friend.
More detailed descriptions of Donald Trump.
Wow! Perfectly describes my estranged husband. He is a lecturer at the local university and markets himself as affable, "logical," and service-oriented. Reality: starts clubs and organizations to promote himself, gain supply, manipulate others, and also so he can have a built-in fanclub of flying monkeys/sycophants. He alienates, belittles, and engages in smear-campaigns against those who question him. Had all but a handful leave a club recently. He seems to find people as disordered as himself. Some actually tried to oust him but he got them to infight and deflect from himself. After, he complained about how "they" tried to sabotage "his" club.
I have had my fill. He abandoned me and is similary casting aspersions on my character. I am trying to heal, but the wounds are deep. How can the person you care about most leave so abruptly and be so cruel? I was discarded like trash.
Cora, you beautiful worthy soul!
Your awareness is admirable. Of course it took years for you to see him clearly, but the most important thing is you seem to never have lost yourself! You seem to have been able to stay intact with your own mind.
You will heal! You've retained your self confidence somehow and it shows in your words.
Hard as it may be right now, as you're still reeling from being cast aside like trash by the person you loved, you'll one day be very grateful he walked away from you. You'll feel fortunate to not be tormented as he continues to go about his quest to conquer and destroy.
You'll get there. Hour can you not? You're strong and capable. From what I've read about NPD is they only leave those whom they cannot break! You couldn't be broken!
Bless you!
I'm an instant fan of yours! 🙂
Hi Tamara,
I really am not all that familiar with this disorder so it was interesting to read about it and learn more. As I read, I asked myself if I know anyone like this. I am still not sure.
I first thought of a former partner. Long story short but while in public — and even with me for the most part, very charming and social, full of compliments etc. I DO remember early on, it seemed like many people had been "unfair," "mean" etc to him and several in his family were "abusive." I initially believed him as I had no reason not to but a lot of things began to not add up. If we'd argue, he had a very difficult time owning his part in anything, would not compromise and somehow would find a way to try and turn it around so that I'd end up either giving up trying to express my feelings or just apologize to keep the peace. Glad it's over for more reasons than I will get into.
The other person who I now wonder if she could be a narcissist (I hate to even THINK this) is my niece. She is almost always the one who feels wronged by life, her mother, past teachers on occasion and people in general. She has a horrible temper if she is disagreed with or if for instance, her mom tries to argue her point or even ask for help with chores. She will be vindictive at times and generally seems to become angry very easily and at times holds grudges. But, given that she has grown up with an alcoholic father, in a dysfunctional household, was not given clear boundaries or consistent rules in the home plus she's still pretty young at almost 23, AND had a bad car accident with head trauma, perhaps this world not apply to her. I hope not – for her sake!
Have a good upcoming weekend!
Timely! My mother has always been very critical of me, her only daughter. I went to therapy because there had o be something wrong with ME! A good therapist pointed out my mother was probably narcissistic. Indeed, her dramatics, grudge holding and silent treatments made sense. Fast forward: she is not welcomed by her 3 sons, she's in a retirement home in a distant state and I'm the one managing her finances and nursing help. She is pissed that I have to do this, but due to drinking she is unable to care for herself. Even though I know better, at 66 she still knows how to make me crazy. Any help as I find I feel sorry fo her….all alone..
Hi Cathyjane
I understand you feeling sorry for your mum as my sister and I are in the same boat. Unfortunately narcissistic people are difficult to like, we still love them but for our own self preservation we have to remove ourselves from the never ending BS. We grew up being the carers and sadly can hardly remember many fun times with her. She is now in a very nice nursing home, subsidised by us. She is 82 now and still moans and groans about her terrible life, as she is incapable of letting go of the past. It might help if you speak to someone and vent, as it must be difficult dealing with her without support. I hope these few lines helped and if you want to chat further I'm happy to
Kind regards
Life's journey aka Sheree
Thank you! Excellent article, and yes they do not have may acts or ways of behaviour, ex np was like a text book narc. Now totally transparent to me. And of course I was discarded and of course the was hoovering. Now NC since 3 months. Know now they cannot have a real relation and cannot have intimacy, the totally lack the capacity for that because they have not matured to more than a six year old.
When it's your parent, you're stuck with them. When you marry one, that's different, especially if they turn violent on you. But, the one that completely caught me off guard was a BEST friend who had this child-like voice and happiness until I got to know her. Then, she had woes and no amount of pointing toward the future or positive things was good enough. She created drama where there was none. (I am not a big fan of drama.) There was no consoling her, either. My ears perked up when this pillar of society told me I was a better person than her when I tried to help someone with problems catch up to the rest of us in a group. She said she would have thrown them out. I was shocked. That was my first clue something wasn't right, because her profession was all about helping others. Then, she once said she had previously dumped a best friend and never looked back. Never explained to the person; just dumped her. One day, I was dumped on my ear with no explanation. She just would not answer the phone. I left phone messages and text messages to ask what I had done. Never got an answer. After a few weeks, I realized I had been used and was no longer needed, and my concern for trying to repair a damaged friendship was only feeding her ego. We were never best friends, as far as she was concerned.
Great article. This was right on target. I had no choice but to put up with a narcissist for years. Friends kept saying she was selfish but I couldn't understand how anyone could be so mean every single day. It was hell to put up with. She put on the "act" for certain higher level people at work who were easily fooled and pulled into her fan club. The rest of the crowd she hung out with were what you describe as "lesser" than the narcissist. She'd ask grown adults to get her coffee, talk to them like children, scold them like children, point the finger like they were bad. She was like the worst teacher imaginable. She volunteered for charity events (pouring lemonade) just to make herself look good. She couldn't care less about the sick children she was pretending to help. She had angry outbursts over minor incidents. Most of us living with this individual had little knowledge of what narcissism was. Now we're all reading about it. Can't wait for next weeks article on how to deal with these people.
Will my ex narrscist change for someone of high status ( Pretty , and her family has money ) He says he is happy now and that he will do anything for someone he actually cares about ( as in not me ) He is also still abusing me but making it very obvious to everyone else he is so happy.
I am very familiar with the disorder. I can spot them a mile away. It might take a few interactions but in the end, I see them. The most recent was my husbands boss. A woman who preys on married men for attention and to conqure. She played my husband so well that he eventually was flirting with her. I told him he was being played. He refused to believe me. It almost ended us. Shes had multiple affairs with other married men. Shes been caught by other wives but I doubt any of them knew what they were really dealing with. In the end, I managed to get some justice but she still has everyone thinking shes a victim. She has many blind servants. Great read and spot on.
I'm diagnosed with NPD and rather than having been the abuser, I've been the victim of abuse many times. My psychologist and psychiatrist encourage me to socialize and develop relationships with people, which is difficult because I am very uncomfortable around others. Your articles seem to suggest that I am right to avoid people. Your articles also make it seem as though people with NPD are not so deserving of love or compassion and have little hope of finding peace in life. Reading things like this can be very hurtful and I'm glad I didn't read this when I still struggled with suicide ideation. If you understood what it's like to feel so fundamentally different from others, always searching for a sense of belonging that doesn't exist, feeling like no one could ever truly love someone like you, I don't think you'd try to tear us down so much. I hope that if anyone else with NPD reads this they are able to find the peace and self-compassion they deserve, and come into contact with much kinder people.
I feel ya!
I do not think the article is written in order to stay away from anyone who are diagnosed with NPD, rather it is written to caution the majority of narcissists who hurt and discard people around them. Honestly, I understand the struggles individuals with mental disorders go through but mental disorder is never an excuse to hurt people around you. It does not matter how you feel inside, you do not have the right to hurt anyone else.
I am curious though… what are some of the reasons you were diagnosed with having NPD? What are your symptoms?
I lived with a man for three years. He had me convinced that I was worthless. I was suicidal. He isolated me from everyone. My family friends and my daughter. He stole 100000.00 from me saying he would make me millions. He made me give up my dogs house and daughter. He would not leave my home and could not live if he did not control my life completely. Anyone in this situation needs to get out at any cost. I may not be alive today without my best friend who did not give up on me.
I will post a longer post later, but for right now, is narcissism a disorder that can be inherited ?
I believe so.
I had an aunt who was one and a sister who has it now, and neither one were around each other to see the behaviors to know the behaviors, yet both had identical behavior patterns. The aunt was my fathers sister.
my experience with them they are very sociologically abusing and pulling you down while the areas they have up there pulling them down in your life and high levels of gossip to destroy you. narcissist are not an equal opportunist they try and make you feel bad about yourself
This is the best article on NDP I have read to date. It really explains what narcissistic behavior looks like "on the ground," so to speak. I had a friend a while back that after about 6 months, I began to wonder if she was a narcissist, but the usual list of "symptoms" where clinical, and often based on the internal feelings of the narcissist themselves. In order to validate my experience of her, I needed to know what signs I might be seeing or experiencing. This article does that, and I am no longer in doubt.
The friendship unfolded exactly the way this article describes; in the end she got involved in a situation between my husband and I who were having problems at the time, by dropping an "overheard" conversation into an already tense and hurtful time period in my marriage. The fallout was dramatic, and involved more than one friend. Fortunately, I realized that she was the cause and cut off ties with her, and my husband and I eventually healed our relationship.
Now that I'm in my later 40's, I am better able to identify and stay away from people with unstable personalities of any kind. It's unfortunate, because many people with personality disorders have wonderful qualities; but the damage they can cause and their sometimes bottomless pit of need makes them usually not worth the effort it takes to stay friends.
Thanks again for the article!
Dear Tamara,
I have married into a family that live, follow and roll in it if "IT" was food or money, called Narcissistic traits. I keep notes every time I am near this type of blood-sucking-Narcs. Days after I feel empty of stealing my time and energy.
*My husbands' great grandfather were Narcs based on 200 years of history.
Alcoholic-sexual deviant-absentee-parenting. CAREER CRIMINALS, jail time, sibling against sibling in courts, children sexual abuse by both parents and grandparents. Drugs by doctor-shopping. All Narcs in this family find jobs to keep their habits going. Two sisters work in Hospice, which out pain pills for 'look-a-likes' and tweet at work. King-Ron (rotten to the core) works in a convention center and walks out daily with his big haul of items security didn't check…on and on with each member of the family.
*Husband, he's mild and I find awesome sites like this to educate myself.
Thank YOU for listening to all.
Awesome post…..
The problem when you are willing to call someone as having this disorder is when you are sure that person is no good. No person is really all that bad. I am sure I can find many people who would say I have this disorder.Instead of classifying people as narcissistic and not,I wish people realised that every person is unique and have their own way of thinking.
Some of the things you say sound very familiar. I am in a relationship with someone who has some of those traits. He is sweet and wonderful so much of the time. Especially when people are around but when alone I think he is trying to drive me crazy. I see him do things that he swears he never did. He says i am seeing things and i should get help. He cries and acts hurt that I am treating him so badly and accusing him of things he isn't doing. It has gotten to the point of where I am questioning my own sanity. I don't know what to do.
Thank you for this insightful article; you have provided much food for thought.
As you might have guessed, I am in a bad/shocking/ongoing situation: not with a lover, parent, colleague or boss, but with my grown son.
Gaslighting, projection, transference, bullying, harassment, infantalizing… you name it, he's done it.
Truly, the best course of action is as you've said: walk away, even if doing so fills your world with hurt. Not only does it save your sanity and well-being, but – more importantly: it means you are not enabling your narcissist.
As most articles I've read on narcissism deal with work, parent/child, friend or spouse relationships, it would be so helpful to read about children who target their parent(s).
Just out of curiosity, is it generally mothers who are targeted the most, or fathers? Or both parents equally?
Thanks so much!
Thank you for your very clear, concise, and useful article on this type of personality disorder. At the very moment I needed it, your words spoke peace and strength to me. I will now be able to deal with my present circumstances more effectively and wisely, thereby restoring my own peace of mind.
Unbelieveable Behaviors- #9
There is no 'Its As if they Almost get pleasure or Empowerment from seeing others fail or hardtimes".
Narcs without a doubt get a Huge powertrip out of others misfortunes. Because they Hate people who do well in life. They Live & Thrive from this.
They are dispicable empty carcasses.
It's too late. Yes, he got me, or I should say $8000. Grandson, 'M', 26, who approached me (as you say, checking me out)(vulnerable). He now has a good job, but no credit. So I wanted to help him establish credit and was therefore sweet talked into transferring the money to his account, with the agreement he would pay me back $200/mo – his boss was giving him this monthly raise. My assumption was that the $8000 would take care of his debts – oops! – just now finding out that he owes his big family lots. He was to pay me in March and now in April. He deceived me in March and now in April tried again; but this time I caught him with the lie – and he read me the riot act in text – how bad I was and my son, his step-father, on and on, to which I cut him off. He called on home phone, which I did not answer! This really pissed him off!!
Your article was helpful in giving me a description of his personality. I am 82 yrs young and have never come across this behavior, ever. And from a step grandson, who I adore and I thought adored me for 26 yrs!! Wrong, like you say, he apparently has no conscious. I am aware enough to let it go. My hanging up on him and not giving him any more attention I know is where I need to be. He has two baby mommas from high school and a son, 9, and daughter, 5. He is now married and they are expecting their first child this May. Their baby shower is to be this Sunday at my clubhouse. And in a text I did say, pay up now or the baby shower will be cancelled. This is when he really went wildly crazy.
Right now I will not cancel the baby shower. His mom (my ex-to-be daughter-in-law) is in charge. I was going to go, cause as a Resident of this community, I should be there. 'M' also tried to argue me down about, saying 'that I do not own the clubhouse.' Again like you said and I am just learning he is very immature, 5 yrs old, would be accurate. His mind, body and spirit are being negatively attacked by this behavior. I am sure he has been arguing with the two baby mommas for yrs; avoiding the family who he owes; and my son and I wonder if any one is even going to show up at the baby shower! That would be way cool!! I do find humor in it. I do know money is the root of all evil. And don't give your soul to the company store. I am in a good place in letting it go and plan to sit tight and see what develops. I may go to the clubhouse later to see if they have it all cleaned up – cause I am responsible. I am sad to think he has this disorder. He is a manager of an auto parts store; he is a Master Mechanic. Right now living in Aurora, CO, he is in Montana being interviewed for a transfer and big promotion. This would be the next step for him to eventually be promoted back down to Denver with a $100,000+ management job. Do I believe this is possible for him? or a sweet talk? I am also sad cause I was expecting to be in this baby girl's life; but sorry to say I will not . . . family is everything; and it's hard for me to know he has no compassion. But like you say, he has acquired three children who will look up to him and this doting wife. Negative energy is involved in his story – better late than never for me to learn this – so I do see a very positive side – and as the observer that I am – I am open to learn what I am to learn – and happily know that he will never get another warm hug nor smile from his one-and-only Italian grandma! and definitely no more of my spaghetti and meatballs!!! Too bad, so sad!
Do narcissists know they are narcissists? I have often wondered if a person of many years treats others as she treats me. She is the epitome of the narcissist you describe. Before I found this site, I had made the decision to break ties. And came to the conclusion that if she doesn't know she's doing it she treats others that way. If she knows she's doing it, I have concluded that she is targeting me. She's the second person in my life that fits the stereotype. The last one practically led me to suicide. What ended it was my home burned to the ground and I didn't even care. I sold the land and left only to find my "best friend" was the same way. I always supported her when she was having a hard time but when I was having a hard time she would smear it in my face. And it's always something ing like that. She called me yesterday because she wanted some advise from me. I didn't engage. Then she called me early this morning " sensing" that something was wrong…and she didn't "know"? After the most recent insult in front of my. Own family? Like she doesn't know what she's doing? Do you think so? In case she decides to "visit" me today I am planning to be out of town so I can avoid her. I am fed up, pissed off, and working on healing myself and leaving her behind. I'm glad I found your site. Thank you. June
Wow, this is so refreshing to learn, as I am currently involved with someone with a lot of these narcissistic traits! It's refreshing because I have been grappling with his negative behaviors for some years now and just really wondering what the hell to do! I am a very positive, upbeat and independent person so thank goodness that I do have some love and respect for myself and I'm spiritually grounded, as this dude would have destroyed me a long time ago! But I often wonder why I continue to stay, yes I love him, but I love me more; so why have I put up with this for so long? I ask myself all the time. I'm seeing a therapist and starting to learn more about these behaviors, so hopefully I will be able to figure out why I continue to allow this man to try and break my spirit. I think that I am getting close to a breaking point because I am to the point where I just don't care and I don't allow him to get under my skin as much; but I know that it is unhealthy for me and I darn sure deserve much better treatment and respect from my mate! I like this blog and hope that through prayer, this blog and my therapist sessions, that I will be able to find solace and strength to stand up to him and if need be remove him from my life if his emotional abuse does not stop.
We recently went through a terrible time at work when we decided not to renew the contracts of two narcissistic staff members at our workplace. Contracts were not renewed due to their inability to work as part of a team and the disruption they caused to our workplace culture. We had lots of evidence and actually gave them 6 months notice to find another job (one mistake we made was the extended timeframe – trying to do the right thing by then!), but they totally turned everything around and made everyone feel that we were threatened by their wonderful abilities etc etc. They actually had convinced themselves that the workplace should be closed down because they had been wronged, and launched an entire attack on many individuals within our workplace and the organization itself. I could never have foreseen that type of behavior and was completely shocked by the level of narcissism displayed. It was a frightening time for many of us – the most difficult 6 months I've had working in this industry (30 years now!). Thankfully we all survived and our workplace is now thriving with our new dedicated and genuinely caring staff members. I'm glad we went through the process we did because it has all worked out, but it was very difficult and we often wondered whether we should have started the process at all.
When I was 9 my parents divorced and 2 years later she re-married again to an Emotional NPD (divorced with 3 adult sons) Big mistake! She is unhappy and basically rudely spoken to by him and sometimes to me – plus other nasty behaviours, including paranoia and false accusations, etc. I would love my Mum to have got a separation years ago, but it's complicated. This has been going on 32 years and thanks to his belittling me, I developed anxiety and depression in my teens. I hate him to be honest. 🇬🇧😢
Very well described, I am still designing with my x narc, and every day Isaac new drama if ignore him he threatens on withholding child support or alimony, if I ignore he goes and fights with my daughters about whatever e decides
He left us and moved to a different country and still wants to be on control
He is so cruel my daughter tells me has never seen so much hate insomeone
He took everything I inherited and spent it then he Found a girlfriend I another country and eft
Now he causes drama because I'm not taking proper car e of my teen daughter
He causes drama every time!!!
Honestly I am not only tired but scared
Tks for the article
This article perfectly describes my ex boyfriend. At the time I didn't know anything about narcissism so was confused by all the fights he picked for trivial things. At 57, he seemed so immature—whatever I said I was being mean and he would tell me to "take it back "! I am still struggling to understand how this person "loved" me one minute and then treated me like I was a horrible person….accusing me of being the controlling one and constantly accusing me of cheating on him. The emotional and verbal abuse just got to be too much and when I said no more to all the things he tried to control, I was of no use to him and he left. I know it's for the best, but I'm still trying to let go of the person I fell in love with….though that person never really existed.
I grew up with one in the family. As an adult, when I took away her power to bully physically, she became determined to prove that I am mentally incompetent with frequent unnecessary explanations of facts everyone knows. She will even give me beginner tips for my job that I have done for years.
The thing I hate the most is that she explains to me how tv works, that some of the people are actors, or explain what is happening in game shows that I've seen loads of times.
Today I finally told her I didn't need her to explain tv shows to me and she flung kitchen utensils at me and yelled at my dog for no reason. The belittling and inappropriate comments seem like desperate and clumsy attempts to claim intellectual superiority.
This article is the BEST and most helpful piece of information I've come across. All 10 of the behavior descriptions you've provided are EXACT in my circumstances. For ten months I've struggled to understand why my husband was "pitting". His accusations to me & about me relating to his family & friends were unjust, untruthful, hurtful and to say the least frustrating. The best I could conclude was that he pitted to cover what I saw as a substance abuse issue, and most recently the possibility of an affair. I knew nothing about triangulation and narcissist personality disorder. I was aware that the husband had psychiatric issues when I married him, but he generalized his condition. He eluded to the uncertainty of bi-polar disorder and I'd seen documented a mood disorder. Sadly, his behavior and my inability to identify it in a timely manner and learn the skills to work with his problem resulted in a not-so-nice process of divorce. I offered to see his psychiatrist and also a marriage counselor this past fall. The intention of my offer was to understand the problem and learn the skills to deal with it in a healthy manner, but he refused claiming that my "motives weren't pure". The totality of his behavior didn't come out until nine years into the marriage.
Are there people who are a good fit for people with this problem? Or should others always "run" from them? The thought of running from them makes me sad because they need to be loved too.
Do people with this disorder know they have it? My husband has been under the care of a psychatrist the entire time I've known him, and 10 years prior to that time. If he knew he had this diagnosis and was evasive with me, this is a case of dishonesty, and dishonesty would be easier for me to accept than knowing that he has never been properly diagnosed and now we are in the middle of a divorce as a result. I have yet to comprehend why he asked me not to file for a separation and said if I did, counseling wasn't an option and that he'd file for a divorce. Maybe there are several components to understanding his reasoning? Control? An attentive and unsuspecting woman? A substance abused mind? This situation is hard to understand when I am on the inside looking out.
I live and work with a narcissistic family member who has punished me a lot in the past few years for being sick and earning less money than I used to.
I discovered recently that my frequent illness was food poisoning caused by something the narcissist does. I found out that in the morning, she pours her half-drunk beverages from the previous day back into the container that everyone drinks from. So the bacteria from her mouth breeds in a cup overnight before she pours it into containers that I drink from. She has been doing this for years and that is why I get frequent food poisoning from drinks that I thought were clean. I'm so grossed out I want to throw up.
Hi, I have this problem with two neighbours and my local council housing office. Sticky, to say the least. I've posted on my blog about some of it, but honestly? It's the worst life I've had. Three angles of narcissism, feels impossible to correct or escape.
I also was married to a narcissistic person and had know idea for years. He had "basically another life which I had no idea about it. True story: I was sitting on my front porch with my mom and a truck pulls into my driveway and a woman gets out and acts like she has known me for years. I had never seen or heard anything about this woman. Me and my mom just wondering who she is. Then her husband and two kids get out and she is telling me she knows my ex husband for at 3 years and about our whole life and he never told about her. When I comfort him and told him about her showing up un a notice. He he did and I just forgot. That was always the case. I thought I was going crazy. I could go on and on. I'm sure everyone gets my point. So was married to him in 1995 and divorced in 2007 with two kids. He turned my own family and friends against Me. Even after all these years he still talks crap about me to his wonderful girlfriend who by chance have became good friends with, but trust me we keep to ourselves because he would flip out. Fast forward was another just a few months ago for almost 4 years. He some of the characteristic traits and also a pain pill habit that I did not know about when we first met. I should have run then. But I like to help people and a narcissistic can spot you in a hot second. Well that ended all bad. It was all my fault. Now that he is been off of the pills for about 6 weeks. I had moved out in November he calls and wants me to be so proud of him. I have a hard time doing this because I beg for him to get help when we were together. No one in his family knows how bad he was or still is. I told him I was going to talk to his mom and he just about had a heart attack. Because he has put all the blame on me and he would be called out and that's one thing narcissistic don't like. After reading all the story's I no I'm not crazy. Thank you
Yes, this article explains things well. I recently realized that my mother is a dangerous narcissist and even went so far as to try to get me arrested for stealing her car after she put the title in my name (and admitted that to someone else) and then called adult protection services because I banged on the wall and stomped in anger (the case was dismissed). I have college degrees and work for the local university and she tried to destroy me. All after I moved to the state to try to help her with her health problems. She flipped out when I gave notice and made plans to move out. She now is in the process of her smear campaign since I no longer talk to her. I am an only child. She has been using me for money and infantilizing me my whole life and is now probably shocked and angry that I am a full fledged adult able to deal with life without her. We live in a rural place with a lot of simple people that see her disability and eat up all her lies and nonsense. She will probably still ask me to do her favors if I speak to her. No more. I'm done. I am afraid to talk about it because family dismissing me and not believing me will only add to the trauma. Moving on. No contact.
Thank you for this.
I grew up with two narcissists.
Still trying to work through it.
What scares me is that I might be one to.
How do you know if you are one?
I tried doing a test once and it didn't come up with much.
If you worry about being a narcissist too then please let me know what to do and what/who is the best to find guidance.
I would appreciate your reply.
This article hits the mark 100%. Thank you so much for writing it.
You wrote -> the narcissist will go to any length to ensure they are not overshadowed or forgotten which can result in trouble for an innocent person on the other end. A loss of employment, stolen ideas, stolen property or funds, belittlement, destruction, etc. are the consequences of being in the life of a narcissist.
YES, YES and YES…. all of the above happened to me in spades. I'm in the process of trying
to recover. I have never been involved with someone so evil in my life.
My mother was and still is a narcissistic parent. So of course id end up in a relationship with one for the past 5 years. Surprise surpriset hey hate each other haha. When my moms narcassitic tendies first started showing i was 15 years old(now 34) i had just went thru a full term pregnancy ALL ALONE. THE FATHER was a punk a## 19 yr old delinquent. When i found out i was pregnant(at 14 yrs old) he bullied and quilted me not to tell a soul. I thought he was afraid my dad would kill him. Honestly thats what i thought too. So i did it. Young and stupid i guess. Went the whole 9 months of my pregnancy without and prenatal care or wothout anyone other than him kmowing… Until the morning id laid around hurting till i couldnt rake it anymore. It was 7am on a saturdat morning march 11 2000 i woke my mom up and told her i was so extremely constipated that something was bad wrong. She got up, bitching the whole way. At the er they new by looking but still done the tests
They listened to his heartbeat and i was still denying id had sex much less pregnant. Anyway i had my son(now 19 yrs old) at 9:30 am. My WHOLE family was upset, confused and devastated. My sons dad had moved 2 another state when i was 7 months pregnant. When he called and heard the news he asked me to marry him. My mom threw a fit. Said shed help me raise my son. She didnt want mt life ruined. I could still go and finish highscool blah blah. Well after being home about a month i just started noticing things between my mom and my sons father. Actually looked back and dont know how i didnt notice it all those months i was pregnant. It was there the whole time. MY MOM WAS SLEEPING WITH HER 15 YR OLDS SONS FATHER. When i confronted them my mom "gas lighted" me big time. Told me i was crazy. That i had to be suffering from post partum depression. I was 15 i didnt know wtf thst was. I told close realitives and she had them fooled into thinking the same. Now mind you my mom was still married to and living with my dad. I started doubting myself and let ir go. Well about6 months after the fact, i guess the couldn't hide it much longer and just came out with it(to everyone in my home town but my dad) my close realitives apol9gized for makimg me feel crazy and all. The fucked up part is they didn't quit. They didnt care how their relationship made me feel. Well as soon as i turned 18 i got a apartnent . i wasnt there 2 weeks when wure enough they knocled at my door and asked to stay. They stayed 2 years. Then she got her own apartment for them to live in. The were together from late 1999 to 2006. My mom always trys to justify it. Haha. Ill make it short. Shes slept with 4 men ive been in a relationship with. She iz jealous and has something to prove to me. Shea screwed me over again and agian it would take a whole day to tell u all shes done. Ive condtantlu forgave her and ive always been there for her when she never deserved my affection not even from 14 years ago. I always give it tho and go over and beyond trying to impress her. It will never happen. I think ive finially moved on and quit with delusions about any kind of real relationship with her. The first of august i physically put my hands on her. I had had enough. Id let her live off me and my youngest2on thats. 4 and didnt help in ANYWAY NOR FINIANCALLY KEEP HER SELF UP OR HELP. Shes the most selfish, self absorbed person. She doesnt appreciate nothing ypu do for her. No matter how big the grand gesture she dgaf. Then wonders why ive let a narcissistic man make me mentally ill the past 5 years
I can fully relate to this article. I am a 48 year old woman with a toxic mom. She always tried to control me, but her behavior was really out of line when I was in my 30s. I started dating this guy she didn't like. She called up my employer, performed a smear campaign, and got me fired from my job! She also called his mom, to try and turn her against me. My boyfriend's mom stood up for me and told my mom that she would file harassment charges if she would call her again. My mom never admitted to calling my boyfriend's mom. Shortly after that, I told my mom that my boyfriend, son & I were moving a few hours away. She was furious. She told me she would get me in a vindictive tone. A month after we moved, my mom filed for shared custody of my son. My mom was able to fool the Judge. My mom not only got shared custody, she also won primary physical custody. My mom had an attorney. My boyfriend and I couldn't afford one. My mom has had primary physical custody since 2011. The other day, my mom mentioned what my autistic son will be doing when he is 21. I told her that she is getting ahead of herself. He is 16 now. My mom purposely talks about my son's future, to try to control me, to get me to move back home. I love and miss my son so much, but I will not move near her. She doesn't respect boundaries. Even when I visit my son, I have no say in his care. My mom refuses to let me bring my son to my place to visit. She is not in compliance to the court order. I am supposed to have him every weekend. My mom also refuses to send me my son's medical and school records. At this point, I will go no contact with my mom. She totally ignores my reasonable requests. My son is severely autistic and doesn't speak. I will send him cards and gifts for now. I pray that I can be reunited with my son someday. I may have to wait until my mom passes away. I could never give in to my mom's unreasonable demands, especially with the cruel, vindictive things she has done to me.
"After many years of knowing the person" Tamara thanks for this elaborate note on Narcs, It took me about four years to have my feelings and intuitions about my ex validated, once I read through several instructions about Narc, there and then every thing was confirmed.
She has a lot in common with my mother, I ran away from my mum not quite informed enough to know she was a Narc and fell into the hands of a woman who I thought would be an excellent lover but she turned out to be my worst nightmare a terrible and very unforgiving Narc, but I did conquer her with the power of being good.
I have a question why is it that majority of Narcs are alwalys rich people or people in positions of trust?.
Would a person that hold grudges for every perceived slight, no matter how small -forever, keeps score, is right about everything-no matter the emotional cost to anyone else. NEVER wrong (everyone else is just not as smart, if they were, they would know he is right). Cannot converse in give and take way-just keeps saying what he wants to say, without responding to the actual conversation that is taking place. Always goes to extremes – his way or hell to pay. I can have whatever I want- until I actually decide on something and then proceeds to find reasons why I shouldn't want it. Am I living with a narcissist? DO NOT CONTACT OR RESPOND VIA EMAIL, WE SHARE THE EMAIL ADDRESS
I met a narcissist in 2006 – dated off/on until 2011 when I agreed to marry him. It is now 2020. We do not live together. My Dad was a narc – so I knew all about their crazy behavior and believed I could handle it. I'm a very strong person, mentally, but this man/boy gave "crazy" a whole new meaning. I am older , we have no kids, and I have no desire to start over. Narc "relationships" are transactional. Tit for tat. You do for me and I'll do for you. So, he has a great retirement package/benefits that I could never afford on my own. I let him be his arrogant, selfish, disordered self. What shocked me was when we married, I thought I could bring order to his life. Guess what? Narcs HATE order. they thrive on chaos so any help I thought I could offer was a waste of time. I filed for divorce 3 yrs ago but he talked me out of it – all the while conducting a smear campaign and spreading rumors that I was cheating with a mutual friend. SO ridiculous – I Also learned do NOT try to defend yourself to flying monkeys. just lay low and hope it passes. Narcs are not for the weak with low self esteem. And those of you who know who you are and demand respect will not last with one. if you are planning to stay with one — lay low, shut up, get your emotional support elsewhere, have an interest of your own — and more importantly.. NEVER COMBINE YOUR FINANCES. if you enjoy abuse and drama, a constant roller coaster – no peace -g et with a narc.
As a former hard core drug addict now in blessed recovery I can share some tips here that work for me and my network when dealing with ANYONE let alone a narcissist.
First- After recovering from drugs NO ONE can hurt me like me, so whatever they say is laughable
Second – Know that we all experience narcissistic tendencies from time to time, however, at the base level "narcissism", as classified in the DSM which for those unfamiliar – from wiki, "The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, (or DSM), is a publication for the classification of mental disorders using a common language and standard criteria. It is published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and is used by clinicians, researchers, psychiatric drug regulation agencies, health insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, the legal system, and policy makers…….NARCISSISM is A MENTAL PERSONALITY DISORDER, which again from wiki, produces "A GRANDIOSE SENSE of self-importance (eg, the individual exaggerates achievements and talents and expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements) A PREOCCUPATION with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love." I believe that EXTREME INSECURITY are also at the root of this, but I'm no psychologist.
Third – In recovery, I've learned so many amazing coping skills that will give you serenity in any moment, especially the diciest ones:
and most importantly,
TRY NOT to focus on the stupid stuff that people do
Fourth: I love acting, and have returned to school as part of my slingshotting amazing comeback, and some of the techniques we learn in acting can help us all in any anxiety inducing experience:
STRETCH YOUR NECK! Before you go to work, or school, waiting on the subway platform, get comfortable doing it in front on people – (well, when we return to society=) wear sunglasses if you have to . Find good neck stretching and back stretching exercises you can perform easily.
STRETCH YOUR FACE! We hold a ton of tension in the face, you want to make a face like your screaming at the top of your lungs, hold it in place for a few seconds, repeat a few times. Face and neck and back stretches, you will be AMAZED at how you can handle anything.
Lastly, BREATHING – In any hairy situation, you need to THINK. Breath from your belly, your diaphragm, not your chest. You want to extend your belly as if pregnant.
Take some form of martial arts as well, yoga, working out is AMAZING. Go walking. Given our current circumstances search for online classes for some of these suggestions.
Above all remember, YOU CONTROL your reactions, and YOU ARE UNIQUE AMAZING PATIENTLY TENACIOUS and LOVING.
What narcissist? LOL
Ill leave you with this from a Nigerian Business speaker when he asked his audience what kind of animal would they like to be. Many answers, lions, elephants, sharks, bears, horses…….what did he answer?
In my best Nigerian accent, "I would like to be an eagle" He tells the crowd
People are musing, some agree, "yeah, sure." Others, not so much
He then asks the crowd again,
"Do you know how high, an eagle can fly?"
People shake their heads.
"An eagle can fly as high as an airplane. 10,000 feet"
Some in the crowd react amazed, "Wow. Cool"
He asks again, "do you know what the eagle sees at 10,000 feet?"
The crowd gasps amazed
"You MUST be like the eagle. Soaring above the rest. The eagle looks down and they see the chickens and pigeons yacking away, talking," he pinches his fingers "chirping."
He smiles, "BE LIKE THE EAGLE" =)
I'd like to see you talk about the love-bombing phase of romantic connection with a narcissist – it is astonishing and seductive to be the focus of a narcissist's absolute adoration. And then, of course…
My half sister is a narcissist, and I'm able to recognize narcissism in many.
From school, to work, to strangers, I've come across so many I've lost count.
Management and coworkers are highly toxic, I just come to work now to do my job, I no longer say anything, there's no point. I just stay out of the way and I don't add fuel to the fire.
Never give narcissistic bullies and their back stabbing, people pleasing narcs any ammunition to use against you. Control your emotions because they're emotional vampires. Don't fall for the martyred, pity act because it's manipulative!
Trust no one and protect yourself. You can be free even if you're still stuck under narcissistic management. Until we have laws established all over the country, general bullying will continue and narcissists will keep slipping under the radar. Let's make them pay by fighting school and workplace bullying!
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Picture: EXCLUSIVE 'Glee' star Cory Monteith fixes a flat tire at a gas station Los Angeles,California - 03.12.12 When: 02 Dec 2012
Glee star Lea Michele choked back tears as she paid an emotional tribute to her tragic boyfriend and co-star Cory Monteith at the Teen Choice Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday (11Aug13).
The entire cast was on hand to accept the award for Choice TV Series: Comedy at the Gibson Amphitheatre, and Michele dedicated the trophy to Monteith, who passed away in Canada last month (Jul13) after ingesting a fatal cocktail of alcohol and heroin.
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Winners of the 2010 Feynman Prizes in Nanotechnology
Palo Alto, CA — December 20, 2010 – The Foresight Institute, a nanotechnology education and public policy think tank based in Palo Alto, has announced the winners of the prestigious 2010 Foresight Institute Feynman Prizes in Nanotechnology.
Established in 1993 in honor of Nobel Prize winner Richard Feynman, two $5,000 prizes are awarded in two categories, theory and experiment, to recognize researchers whose recent work has most advanced the field toward the achievement of Feynman's vision for nanotechnology: molecular manufacturing, the construction of atomically-precise products through the use of molecular machine systems.
The winner of the 2010 Feynman Prize for Experimental work is Masakazu Aono (MANA Center, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan) in recognition of his pioneering and continuing work, including research into the manipulation of atoms, the multiprobe STM and AFM, the atomic switch, and single-molecule-level chemical control including ultradense molecular data storage and molecular wiring; and his inspiration of an entire generation of researchers who have made their own ground-breaking contributions to nanotechnology.
The winner of the 2010 Feynman Prize for Theory is Gustavo E. Scuseria (Rice University) for his development of quantum mechanical methods and computational programs that make it possible to carry out accurate theoretical predictions of molecules and solids, and their application to the chemical and electronic properties of carbon nanostructures.
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The annual Feynman Prizes are leading to the eventual awarding of the $250,000 Feynman Grand Prize, an incentive prize for making a nanometer-scale robotic arm and a nanometer-scale computing device, the most critical components in future molecular manufacturing systems.
2010 Foresight Institute Feynman Prize for Theoretical and Experimental Molecular Nanotechnology
Two prizes in the amount of $5,000 each will be awarded to the researchers whose recent work has most advanced the achievement of Feynman's goal for nanotechnology: molecular manufacturing, defined as the construction of atomically-precise products through the use of molecular machine systems. Separate prizes will be awarded for theoretical work and for experimental work. The winners of this year's prizes will be announced at a January conference to be held at SRI in Menlo Park, CA.
This prize is given in honor of Richard P. Feynman who, in 1959, gave a visionary talk at Caltech in which he said "The problems of chemistry and biology can be greatly helped if our ability to see what we are doing, and to do things on an atomic level, is ultimately developed — a development which I think cannot be avoided."
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Eagle County's deep dining discounts
For Rick Woo, it just wouldn't feel right charging full price for his menu items during the offseason.
"It's all locals at my restaurants, and they don't make very much money right now!" Woo said with a laugh.
Woo owns Vail restaurants Sushi Oka and May Palace and said between now and the start of the ski season, about 85 percent of his business will come from local residents, while the remaining 15 percent will be out-of-town spenders coming mostly on the weekends. For that fall clientele, Woo's offering deep discounts — 30 percent off the total bill at May Palace and 40 percent at Sushi Oka.
"It keeps people coming in, and it makes me feel good giving discounts to my friends and neighbors," he said.
If you're among those locals that Woo was referring, then indeed you may be tightening your belt in the days to come. But with all the great deals on gourmet food at local restaurants, you may have to loosen it right back up again.
"It is offseason, but for the good deals, it's on-season right now," Woo said.
'Let's really do a discount'
Indeed, the deals are on at Terra Bistro in the Vail Mountain Lodge & Spa — 50-percent-off entrees will be enjoyed by diners from now until the lifts start turning.
"When we decided we wanted to do a discount, we said let's really do a discount," said Tony McNally, manager. "And so far, this offseason's been great. I've been here since '78, and I'm seeing faces I haven't seen in years here in the restaurant. People are telling me — not that it's anything we're doing — that maybe they haven't been here in a while, so it's been really great getting them back in and enjoying the menu … we've been hearing such positive comments."
McNally said their peppered Amish beef fillet is going to be a hit during the 50-percent-off special.
"It's a popular entree at its normal price of $38, so to be able to come in and try it for under $20 is pretty spectacular," he said.
Restaurant week … or month?
On Oct. 6 in Vail Village, both Terra Bistro and La Tour were packed with people. It was the final night of the Vail Restaurant Week, an annual event that was shortened from a month to a week this year and beefed up with even more specials.
"The restaurant week has been a big success," said Thomas Guthrie, La Tour's general manager.
The idea this year was to offer specials priced at $20.13 from participating restaurants.
And a great idea it was, Guthrie said.
"I couldn't believe how popular it was," he said.
As a result, Guthrie and La Tour's owner-executive chef, Paul Ferzacca, decided to extend the deal.
"We thought people may not have had a chance to try all the items priced at $20.13, so this will give them a chance to come on in and try that other item they may have noticed," Ferzacca said.
Beaver Creek was also included in the Vail Restaurant Week this year, with restaurants such as Hooked, Grouse Mountain Grill and Vin48 participating, among many others.
Like Ferzacca, Vin48 co-owner Collin Baugh is also extending out his Restaurant Week special.
"We've always done $18 entrees during offseason, so that's the deal we offered during Restaurant Week, and we decided to keep that going throughout October," he said. "We consider ourselves a true locals' restaurant, and our main offseason deal for locals is our happy hour from 5 to 6:30 p.m., where we offer $5 glasses of wine, $3 premium draft beers and $8 small plates."
And some of Baugh's small plates aren't so small.
"Our braised Colorado goat is definitely a larger small plate," he said. "It comes from Jumping Good Goats here in Colorado, and they have some of the best goat cheese in the country, which we also use in a lot of our other dishes."
'Ridiculous specials'
At Beaver Creek's new seafood restaurant Hooked, owner Riley Romanin said he was glad to jump on board with Restaurant Week, as well. Hooked will stay open through Saturday, then re-open on Nov. 1 with great deals from now until ski season starts.
"We're new, so we're offering some ridiculous deals, Restaurant Week or no Restaurant Week," he said. "We'll have different specials every night."
Other standouts
Here's a few other stand-out deals to take advantage of during the offseason.
• Kelly Liken in Vail will stay open Wednesday to Sunday during the offseason and is offering three courses for $45 and 50-percent off select bottles of wine.
• Grouse Mountain Grill is only staying open until Saturday, but up until then you can take advantage of their Fall Tasting Menu — three courses for $39.
• Nozawa Sushi has locations in both West Vail and Avon and is offering 50-percent off all sushi rolls and entrees.
For more deals, check out the inside back cover of the Vail Daily Weekly or the advertisements in the Vail Daily.
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S&P futures are down about 12 points this morning, typical of what you would expect after a monstrous run the day prior. Here's the overnight action:
If you didn't catch it in the comments of last night's post, the CMBX triple A and double A spreads came in some yesterday. The lower rated levels did not:
By the way, how much commercial real estate is still over rated? Have the rating agencies done as fine a job here as they have done with equities? My guess would be yes.
The ICSC store sales data came in at -1.4% yoy, as expected. Here's how Econoday summarized it:
The Easter shift is coming into play, depressing comparisons in the March 21 week. Easter, which is a major holiday for retailers, is much later this year than last year (April 12 vs. last year's March 23). Sales fell 0.4 percent in the week for a very soft -1.4 percent year-on-year rate. But outside of the Easter effect, the report stresses that activity is in line with January and February.
The Redbook chain store sales came in slightly worse than the previous week, falling 1.4% versus the previous week's -1.1%.
Durable goods and new home sales come out tomorrow.
No changes from last night that I see in the technicals, we are very overbought and thus I expect that we'll be seeing some meaningful retrace soon. If McHugh is correct in his count, we have likely finished wave 5 up. If we do finally get a meaningful retrace, the 23.6 is at 787, the 38.2 is at 763, and the 50% is at 746 with the 61.8% at 726.
I think it's very, very interesting that yesterday's rally ended at exactly 23.6% of 666. Those Fibonacci numbers are everywhere. 23.6% of 666 is 157 points, and that's exactly what we've done to reach a high of 823.
We are on a weekly buy signal, but everything below that time frame is extremely overbought. Sentiment is very bullish and people still don't even see or talk about the roots of the problems. While I agree that the current administration was handed a total mess, many of those people were responsible for setting up the conditions that created the mess. The actions to date are also setting up the economy for future turmoil, not stability. If you want stability, you must remove the leverage and primarily the debt from the system. It's obvious that won't happen while the corporations and bankers sponsor the politicians.
I'm going to be busy for a few days working on several projects, so you may notice fewer articles and a little less participation on the market thread. That will be temporary; your contributions to keep that going are appreciated.
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Billy Joel and Sir Elton John still haven't spoken since the Rocket Man went public about the Joel's drinking problems and urged him to take rehab seriously the next time during a 2011 interview.
The Brit has been trying to mend his 30-year friendship with Joel after making the remarks, and he revealed last year that the only contact he has had with the New Yorker is an angry letter, chiding him for making his thoughts public in a Rolling Stone magazine article.
And now Joel admits he still hasn't spoken to the new dad, but accepts his old friend's heart was "in the right place" when he made the comments.
The Upton Girl hitmaker tells the same publication, "We haven't spoken, and I don't know why. Elton doesn't really know me that well. We toured together for 16 years and never really hung out.
"Elton assumes a lot about me that he doesn't really know. If he thought I was screwing up or doing something bad, I don't know why he didn't just call me.
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Waterloo Soft Matter Theory 2013
The increasing demand for antibiotics has contributed to the investigation of possible novel antibiotics by many researchers. For this purpose experimental and theoretical studies have been carried out to draw scientists' attention to antimicrobial peptides and their interaction with the surface of bacterial membranes. Their ability to disrupt the functioning of bacterial membranes has been probed from different perspectives. The most desirable antimicrobial peptides are those which do not harm plant or animals' membranes but which disrupt bacterial membranes.
As an extension to previous ab initio studies on water [12] we present 400 psBorn-Oppenheimer ab initio Molecular dynamics study on water at deep supercooled temperatures (down to 220 K) and confirm a crossover from a fragile to strongliquid around the Widom line. This crossover is accompanied by the passage from relatively weaker hydrogen bonds in the dominantly high density liquid (HDL) at high temperatures to strong hydrogen bond in dominantly low density liquid (LDL).
Monte Carlo simulation is used to study the structural properties of the system consisting of a self-avoiding polymer chain confined between a fluid membrane and a flat hard surface. As the adhesion between the soft membrane and the hard-wall surface increases the polymer is subject to a strong confinement; a pancake-shaped polymer conformation state eventually yields to a bud state through an abrupt first-order phase transition.
By including composition fluctuations in our dynamical simulation of the time-dependent Landau-Brazovskii model for a diblock copolymer melt we find that disordered micelles form above the order-disorder transition to a BCC phase. At high-temperatures the micelle number density and volume fraction are effectively zero and the melt is disordered at the molecular level. As we lower the temperature the micelle number density increases gradually and approaches the number density in the BCC phase.
Recent experimental work [1] suggests that the increased motility of cancer cells observed in a confluent monolayer of normal cells is due to the mechanical mismatch between the two cell types. The soft cancer cell undergoes large deformations and can squeeze between small channels defined by the space between the normal cells. We developed a phase-field model description of cellular monolayers to study such a process. The system is setup as a free-boundary problem where each cell is a highly deformable soft body [2].
Although a few of very promising methods now exist for extracting free energy profiles of a many-body system from non-equilibrium work performed on it the implementation of these methods have proven to be non-trivial. These methods (most notable of all the Jarzynski equality the FR method and the Brownian dynamic FDT) typically require a proper sampling of the work performed on the system along many trajectories in the available phase space that connect the desired initial and final macrostates.
Tissue topology such as proliferating epithelium topology shows striking similarities for various species. Thissuggests unified mechanism for tissue formation which can be explored with the help of physical or mathematicalmodels. Indeed it has been shown that cell divisions along with local cell rearrangements can reproduce commonlyobserved epithelium topology by using topological models.Tightly packed cells in epithelium resemble polygons. This observation gave rise to models where cells aretreated as polygons in junctional network.
Our research focuses on computer simulations of cationic and Phosphatidylcholine (PC) containing lipid monolayers and their potential applications in drug and gene delivery. The ultimate motivation is to unravel how cationic compounds such as CTAB function for encapsulating novel DNA based drugs and other drugs e.g. protein based drugs into a delivery system. The major advantage of these drugs over traditional chemical agents is their specificity and selectivity.We employed the Berger lipid model to model lipid molecules.
We model the orientational and positional order of tetratically shaped molecules each having four-fold structural symmetryconfined on a spherical surface. Our Monte Carlo simulation shows that at a high molecular density a tetratic orientational orderdevelops in the system accompanied by eight disclinations arranged in an anticube form on the hard spherical surface.


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Its one thing to master a recipe. But to a master a technique is quite another. Once you have successfully mastered a technique, whether simple or difficult, the recipe options are endless. Watch Jamie Oliver's easy tips to making the perfect omelets. Jamie just adds cheese to his but of course there's so many more options- spinach, mushrooms, different colored peppers, tomatoes, onions…..
Make a few different combinations for mother's day. Each vegetable can be sauteed separately the day before and stored in the fridge. This is what I would use:
Chopped red peppers
Chopped onions
Fresh or dried herbs, such as parsley and basil
wild mushrooms
Two different kinds of cheese
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The cast of NBC's upcoming fall comedy Animal Practice ignored W.C. Fields' advice to "Never work with animals or children," and the result was a Tuesday's monkey-centric Television Critics Association TV fall previews panel.
In particular, reporters wanted the dirt on acting opposite famous capuchin Crystal (The Hangover Part II), who plays the miniature-scrubs-wearing Dr. Rizzo at the quirky veterinarian's office on Animal Practice. "I love the monkey, but I put it in my contract not to be in any scene with it because she is a scene-stealer," cast member Kym Whitley told reporters. "Dr. Rizzo is a mess just like the rest of them."
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"She's the most famous monkey in Hollywood... We didn't realize how amazing she was until that first day on set," said Weeds' Justin Kirk, who plays the misanthropic yet animal-loving Dr. George Coleman. When asked about Crystal's impressive skill set, he added, "I do all that stuff!"
The pilot had to be reshot, first to recast the love interest played by lead actress Amy Huberman with JoAnna Garcia Swisher, and then to redub dialogue to reflect that the monkey's name change from Dr. Zaius to Dr. Rizzo. "We changed it because we couldn't get the Planet of the Apes rights," confirmed executive producer Alessandro Tanaka.
In non-monkey news, Bobby Lee, who plays meek Dr. Yamamoto, described shooting a scene in which a boa constrictor is wrapped around his neck. "It strangled me and it [urinated] on my face," he said. "We did two takes with the snake. It squeezed as hard as it could... I saw a light, I saw my grandfather and then I heard 'cut.'"
As the panel came to a close, lights flashed and a siren sounded to announce the arrival of Crystal herself, riding atop a toy ambulance onto the stage to deliver a note card to announce that reporters could only ask one last question.
"The show's about people, and the animals are this great backdrop and the cherry on top," Garcia Swisher concluded, adding that all of her friends had visited the set. "They've been as supportive of anything I'ver ever done in my career."
Animal Practice sneak-previews the full pilot episode following the Olympics closing ceremony on Aug. 12 and will officially premiere on Wednesday, Sept. 26 at 8/7c on NBC.


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Stalker's Sky Darkens
Bad news for Stalker: Clear Sky – it's been recalled from stores. Well, only briefly – apparently the initial shipments didn't contain CD keys, cleverly. So it's been delayed a few days while some poor sod presumably prints out a load of stickers, meaning its September 5th release date in the US ain't gonna happen.
Shacknews reports this may delay the Steam release too, though apparently the European release is unaffected. Amusingly, Shack readers are reporting spotting the game in stores nevertheless – and even if those copies don't have CD keys, I'm pretty sure the single player works without 'em. You need the key only for multiplayer, as I recall.
Oh – and you should now be able to get hold of Jim's review in PC Gamer, and my review in PC Format (both the UK versions). Won't spoil the scores, but, well, [sad face]. Kieron's also been playing it, so we'll be talking more about Clear Sky here soon, rest assured.


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Use the arrow keys to accelerate, brake, or flip your bike. Make it through the course as quickly as possible. Do stunts in the air to shave time off of your run!
Checkmate! Play the classic game of strategy. You can challenge the computer, a friend, or join a match against another online player.
Swing through the jungle from tree to tree! Beat levels to unlock new monkey skins.
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Hop in your hot air balloon and prepare for adventure! Solve a whole new quest on every island.
Test your aim in online multiplayer! Race your opponent to get to zero first. You'll have to calculate your own score.
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Selena Gomez in a Bikini in Miami | Pictures
Selena Gomez's Bikini Body Is Off the Charts
Selena Gomez's Bikini Body Is Off the Charts
Selena Gomez showed off her smoking-hot bikini body during a break in Miami on Monday. The singer, who is currently on her Stars Dance tour, relaxed with a group of friends and hit the pool for a quick dip in a skimpy printed two-piece, then later went down to the beach for some more fun in the sun. Selena is likely enjoying a bit of downtime before she hits the stage for two performances in Florida this week. After that, she'll head to her home state of Texas for a string of shows. Selena has been sharing sweet photos with her fans on Instagram throughout the tour but hit a social media snag during a concert in New York's Brooklyn borough earlier this month. Apparently, the Barclays Center's non-Instagram policy upset Selena so much that she burst into tears on stage and later posted a puffy-eyed snap, saying, "Never ended such a beautiful show in tears because they wouldn't allow me to Instagram tonight. Completely heart broken and pissed."


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text: BioethicsBioethics is the philosophical study of the ethical controversies brought about by advances in biology and medicine. Bioethicists are concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the relationships among life sciences, biotechnology, medicine, politics, law, philosophy, and theology.HistoryAlthough bioethical issues have been debated since ancient times, and public attention briefly focused on the role of human subjects in biomedical experiments following the revelation of Nazi atrocities during World War II, the modern field of bioethics first emerged as an academic discipline in the 1960s. Technological advances in such diverse areas as organ transplantation and end-of-life care, including the development of kidney dialysis and respirators, posed novel questions regarding when and how care might be withdrawn. These questions often fell upon philosophers and religious scholars, but by the 1970s, bioethical think tanks and academic bioethics programs emerged. Among the earliest such institutions were the Hastings Center (originally known as The Institute of Society, Ethics and the Life Sciences), founded in 1970 by philosopher Daniel Callahan and psychiatrist Willard Gaylin, and the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, established at Georgetown University in 1971. The publication of Principles of Bioethics by James F. Childress and Tom Beauchamp—the first American textbook of bioethics—marked a transformative moment in the discipline.During the subsequent three decades, bioethical issues gained widespread attention through the court cases surrounding the deaths of Karen Ann Quinlan, Nancy Cruzan and Terri Schiavo. The field developed its own cadre of widely-known advocates, such as Arthur Caplan at the University of Pennsylvania, Glenn McGee at SUNY Albany, and Jacob M. Appel at Brown University. In 1995, President Bill Clinton established the President's Council on Bioethics, a sign that the field had finally reached an unprecedented level of maturity and acceptance. President George W. Bush also relied upon a Council on Bioethics in rendering decisions in areas such as the public funding of embryonic stem-cell research.Purpose & ScopeThe field of bioethics addresses a broad swath of human inquiry, ranging from debates over the boundaries of life (eg. abortion, euthanasia) to the allocation of scarce health care resources (eg. organ donation, health care rationing) to the right to turn down medical care for religious or cultural reasons. Bioethicists often disagree among themselves over the precise limits of their discipline, debating whether the field should concern itself with the ethical evaluation of all questions involving biology and medicine, or only a subset of these questions. Some bioethicists would narrow ethical evaluation only to the morality of medical treatments or technological innovations, and the timing of medical treatment of humans. Others would broaden the scope of ethical evaluation to include the morality of all actions that might help or harm organisms capable of feeling fear and pain, and include within bioethics all such actions if they bear a relation to medicine and biology. However, most bioethicists share a commitment to discussing these complex issues in an honest, civil and intelligent way, using tools from the many different disciplines that "feed" the field to produce meaningful frameworks for analysis.The term of Reproductive Ethics refers to ethical issues which are in the field of reproduction like IVF, PGD, Embryo researches, Donation, Embryonic Stem Cells, Sex Selection, Cloning, IPS, …The main focus of Royan Institute is on Reproductive Ethics.IssuesAreas of health sciences that are the subject of published, peer-reviewed bioethical analysis include:Abortion Animal rights Artificial insemination Artificial life Artificial womb Assisted suicide Biopiracy Blood/blood plasma (trade) Body modification Brain-computer interface Chimeras Circumcision Cloning Confidentiality (medical records) Consent Contraception (birth control) Cryonics Disability Eugenics Euthanasia (human, non-human animal) Feeding tube Gene therapy Genetically modified food Genetically modified organism Genomics Great Ape Project Human cloning Human enhancement Human genetic engineering Iatrogenesis Infertility (treatments) Life extension Life support Lobotomy Medical malpractice Medical research Medical torture Moral obligation Nanomedicine Organ donation (fair allocation, class and race biases) Pain management Parthenogenesis Patients' Bill of Rights Placebo Population control Prescription drugs (prices in the US) Procreative beneficence Professional ethics Psychosurgery Recreational drug use Reproductive rights Reprogenetics Sperm and eggs (donation) Spiritual drug use Stem cell research Suicide Surrogacy Transexuality Transhumanism Transplant trade Xenotransplantation


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Takeru Ishikawa – Tokyo, Japan
Sound, Music composer (for mobile arrival melody, flash web site) Freelance
My Works
Hakubi Kimono Queen Contest 2010 Movie
My work is Sound Effect.
Kaoh Presents Cawaii wo tsukuru .com
My work is looped music & Sound Effect.
Vitz Chambre a Paris Collection (TOYOTA)
My work is looped music & Sound Effect.
brewing maker's special web site. do last and first on the web.
My work is looped music & Sound Effect.
free standby screen for mobile phone web site
standby flash screen for mobile phone
Full 3DCG Animation.
Tokyo Anime Award 2005, Open Entries Student Category(Notable Entry)
Indies picture label's DVD.
My work is Interrude sound and Endroll Music.