A first-hand account of the anatomy of a mental illness - Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD): its origins, its unfolding, its outcomes.

A first-hand account of the anatomy of a malignant mental illness (Narcissistic Personality Disorder): its traumatic origins, its inexorable unfolding, its pernicious outcomes.

Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) and relationships with abusive narcissists and psychopaths: the point of view and lessons of the victims.

Hurt people hurt people. Say there was a novel in which Holden Caulfield was an alcoholic and Lolita was a photographer’s assistant and, somehow, they met in Bright Lights, Big City. He’s blinded by love. She by ambition. Diary of an Oxygen Thief is an honest, hilarious, and heartrending novel, but above all, a very realistic account of what we do to each other and what we allow to have done to us.

At twenty-seven, Tyler LePerdu wrote his life story, an absurd account of finding true love in Los Angeles while being incapable of loving anyone but himself. It culminates in an epiphany involving a therapist, a supermodel and a gun.

"Personality disorders are on the rise. As a result, more and more people are finding themselves in relationships with Narcissists. Lisa E. Scott, author of the groundbreaking book, It's All About Him, has helped women everywhere recognize a Narcissist before getting involved. In her second book, she provides The Path Forward to those trying to recover from the emotional abuse that occurs in a relationship with a Narcissist."--

A subtype of covert narcissist, the inverted narcissist is a co-dependent who depends exclusively on narcissists (narcissist-co-dependent). The inverted narcissist craves to be in a relationship with a narcissist, regardless of any abuse inflicted on her. She actively seeks relationships with narcissists and only with narcissists, no matter what her (bitter and traumatic) past experience has been. She feels empty and unhappy in relationships with non-narcissists. The book also deals with similar personality types and disorders: schizoid, avoidant, and negativistic (passive-aggressive).