On one of the international blog sites that features my work, a woman commented: I have only recently realized that my elderly father is a covert-aggressive personality.  I spent so many years hating myself and feeling that others didn’t like me, including family members.  Knowing how I’d been duped has been a really hard realization to come to.  I always thought I had the “Leave it to Beaver life” yet I was... 

I’ve been posting a series of articles on the types of distorted thinking patterns or “thinking errors” individuals who have significant disturbances of character often exhibit.  We’re nearing the conclusion of this series, which has featured a fair number of the more common problematic thinking patterns including: unreasonable thinking, egocentric thinking, external thinking, hard-luck thinking, egomaniacal thinking, hedonistic... 

As part of an ongoing series on the nature of character disturbance, I’ve been posting several articles on the erroneous patterns of thinking common to individuals whose characters are seriously flawed. Some of the dysfunctional thinking patterns already explored include egomaniacal thinking, unreasonable thinking, and quick and easy thinking.  See: “The Egomaniacal Thinking of the Disturbed Character” “Unreasonable Thinking” “Quick... 

I’ve been posting a series of articles describing the dysfunctional ways disturbed characters tend to think and how those distorted ways of thinking are responsible for many of the problems people experience in their relationships with such characters.  I have already outlined over a dozen major “thinking errors” common to individuals with disturbances of character. Some of these include prideful thinking, hedonistic thinking,... 

Disordered characters are very unrealistic in their thinking about life and the world around them. They also tend to harbor excessive expectations. But their expectations are usually very one-sided.  They tend to set virtually unattainable standards for everyone else, while feeling no concomitant sense of obligation to meet the expectations most of us would like them to accept. Disturbed characters expect a whole lot from their government,... 

I’ve been posting a series of articles on the erroneous ways disordered characters tend to think. Prior posts have covered such “thinking errors” as possessive thinking, combative thinking, and egocentric thinking.  All of these erroneous ways of thinking lead to attitudes that predisopose disordered characters to behave in socially irresponsible ways.  Many disturbed characters engage in so much prideful thinking that they can’t... 

I’ve been posting some articles on the erroneous ways that disordered characters tend to think. Prior posts have covered such “thinking errors” as possessive thinking (see:  The Possessive Thinking of the Disturbed Character), egocentric thinking (see: Egocentric Thinking), and combative thinking (see: Having to Win:  The Combative Thinking of the Disturbed Character).  One of the more insidious thinking errors common to disturbed... 

This post continues a series on the distorted thinking patterns displayed by disordered or disturbed characters.  Earlier posts have dealt with the distubed character’s penchants for thinking in distorted ways (see: What Were They Thinking - Pt. 2), thinking of others as objects to possess and control (see: The Possessive Thinking of the Disturbed Character), thinking of themselves to the exclusion of others (see: Egocentric Thinking)... 

This post is another in a series on the erroneous thinking patterns common to persons of disturbed or disordered character.  Persons with character disorders tend to think in ways that lead to problem social behaviors. Some of the thinking errors I’ve already posted on include possessive thinking (see: The Possessive Thinking of the Disturbed Character), egocentric thinking (see: Egocentric Thinking) and extreme thinking (see: The... 

I’ve been posting a series of articles on the ways persons with disturbed characters tend to think. Prior posts have addressed their penchants for egocentric thinking and possessive thinking. (See: Egocentric Thinking and The Possessive Thinking of the Disturbed Character).  Disordered characters also tend to perceive things in terms of black-and-white or all-or-none. They might take the position that if they can’t have everything...