#Help4Men

Shrink4Men - Dr. Tara Palmatier

@shrink4men.bsky.social

4 months ago

Painting of a meditating Buddha giving two middle fingers, symbolizing defiance cloaked in serenity. Text reads: “When your wife’s DBT therapist tells you to ‘radically accept’ her abuse, tell her you’ve already achieved enlightenment — it’s called having boundaries. Radical Acceptance wasn’t meant for you to accept their bullshit. It was meant for them to stop creating it.” Created by Shrink4Men to highlight the misuse of DBT concepts in abusive relationships.

When your wife’s DBT therapist tells you to “radically accept” her abuse…
Tell her you’ve already achieved enlightenment — it’s called having boundaries.
Radical Acceptance wasn’t meant for you to accept their bullshit.
It was meant for them to stop creating it.
#Help4Men #BPD

Shrink4Men - Dr. Tara Palmatier

@shrink4men.bsky.social

4 months ago

Image of a woman’s upper back with the word “empath” tattooed across her shoulders in cursive, flowery script — a visual cue of virtue signaling and pseudo-spirituality. Text below reads: “Empath tattoo — Run, Forrest, Run!” followed by “Sometimes they come with warning labels. I’d pay attention to that if I were you.” Created by Shrink4Men.

“Empath tattoo — Run, Forrest, Run!”

Sometimes they come with warning labels.
I'd pay attention to that if I were you.

#Shrink4Men #Help4Men #empathlife #EmpathEnergy #empath #BPD #NPD #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #narcissist

Shrink4Men - Dr. Tara Palmatier

@shrink4men.bsky.social

8 months ago

If a narcissist narcissists (or a borderline borderlines) in the forest and no one’s around to hear it…
Do they make a sound?

Who cares?!

You're not there to hear it.

Become one with the No Contact.
Namaste 😈

#Shrink4Men #NoContact #ClusterBFree #NarcissisticAbuseRecovery #Help4Men

Shrink4Men - Dr. Tara Palmatier

@shrink4men.bsky.social

9 months ago

A man stands holding a basketball, looking away as if packing boxes in a home. Overlay text reads: “Do you comply in advance? Did you give up friends, family, sports, working out, hobbies, or pets because she demanded or guilted you into it? Or did you preemptively fold, just to avoid the inevitable emotional shitstorm?” The image conveys the quiet isolation and self-abandonment men often experience in emotionally abusive relationships.

Ever give up your entire life to “keep the peace”—before there was even a fight?

She didn’t have to tell you to quit game night, cancel the gym, or ghost your family.

You already knew:
Resistance = Punishment
Being yourself = Losing love

#Help4Men #EmotionalAbuseRecovery