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How to escape seven dysfunctional relationships

Have you ever been warned by a narcissist? Does your partner have to be the center of attention all the time? Is the alcohol worth more than you? Or does their mood change every second? Does he or she have other peculiarities that - not only - tug at your nerves? In the series "Complicated relationships", Krone+ and top experts show you how to recognize these patterns and how you can help yourself.

Relationships with other people are not easy. And when it comes to your own partner, it's often the most difficult. People are then happy to turn to their social network with their relationship problems. As a rule, they then state - hastily and incompetently - "He's a narcissist!" Or, again often used inflationarily: "Surely a borderliner!" And you don't know how many partners in the social bubble have already become addicted junkies, compulsive monks or pathological drama queens. Is it true? I bet you 99 percent of the time, it's not.

Do you want to know whether your partner actually has one of these or other disorders? How best to deal with it, whether it could be dangerous for you, where you can get help? Then you might be better off trusting real experts than "ass_ass_in_banana_badbear37566" and co.

Seven complicated relationships and their consequences for your partner too
In our "Krone+" series "Complicated relationships", we have teamed up with real men and women in the field - namely the presidium of the AustrianAustrian Federal Association for Psychotherapy (ÖBVP) - we looked at seven personality disorders and illnesses as well as their manifestations in relationships and possible consequences for partners.

From borderline personality disorder to narcissists
The spectrum ranges from borderline personality disorder with its "I love you - I hate you" mood swings within a very short space of time to narcissism, whose sufferers act as dazzling people-catchers but ultimately devalue others in order to make themselves look better, to obsessive-compulsive disorder with its "monks" in all areas.

We continue with anti- or dissocial personality disorder, whose sufferers are not wrongly feared, through to anxiety-avoidant disorder, in which sufferers completely withdraw from anything new and contact with people.

Last but not least, we also look at histrionic disorder, where sufferers want to be in the spotlight at all times - by any means necessary. And also the topics of addiction and dependency, where the living conditions themselves can become critical not only for the person affected, but also for their partner.

And did you recognize your partner in one or other of the descriptions? Or your friend's partner, your father's partner, your cousin's boyfriend, your neighbor's great-aunt? Whatever the case, if you want to know more, click on "Complicated relationships"!