People with narcissistic tendencies often struggle with an inflated sense of self-importance, an extreme need for admiration, and grandiosity. This complicated mental health disorder can be termed narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). People with narcissistic traits often show patterns of emotional abuse or verbal abuse – one that is often born out of narcissistic manipulation, also known as “Narcissistic Abuse”. Narcissistic manipulation can include behavior such as triangulation, gaslighting, hoovering, giving the silent treatment, scapegoating, and passive-aggressiveness. The narcissistic manipulation tactics calmsage

Fear and anxiety, while there are similarities between the symptoms of the two, there are some subtle differences that we often overlook. Many of us (including myself) may have interchangeably used fear as a substitute for anxiety and vice versa. Easily mistaken for each other, fear and anxiety often co-occur together and even though their symptoms might overlap, the emotions you feel during each experience differ a lot. Both these emotions produce a stress response and can cause us to calmsage

When we hear the word, “tantrum”, the first image that pops up in our minds is that of a toddler, bawling its eyes out, and demanding attention. Often tantrums in adults are referred to as emotional meltdowns but these tantrums can be as harmful as any other emotional outbursts. Children throw temper tantrums because they are not completely aware of their emotions and emotional needs. But in an adult, these temper tantrums can be out of something else entirely. Often calmsage