Conversations with a Narcissist

Early in our marriage, he started convincing me that my anger was a problem. I don’t remember what he said, but my feelings were THE problem. At one point he told me that if I didn’t fix my anger issues he would take the kids, and I would never see them again. I became passive, aggressive, and very confused… desperate to be loved. At the time of this recording, we had been married 16 years and I h...

Introduction and Recording from June 8, 2020 Transcript:  June 8, 2020 S1:E1 === [00:00:00] On the surface, this is a conversation about narcissism. On a deeper level, this is a story of exploitation, and I think it's a story many of us are experiencing. The exploitation of our energy, of our attention, and of our focus. So many of us are walking around numb and we want to come alive. We want to f...

They run corporations and governments. They commit evil acts beyond comprehension for the sensitive soul but aren’t just out there. They are our parents, partners, lovers, and family.  Conversations spiral for hours like a dog chasing my tail. I’ve spent years, decades, in the mental blender of covert, passive-aggressive abuse. These are my audio files of consensually recorded conversations with m...