![]() The abusing partner may threaten to spread rumors or tell intimate details or secrets. Some captives have experienced a destruction of their emotional and/or sexual self-esteem in the unhealthy relationship. Intimacy Investment-They often invest in emotional and sexual intimacy. Captives in this situation may not want to lose their current lifestyle. Lifestyle Investment-Many controlling/abusive partners use money or a lifestyle as an investment. Many captives remain in a bad relationship waiting for a better financial situation to develop that would make their departure and detachment easier. Social Investment-They’ve got pride! To avoid social embarrassment and uncomfortable social situations, they remain in the relationship.įamily Investments-If children are present in the relationship, decisions regarding the relationship are clouded by the status and needs of the children.įinancial Investment-In many cases, the controlling and abusive partner has created a complex financial situation. Having the uncanny ability to sense a weakness or vulnerability in another person is followed closely by the charm of first impression and then buttressed by the promises of meeting the unmet needs of the other.īoth the psychopath and narcissist are adept at making the captive feel sorry for them by telling stories of their own abuse as a child and making excuses for their temper and aggressive or assaultive behaviour.ĭisplays small acts of kindness ingratiates them to the captive after the abuse that sets the fear of reprisal up in the captive.Įmotional Investment-They’ve invested so many emotions, cried so much, and worried so much that they feel it necessary to see the relationship through to the finish. Psychopaths have the nasty combination of lack of empathy, callousness, and poor behavioural control. Narcissists exhibit charm, grandiosity, and conning/manipulative elements common to psychopathy, but they may not have the antisocial facet of the psychopath. High comorbidity between Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Psychopathy. Highly narcissistic, often psychopathic individuals, use manipulation to satisfy their own need for power and control.
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