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Manipulator
Narcissistic abuse often begins cloaked in tenderness, fragility, vulnerability, and a seeming “evolved” self‑awareness. The manipulator presents a version of themselves that feels almost too good to be true: sensitive, insightful, attuned. This creates a fast, intoxicating sense of intimacy and safety. A survivor may feel seen, understood, and validated in ways they’ve longed for. But behind that carefully curated mask sits calculation, strategy, and eventually, the potential for violence.
By THE HONED CRONE5 months ago in Psyche
God, the Narcissist, and the Shadow That Saves
This is not a story about good versus evil. It is not light against dark, or God against the Devil. It is the myth of oneness: how God uses shadow to teach, how the predator becomes the teacher, how the abyss itself can become the threshold to your rising, your refinement, your rebirth.
By THE HONED CRONE5 months ago in Psyche
The Machine’s Mirror: What AI Teaches Us About Ourselves
We once imagined artificial intelligence as a tool — a brilliant assistant, a calculator of impossible complexity, an extension of human logic. But as AI evolves, something unexpected has emerged. The more intelligent machines become, the more clearly they reveal something we never intended to show: us.
By Shahjahan Kabir Khan5 months ago in Psyche
The Narcissist’s Glitch
Could it be that narcissists do feel empathy — but misinterpret it as manipulation? Maybe that flicker of awareness, that moment when they sense another human’s inner world, doesn’t feel like connection to them. Maybe it feels like danger. Like losing control. Like death.
By THE HONED CRONE5 months ago in Psyche
The Narcissist’s Mask: When Misogyny Disguises Itself as Sexual Openness
1. The Seduction of “Openness” Many narcissistic men weaponize what looks like sexual liberation. They use words like kink‑friendly, sex‑positive, or open‑minded — but what they really mean is: boundaries don’t apply to me.
By THE HONED CRONE5 months ago in Psyche
Am I a Narcissist?
In the age of pop psychology and armchair diagnosis, “narcissist” has become one of the most weaponized words in the human vocabulary. It’s used to silence, to shame, and to project. But what happens when a deeply self-aware person—especially a trauma survivor—starts to wonder if they are the problem?
By THE HONED CRONE5 months ago in Psyche
The Light That Knows Its Way Home
I met Dr. Joseph Murphy one night between sleep and sunrise, in that trembling space where dream and eternity hold hands. The air was thick with moonlight, and the silence seemed to hum with the pulse of unseen wings. He stood before me, calm and luminous, his eyes shimmering like twin seas of remembrance. “Tony,” he said, his voice carrying both warmth and authority, “the Divine healing does not live outside of you, waiting to be found. It breathes within you, patient and eternal. You awaken it not by pleading, but by speaking to it as you would a beloved—gently, confidently, with the knowledge that it already hears you.” His words sank into me like warm oil into cold skin, seeping into the places I hadn’t realized were starved for light. When I woke, the room was awash in the blue-gray light of dawn, and his message echoed in my heart like a low bell: Talk to the Divine within you—it is listening.
By Tony Martello5 months ago in Psyche
Are You Dealing With Burnout?
Hey, how are you doing? How are your stress levels right now? I’ve been asked to write about “Burnout,” by several people and I listen to my readers. I have been thinking of writing about rising stress levels at work because I see it in my friends and even myself sometimes.
By Elizabeth Woods5 months ago in Psyche
The Weight of Labels
I did not get angry because I was attacked. I got angry because I felt invisible. That is what labeling does. It reduces a human being—a soul with thoughts, experiences, and convictions—into a set of categories that can be dismissed before they even speak.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast5 months ago in Psyche
The Price of Going Viral
He wasn’t famous. He wasn’t rich. He was just ordinary. A regular young man named Rayen, sitting in a dimly lit room, scrolling through the endless ocean of viral videos — people dancing, crying, acting, and pretending — all for a few seconds of fame.
By Rai Sohaib 5 months ago in Psyche
