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How to recognize and recover from the sociopaths – narcissists in your life › Forums › Lovefraud Community Forum – General › Reputation laundering

  • This topic has 1 reply, 2 voices, and was last updated 10 months, 2 weeks ago by Donna Andersen.
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    • July 2, 2024 at 4:19 pm #72249
      sept4
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      We have all experienced a smear campaign during the breakup with a sociopath and the sociopath’s efforts to make you look bad and himself (or herself) look good.

      To make you look bad he will spread lies about you to destroy your reputation.

      To make himself look good he will go to all kinds of lengths to look like a wonderful person an innocent Angel who could never be engaged in any wrongdoing. This can even include starting a new family right away as a facade to hide his evil nature. Or other deeds and schemes to make himself look like an amazing person.

      In the world of power there is actually a term for what powerful people do to enhance their reputation to cover up their corruption: reputation laundering, Same tactics the sociopath uses just on a different scale.

      Per Wikipedia:

      “Reputation laundering occurs when a person or an organization conceals unethical, corrupt, or criminal behavior or other forms of controversy by performing highly visible positive actions with the intent to improve their reputation and obscure their history.“

      This is a good term to understand what happens after a breakup. Not only a smear campaign against you but also reputation laundering to make the sociopath look squeaky clean.

      • This topic was modified 11 months ago by sept4.
    • July 15, 2024 at 7:49 pm #72281
      Donna Andersen
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      Thanks Sept4 – this is such a good observation. Another way to describe this is that when sociopaths engage in “pro social” behavior, they aren’t doing it out of the goodness of their heart (they have no goodness and no heart). They are doing it to achieve an objective.

      I wrote an article about this a few years ago that might be helpful:

      “9 questions to help you discern if your caring, helpful partner is faking it.”

      Red Flags of Love Fraud

      • This reply was modified 10 months, 2 weeks ago by Donna Andersen.
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