Narcissism Recovery Podcast

Welcome to Narcissism Recovery Podcast produced by the Magnolia Healing Center! I am Yitz Epstein. I am a narcissistic abuse and relationship life coach. In this podcast, I offer insights on narcissism and techniques on how to heal after narcissistic abuse. If you are looking to heal from past trauma, sexual abuse, and narcissistic abuse, feel free to contact me at yitz@magnoliahealingcenter.com or by phone (818) 210-6049. You are also welcome to set up a time to chat using my calendar below. http://calendly.com/yitz_epstein Looking forward to hearing from you. Much love! Yitz

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Episodes

The Narcissist’s Self Hate

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 form of abuse, in an attempt to please the abuser, will become dumpsters for the extremely negative fe...

Jul 11, 2019•10 min

Emotions and Trauma

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 emotions such as anger, shame, and sadness festering in the subconscious which erode the individuals physic...

Jul 10, 2019•12 min

The Silent Treatment

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 treated this way. Victims of the silent treatment are looking to find where they stand in the relat...

Jul 09, 2019•9 min

Dissociation - A Narcissistic Abuse Defense Mechanism

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 to work through this defense, victims must learn to stay present and work through the wounds and extr...

Jul 08, 2019•10 min

Narcissistic Triangulation

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 directly saying them. This allows for them to never be seen as the perpetrator yet keep them in ser...

Jul 03, 2019•9 min

Narcissistic Mirroring

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.

Jul 01, 2019•14 min

Interview with Mindset Coach Sam Chein

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.

Jun 27, 2019•27 min

Narcissism and Reactivity

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.

Jun 26, 2019•11 min

Narcissism & Childhood Wounds

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.

Jun 25, 2019•7 min

Narcissism and the False Self

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 may be.

Jun 18, 2019•7 min

Narcissism and Addiction

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 feeling in another person to be reflected back to them so that they can use this feeling to mask the...

Jun 12, 2019•8 min•Ep. 1

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