Some of the traits of a high-conflict personality are the blame game, and they always wanna blame other people for the bad things that are happening in their life, and they refuse to accept responsibility for their own behaviors, and they have a significant lack of insight into their own behaviors.
Another important trait is their need to escalate emotion to manipulate and persuade the people around them, though, often, if they don’t get what they want, they will take it up a notch and they’ll escalate the emotion in the situation, and hopefully, then get the response that they want and ultimately get what they’re asking for.
A lot of these personalities are very charming, they are highly intelligent, and they typically do very well in the courtroom because, for a short period of time, they can charm the judge, they can charm the people in the courtroom, they can charm counselors, mental health professionals, and they use that as a means of manipulation. So it’s really important to recognize that trait, as well.
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