Narcissists SOCIOPATHS & Wolves: Lessons From Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Hood's encounter with a cunning wolf is a metaphor laden with insight and warning that everyone should heed and understand. Why? Because it’s a metaphor for an unwitting relationship with a narcissist, sociopath, or psychopath. Regardless of the label, these veiled exploiters are far more common and dangerous to your emotional, financial, and personal well-being than most of us realize. To understand the danger they pose to you and those you love, come along for this retelling of the classic fairy tale and O.N. Ward’s analysis to learn about the prevalence of these well-camouflaged predators; to determine if you are a particularly desirable target (not because you are weak, but because you have so much to offer); and to be better equipped to make sure that the same fate that befell the author and Little Red Riding Hood is not awaiting you. Everyone should be taught that narcissists and sociopaths abound, are hard to detect, and are very dangerous to your emotional, physical, and financial health. You will be sure they are empathetic, ethical people who care for you and love you. Yet, this is an act to get close enough to erode, exploit, and hurt you. Why? Because exploiting, controlling and dominating you is what fuels narcissists and sociopaths, and their need for this fuel is unending. At first, and even for a long time, your love will blind you to their true character and intent. They have planned this. They are experts. That’s why every man, woman, and child should know about the many wolves in our midst and the subtle “tells” that someone close to you might, in fact, be one of them. Yet, to the contrary, many, like the author, Onna, were coached by their own families to be blind. We were taught to find the good in others, to give others the benefit of the doubt, to excuse away hurtful behavior, to discount our own intuition, or to blame ourselves for “being too sensitive,” or “not being able to take a joke.” This creates a dangerous blind spot. Recognizing and addressing this blind spot is