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For the three years since I broke up with the psychopathic ex I have remained single. I’,ve met a few wannabe boyfriends, but unfortunately they have turned out
How to speed date a sociopath. For the three years since I broke up with the psychopathic ex I have remained single.
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I’,ve met a few wannabe boyfriends, but unfortunately they have turned out to be disordered, so I never took it past the going for a coffee stage. Like many other victims, I’,ve focused on my own recovery and have even written a couple of books on it to help other women. During the time I was dating this man, whom I call “,Oliver”, in the book, I was also friends with another man. We had met long before on a dating site but never consummated the relationship (i.e. had sex), and had just stayed in contact as friends. There was just something I didn’,t feel comfortable with. Every time I was single or on a breakup from the psychopathic ex, this man (We’,ll call him “,Lurch”, for want of a better word) would miraculously appear out of nowhere and try and rekindle our friendship. In the past he declared his undying love for me, but has a long history of failed relationships with women and an even longer track record of past drug abuse. The last time we spoke was about three years ago when he tried to rekindle the relationship. I told him to go and sort himself out and got a long email from him saying he was planning on getting off the weed, stopping drinking and was going to move overseas and become a teacher after he finished his university degree. Apart from a brief couple of emails from him, where he bragged about this new relationship he was in and how “sorted” he was, I’,ve not really heard from him and have avoided all contact. Up until now ”¦ They always turn up again like a bad penny. Just before Xmas, Lurch contacted me saying he was returning from overseas and that he had been on many temple retreats and “sorted” his head. He said he had stopped drinking and was no longer smoking pot, and had had this epiphany moment where he realised he wanted to stop being an “asshole” and a “,bastard”, and settle down. I know that people can change. Despite bumping into a few disordered people over the last couple of years, there was a big part of me that didn’,t want to end up as cynical old woman who thought all men were either psychopathic or had some kind of character disturbance. Lurch is a very charming character. He’,s funny, somewhat sarcastic and intelligent, but at the same time he has lots of “issues,” all of which he had promised he’,d sorted out. Lurch sent me an email saying he wanted to meet me over Xmas and New Year and start a relationship. In my efforts not to be this horrible old cynical cow, I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt and meet up with him, albeit it very tentatively. The big meeting. The night before he was on the telephone saying how much he was looking forward to coming up the following day. Lurch said he had originally planned to come early. He was planning on visiting two women he had known from about 15 years earlier, and was going to spend New Year with them and a bunch of other friends. During the five years I was with Oliver, I suffered from extreme cluster migraines. Now I have stopped taking the prescription pills I was put on for nearly 5 years, and very occasionally have a migraine. That evening my head started to spin and I could also feel this very big knot in my stomach, but couldn’,t understand why. After talking about my brother I decided to call my younger brother, who I still have contact with. Having grown up with pathology in the family, both of us had had tons of therapy and share our new found knowledge if we get a sense that something is wrong. After explaining to him what our older brother had done to Lurch, he suggested we both come round and see him. Red Flag Four — Bragging, putting other people down, objectification and more stalking behaviour. The moment Lurch met my brother and his girlfriend, he started bragging about all of his accomplishments. My brother asked him what he did overseas, and he explained that he was fed up of being with people from Korea. He said he just did the job for the money and hated every day of it. He liked to “take the piss” out of the students who didn’,t understand what he was saying because they couldn’,t understand English properly. He then went on to “brag” about how he used to be a bastard and a nasty piece of work, but how sorted he was because he no longer took coke, ecstasy and pills. He said he only drank occasionally, but bragged about what a good laugh he was when he was pissed up (drunk) and how everyone liked him. When my brother asked him why he hadn’,t confronted our eldest brother about ripping him off for a bad website, his reply was, “In the old days I would have gone round and bashed his head in with a baseball bat” but “I’,ve done enough work on myself and lots of temple retreats to calm my anger.” When he pulled out his laptop to show my brother all the invoices for the payments he made, I was shocked to see that his screen saver was a somewhat saucy photograph of me! At which point he hurriedly tried to hide it, but was laughing. I asked him where he had found that picture of me and he said, “It’,s amazing what stuff you can find on the internet.” Red Flag Five — The flattery, projection and love bombing. We arranged to go and have a meal. On the way we collected his bags from his car, as he planned on leaving that night to stay with friends. He gave me a box of Thornton’,s chocolates (unwrapped), which in hindsight, was probably meant for the woman who had “blown him out.” He described my eldest brother, who had ripped him off, as being an “oxygen thief.” This was kind of interesting, considering how Lurch behaved with others. Lurch again reiterated how tired he was of being around people that lied to him. On arrival at the restaurant, he kept saying how wonderful it was to see me again. How he missed my upbeat, fun personality, and that he had never laughed as much as that in nearly three years. Red Flag six — The deer in the headlights. It was this point, I had what can only be described as a “deer in the headlights” moment. Although I knew something was clearly wrong long before the dinner, and I wanted to run, I felt frozen and couldn’,t move. Coming from a childhood background of sexual abuse, I’,ve discussed this a lot in therapy. Many targets want to do “something,” but feel powerless. After suggesting it was time to go home we left the restaurant and he went onto his other engagements. Red Flag seven — Love Bombing and mirroring. That night I couldn’,t sleep, and left my mobile in the kitchen overnight. The following morning I awoke to six or seven texts that said, “Anyway you are still ravishing, very sexy, but most of all you still have your hot wonderful personality which I have missed badly.” Then a load more texts including how he wanted to “give me long hot slow sensual massages and how much his ex hated having them and how he hoped I liked having massages.” He then sent texts saying how alike we were. I mentioned I hadn’,t slept well the night before because of restless legs and snoring, and he called us a “perfect match.” Red Flag Eight — Ignoring, shifting the goal posts, minimizing, the silent treatment, devalue and discard. I texted him the following day, asking what time was he planning on coming and he replied with a question. A few hours later, after no response, the same thing happened. He said he would be coming in the evening of the 1st, although previously he said he was coming in the morning. He wouldn’,t respond to any calls, at which point my gut feeling said run away as quickly as possible. My brother called me up on New Years Day and I told him that I’,d felt uncomfortable around Lurch. I asked him if he thought I might be imagining it. His response was that both he and his girlfriend felt very uncomfortable around him.
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Article about how to speed date:
For the three years since I broke up with the psychopathic ex I have remained single. I’,ve met a few wannabe boyfriends, but unfortunately they have turned out
How to speed date a sociopath. For the three years since I broke up with the psychopathic ex I have remained single.
Click here for How to speed date
I’,ve met a few wannabe boyfriends, but unfortunately they have turned out to be disordered, so I never took it past the going for a coffee stage. Like many other victims, I’,ve focused on my own recovery and have even written a couple of books on it to help other women. During the time I was dating this man, whom I call “,Oliver”, in the book, I was also friends with another man. We had met long before on a dating site but never consummated the relationship (i.e. had sex), and had just stayed in contact as friends. There was just something I didn’,t feel comfortable with. Every time I was single or on a breakup from the psychopathic ex, this man (We’,ll call him “,Lurch”, for want of a better word) would miraculously appear out of nowhere and try and rekindle our friendship. In the past he declared his undying love for me, but has a long history of failed relationships with women and an even longer track record of past drug abuse. The last time we spoke was about three years ago when he tried to rekindle the relationship. I told him to go and sort himself out and got a long email from him saying he was planning on getting off the weed, stopping drinking and was going to move overseas and become a teacher after he finished his university degree. Apart from a brief couple of emails from him, where he bragged about this new relationship he was in and how “sorted” he was, I’,ve not really heard from him and have avoided all contact. Up until now ”¦ They always turn up again like a bad penny. Just before Xmas, Lurch contacted me saying he was returning from overseas and that he had been on many temple retreats and “sorted” his head. He said he had stopped drinking and was no longer smoking pot, and had had this epiphany moment where he realised he wanted to stop being an “asshole” and a “,bastard”, and settle down. I know that people can change. Despite bumping into a few disordered people over the last couple of years, there was a big part of me that didn’,t want to end up as cynical old woman who thought all men were either psychopathic or had some kind of character disturbance. Lurch is a very charming character. He’,s funny, somewhat sarcastic and intelligent, but at the same time he has lots of “issues,” all of which he had promised he’,d sorted out. Lurch sent me an email saying he wanted to meet me over Xmas and New Year and start a relationship. In my efforts not to be this horrible old cynical cow, I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt and meet up with him, albeit it very tentatively. The big meeting. The night before he was on the telephone saying how much he was looking forward to coming up the following day. Lurch said he had originally planned to come early. He was planning on visiting two women he had known from about 15 years earlier, and was going to spend New Year with them and a bunch of other friends. During the five years I was with Oliver, I suffered from extreme cluster migraines. Now I have stopped taking the prescription pills I was put on for nearly 5 years, and very occasionally have a migraine. That evening my head started to spin and I could also feel this very big knot in my stomach, but couldn’,t understand why. After talking about my brother I decided to call my younger brother, who I still have contact with. Having grown up with pathology in the family, both of us had had tons of therapy and share our new found knowledge if we get a sense that something is wrong. After explaining to him what our older brother had done to Lurch, he suggested we both come round and see him. Red Flag Four — Bragging, putting other people down, objectification and more stalking behaviour. The moment Lurch met my brother and his girlfriend, he started bragging about all of his accomplishments. My brother asked him what he did overseas, and he explained that he was fed up of being with people from Korea. He said he just did the job for the money and hated every day of it. He liked to “take the piss” out of the students who didn’,t understand what he was saying because they couldn’,t understand English properly. He then went on to “brag” about how he used to be a bastard and a nasty piece of work, but how sorted he was because he no longer took coke, ecstasy and pills. He said he only drank occasionally, but bragged about what a good laugh he was when he was pissed up (drunk) and how everyone liked him. When my brother asked him why he hadn’,t confronted our eldest brother about ripping him off for a bad website, his reply was, “In the old days I would have gone round and bashed his head in with a baseball bat” but “I’,ve done enough work on myself and lots of temple retreats to calm my anger.” When he pulled out his laptop to show my brother all the invoices for the payments he made, I was shocked to see that his screen saver was a somewhat saucy photograph of me! At which point he hurriedly tried to hide it, but was laughing. I asked him where he had found that picture of me and he said, “It’,s amazing what stuff you can find on the internet.” Red Flag Five — The flattery, projection and love bombing. We arranged to go and have a meal. On the way we collected his bags from his car, as he planned on leaving that night to stay with friends. He gave me a box of Thornton’,s chocolates (unwrapped), which in hindsight, was probably meant for the woman who had “blown him out.” He described my eldest brother, who had ripped him off, as being an “oxygen thief.” This was kind of interesting, considering how Lurch behaved with others. Lurch again reiterated how tired he was of being around people that lied to him. On arrival at the restaurant, he kept saying how wonderful it was to see me again. How he missed my upbeat, fun personality, and that he had never laughed as much as that in nearly three years. Red Flag six — The deer in the headlights. It was this point, I had what can only be described as a “deer in the headlights” moment. Although I knew something was clearly wrong long before the dinner, and I wanted to run, I felt frozen and couldn’,t move. Coming from a childhood background of sexual abuse, I’,ve discussed this a lot in therapy. Many targets want to do “something,” but feel powerless. After suggesting it was time to go home we left the restaurant and he went onto his other engagements. Red Flag seven — Love Bombing and mirroring. That night I couldn’,t sleep, and left my mobile in the kitchen overnight. The following morning I awoke to six or seven texts that said, “Anyway you are still ravishing, very sexy, but most of all you still have your hot wonderful personality which I have missed badly.” Then a load more texts including how he wanted to “give me long hot slow sensual massages and how much his ex hated having them and how he hoped I liked having massages.” He then sent texts saying how alike we were. I mentioned I hadn’,t slept well the night before because of restless legs and snoring, and he called us a “perfect match.” Red Flag Eight — Ignoring, shifting the goal posts, minimizing, the silent treatment, devalue and discard. I texted him the following day, asking what time was he planning on coming and he replied with a question. A few hours later, after no response, the same thing happened. He said he would be coming in the evening of the 1st, although previously he said he was coming in the morning. He wouldn’,t respond to any calls, at which point my gut feeling said run away as quickly as possible. My brother called me up on New Years Day and I told him that I’,d felt uncomfortable around Lurch. I asked him if he thought I might be imagining it. His response was that both he and his girlfriend felt very uncomfortable around him.
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