12 Ways to Identify a Sociopathic Narcissist
Surviving Narcissism with Dr. Les Carter
Dr. Les Carter
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🗓️ 5 July 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
There is a form of narcissism that is especially difficult: the sociopathic narcissist. Sociopaths are known for their lack of a moral compass, their lack of compassion, and their strong tendency toward punitive anger. Dr. Les Carter highlights twelve ways to identify a sociopathic narcissist. As you become aware of their tendencies and how they wish to take over your distinctions, you can become poised to stay away from their clutches, seeking a life of dignity, respect, and civility instead.
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Dr. Les Carter is a best selling author and therapist who has semi-retired to Waco, TX. In the past 40+ years he has conducted more than 65,000 counseling sessions and many workshops and seminars. He specializes in anger management and narcissistic personality disorder.
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| 1:05.4 | Welcome to this week's episode of the Surviving Narcissism Podcast. |
| 1:10.0 | This is Michelle, the program director, and I would like to start this episode with a quick introduction. |
| 1:15.8 | For those of you not familiar with surviving narcissism, it is the product of many years of work done by Dr. Les Carter. |
| 1:22.4 | Dr. Carter is a best-selling author and therapist with more than 40 years of experience, |
| 1:31.8 | specializing in anger management and narcissistic personality disorder. |
| 1:37.0 | This week, Dr. C's topic will be the sociopathic narcissist. |
| 1:52.9 | Let's talk today about a rather difficult subject, and that's going to be the subject, the topic of the sociopathic narcissist. |
| 2:00.1 | Now, you know that when we talk about narcissism, there are multiple versions of how it can play out. |
| 2:02.3 | Now, let's keep in mind some of the core ingredients of narcissism itself. When we talk about a narcissist, we're talking about somebody |
| 2:08.0 | that's completely enamored with themselves. It's like, well, there's me, my thoughts, my feelings, |
| 2:13.4 | that's enough. And they care so much about who they are that they really don't care about who you are |
| 2:19.1 | that's the low empathy and then taking it further they have a lot of control issues they must be in |
| 2:24.8 | a superior position they can be manipulative and exploitive and so it's not that far of a stretch |
| 2:32.0 | for many of them to cross over the line into sociopathy. |
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