Narcissistic Personality Disorder?

Very interesting read (I apologize in advance for the typos). 20 Traits of Malignant Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Having been in a relationship with a partner that met 18.5 of the 20 traits listed here and knowing others that have escaped and are still escaping these relationships, I felt it was worth sharing. Also, please ignore the use of exclusively masculine pronouns--these can apply to women, as well.

When the PFA-ex and I attended counseling together (prior to me giving up and obtaining the PFA, of course), our therapist kept stating that he didn't believe __________ was actually bipolar, as he had been diagnosed in his past.  He never did state what he suspected the diagnosis to be, but I definitely have my suspicions... 

Yet Another Quote

"The truth was a mirror 

in the hands of God. 

It fell, and broke into pieces. 

Everybody took a piece of it, 

and they looked at it 

and thought they had the truth." 

~Rumi~

Thoughts

"It can be difficult to leave a long-term relationship, even when our inner-wisdom tells us it's time to let go.  At this point, we can choose to let go and endure the intense pain of leaving behind the familiar to make way for a new chapter in our life.  Or, we can stay and suffer a low-grade pain that slowly eats away at our heart and soul, like an emotional cancer, until we wake up one day and realize we are buried so deep in the dysfunction of the relationship that we scarcely remember who we were and what we wanted and needed to be.”  ~Jaeda DeWalt~

New Link

I am adding another site to the"Helpful Links" section.  I feel this is an important one having grown up in the environment; having had friends that were severely abused at the hands of their "law-enforcing partners" and due to feeling that most of the events on April 22, 2010 would not have transpired if my father did not wear a uniform.     Domestic Violence in Police Families