Narcissism Recovery Podcast

Narcissistic abusers live in a prison of their own mind and look to pull victims into this prison to serve and become a supply of love, adoration, money etc. known as a narcissist supply. Victims of narcissistic abuse are unaware of this dynamics and if they do not catch on soon enough will become stuck in the prison of the narcissist ultimately losing themselves in pursuit of trying to please the...

Neural pathways are created and reinforced when a child experiences repetitive good or negative thoughts, feelings, feedback and messages. When there are continuous wounding experiences, the child is going to have an over reactive emotional brain known as the amygdala and the continuous rapid fire of neurons in the brain causes emotional overwhelm. When the amygdala is overwhelmed, it’s clouds jud...

Childhood abuse of any sort creates a fracture in the self. With extreme abuse as with narcissistic abuse, the child will be unable to build a sense of self resulting in the need to build a false self to avoid the true, battered, shamed, and even annihilated self. Lack of empathy, attunement and consistency by abusive, addicted, or narcissistic parents distrusts the foundation of the child and the...

Narcissistic Abusers use Idealizing, Devaluing & Discarding as a way of controlling victims. The initial love bombing stage is done to make the victim feel exceptional and as if they have found the perfect partner. The narcissistic abuser will then engage in the process of Devaluation which includes put downs, humiliation, gaslighting and withholding of love. The Discard phase is when the narcissi...

The injury to the self, caused by critical, abusive, judgmental or narcissistic parents is called a narcissistic wound. When a child is wounded they will often opt for the false self and pseudo personality, they will be left with a wound that and look to defend against having re-injured. In adulthood, this wounded individual's wounds will get tripped up and activated when in similar situations tha...

Narcissistic abusers, contrary to what appears, have a deep self hate. When a person has a narcissistic injury, an injury to the self in early childhood, they will feel humiliated, weak, shamed, and often times, as a result, will become hateful. This the will manifest its way towards others in narcissistic abuse but in reality it is offloading the very deep sense of hate within. Victims of this fo...

Trauma occurs because of a person being in an unexpected place where they are unprepared and helpless against the threat. An individual under threat will enter into the fight, fright, or freeze response and the emotions of the trauma victim will be stuffed down into the subconscious. If these emotions are not eventually felt and processed, the individual will be at risk of having poisonous emotion...

The Silent Treatment is a passive aggressive control tactic used by narcissistic abusers to emotionally bully victims into submission. This control tactic is often easily deniable and made to seem like the perpetrator wants space but in reality, there is a purpose to the silence. Is it enacted to make victims feel they are wrong and looking within to figure out what they did wrong to deserve to be...

Victims of Narcissistic Abuse will learn to detach from their environment due to the inability to deal with painful stimuli by dissociating. Like the word implies, dissociation is when victims dissociate from their immediate surroundings and escape inward. They often look like they are spacing out and in reality, they are escaping into a fantasy wonderland where the threat is no longer. In order t...

Narcissistic Triangulation is a control technique used by narcissists to keep victims in servitude and feeling shameful. The narcissist will bring in a third party into the relationship to add validity to their claims and create a sense of power where victims feel trapped to comply. Narcissists will use third party individuals, ideas, and doctrines in order to deliver deep hurtful messages without...

Narcissists are exceptional at showing victims the perfect and ideal parent, spouse, business partner, friend etc. this is done by using a technique called “Mirroring”. Mirroring is done by reflecting back to victims the perfect reactions and statements as well as engaging in similar interests when in reality the purpose of the interaction is to exploit and extract narcissistic supply.

I was joined by Mindset Coach Sam Chein to discuss some prevalent topics with regards to narcissism and narcissistic abuse. Have a listen as we dive into topics such as how a narcissist gets created, the signs of a narcissist and how to protect oneself from these predators.

Trauma causes the emotional brain, the amygdala, to take control of victims minds and decision making. A narcissistically injures person will be someone who is completely operating out of this overactive amygdala and will be in a perpetual reactive state. Have a listen as I discuss how childhood trauma creates extreme reactivity in adulthood.

Childhood wounds are extremely impactful on adult relationships. When childhood abuse occurs and wounds are inflicted, there will be an impact on the victims lens of perception as well as emotional regulation and ability to communicate. Listen as I discuss the effects of childhood wounds on adult life and relationships.

Narcissistic operate out of false sense of self. The false self is made up of ideas looks and manipulating conversation which work to convince victims into forking over their supplies in the form of money, time, effort, love etc. In order to identify the false self it is imperative to look for inconsistencies as well and to check in with one’s own gut feeling as if something feels off it very well...

Narcissism is often referred to as an excessive entitlement with lack of empathy and willingness to hurt others for personal gain. Rarely is referred to as an addiction but it is very much an addiction that is meant to mask inner painful feelings such as shame and guilt. Whenever there is an extreme pain felt by the narcissist i.e. their wounds are activated, they will then employ a very specific...