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My husband constantly upstages me
He takes credit for my ideas, he insinuates himself into my work life, he appropriates my friends: What's going on?
By Cary Tennis [2008-04-24]

  • His behavior is not mysterious.

    His behavior is not mysterious or unique. He is a completely typical sufferer of Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

    All the behaviors you described are so ordinary for a Narcissist that they sound almost copied word for word from a manual about them. I'm not suggesting that your letter is fake, I'm just trying to express to you how typical and well-studied his behavior is.

    Everything you need to know about your husband can be found here:

    http://samvak.tripod.com/

    But do not seek out the author of that page as a source of support, for reasons detailed here:

    http://www.angelfire.com/zine2/narcissism/malignant_narcissism_vaknin_revisited.html

    And, please, run away as fast as you can. You have no relationship with this man. You are just a fuel source for his identity.

    -- wimbledumb
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    Wednesday, April 23, 2008 06:55 PM
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