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Most people have some awareness of this disorder, often through newspaper articles involving court cases where the accused has been found to suffer from borderline personality disorder(BPD). The other public belief is that people who self-harm have BPD. However, BPD has many facets and you may in fa...

Hi Readers, In view of the fact that bullying is becoming an increasing problem in the workplace, I have written this article involving a female bully who actually suffers from narcissistic personality disorder. http://youronlinecounselor.com/Articles/Office-politics-NPD.htm Click on the link to rea...

Bullying, both subtle and overt, is becoming increasingly prevalent in the workplace. I've written a blog on this subject, where we look at narcissistic people in the workplace and how to best deal with them. http://youronlinecounselor.com/Articles/Dealing-With-Office-Psychopath.htm See also The Off...

We recently celebrated World Mental Day, and this is what the Director of a prominent mental health authority wrote in a newspaper article. This article demonstrates the sad fact that those who need to be educating the public about mental illness, have difficulties in understanding mental illness th...

Diagnosing adults with Asperger's (now ASD) can be made difficult when there is only mild impairment. Hence it is possible for friends and family members to be interacting with a sufferer who does not exhibit strong and pronounced traits, but nevertheless there is a sense that something is "wro...

I have just uploaded an article I've written on some of the difficulties experienced by people who have attempted suicide and survived. It makes for disturbing reading and shows that our health professionals need to lift their game when it comes to dealing with people who are severely ill. It's frig...

I recently received an email from a person who had been browsing through these forums and also articles on my main website. I asked for her permission to paste the email as a forum posting because I thought her comments were worth sharing with others on a similar journey: Beth at Youronlinecounselor...

Hi MoT, It's really difficult to give you a definitive answer on this issue because we don't know for sure whether your sister has narcissistic personality disorder. If she does have it, she would have been showing signs of it by her 20s, and as she is now menopausal, it sounds like we are looking a...

Hi Sunshine, I'm glad the forum has helped. That's what it's there for! Can I ask, what made you go back after having that time of no contact? If/when you go no contact again, it can be good to plan out how to cope with as many possible scenarios as you can. It's so easy to get sucked back into the ...

With the increase in parents who have been cut out of their children's lives, comes a another concern. Some websites discussing this phenomenon are not monitored by professionals and grieving parents are being cyber-abused by parents telling grieving participants that it is their fault that their ad...