Hits: 1This post is part two of How ‘My’ Psychic ‘Friend’ Convinced Me of the ‘Truth’ by Malika Bourne. A decade ago, I sheepishly admit that I lacked the skills to grasp the concept that some people are so sociopathic that most of what is uttered out of their mouths is a lie with the purpose of manipulating others for their own amusement. Worse yet, they have no remorse for the harm they cause by playing their sick games. There! I said it! [In part one of  How My Psychic ‘Friend’ Convinced Me of the ‘Truth’ I gave petty examples of people I have known who are pathological liars and what I learned to look out for in the next […]

Hits: 1Who wants to admit they had fallen prey to a lying conman? ‘Don’t look at me’ was my first thought when I realized the shocking truth about my best friend. [ The same shame applies to realizing how my loving home church turned into a toxic cult that I left 40 years ago. But that is another story. Click HERE later to read that series.] It is a complicated world we live in. There is much to say about accepting the truth when you realize you have been flimflammed. It is embarrassing…but, we do ‘get-over-it”, in own ways. Or do we ‘get over it’ if or when the truth hits us smack dab in the face? [Telling someone to […]