In psychology, especially in the context of narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), the phrase "flying monkeys" refers to people manipulated by a narcissist to carry out their wishes. This expression ...

Increasingly in today’s society, we’ve become more and more aware of narcissists, those “people who often seem bright and charming and confident, but are hollow inside,” as Dr. Craig Kain, a licensed ...

When they take the side of the narcissist, a flying monkey "may genuinely think they are advocating for the good,” said Lauren Maher, a marriage and family therapist and the author of “Mindfulness ...

Anyone who remembers watching the Wizard of Oz as a child will probably remember how horrifying the Wicked Witch of the West’s flying monkeys were. These monkeys were sent by the witch to do her dirty ...

Sometimes fiction reflects more of our reality than we imagine. And as we have seen in the political arena, movie references such as “gaslighting” can become part of the popular vernacular and ...

Narcissists have an uncanny ability to get through to you, even when you’ve made an effort to create some distance between you and them. To sidestep any communication boundaries you’ve set, they’ll ...