348: Narcissists, Sociopaths and Gaslighting: How to Get Out of an Abusive Relationship
Food Heals
Allison Melody
4.8 • 635 Ratings
🗓️ 5 November 2021
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
There is a lot of talk in pop culture and the news these days about buzzwords like narcissism, love-bombing, and gaslighting. But what do those terms truly mean? How can you know if you are in a relationship or friendship with a narcissist? What are the signs to look for? How do we get out safely? These are the questions we seek to answer on today's episode of Food Heals.
I’ve brought together three Food Heals OGs: Whitney Lauritsen, Nicole Dersweh and myself, Allison Melody, who all have various experiences with narcissism. Our goal is to shed some light on what being in a narcissistic relationship means for your health, your safety, and your sanity.
If you or someone you know is in an abusive relationship, please seek immediate help at: www.thehotline.org
Tune Into Learn:
- The difference between a narcissist and a sociopath
- What the heck is gaslighting?
- Was Brain Laundrie a narcissist?
- Did Whitney see Brian and Gabby’s van when she was in Grand Teton?
- How to know if you're being love-bombed
- How to stop ignoring those pesky “red flags”
- How to handle a narcissist within your family
- What to do if you think you are in an abusive relationship
- Resources to help you heal
- And more!
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| 0:00.0 | Holistic Voice presents the Food Heels podcast with your hosts Alison Melody and Susie Hardy. |
| 0:08.1 | Join the Food Heels Nation and learn the secrets to go from feeling unwell to healing yourself. |
| 0:14.1 | Warning, side effects of this podcast may include increased health and vitality, thoughts of living longer, |
| 0:18.1 | an increase in sexual activity, feelings of joy, cravings for kale and chemo, and a spike in Tinder matches. |
| 0:23.0 | In rare cases, people have experienced a strong desire to put down the Ben and Jerry's, get off the couch, and take a walk outside. |
| 0:27.8 | If you experience any of these symptoms, tell your Facebook friends immediately. |
| 0:31.2 | All right, welcome Food Heels Nation. Thanks for joining me. I'm Allison Melody. |
| 0:35.9 | There's a lot of talk in pop culture and in the news these |
| 0:39.5 | days about these buzzwords like gaslighting and narcissism. But what do these terms truly mean? How can |
| 0:47.4 | you know if you're in a relationship or a friendship with a narcissist? How can you tell if one is in your |
| 0:53.5 | family? What are the signs to look for? |
| 0:56.6 | How do we get out safely? These are the questions that we seek to answer on today's episode of |
| 1:02.3 | Food Heels with my girls Nicole Derswey and Whitney Lauritson. Now, this may be a trigger |
| 1:08.7 | warning for some, so be prepared. We are going to talk about |
| 1:12.0 | mental and emotional abuse. This is a discussion of our experiences. We are not licensed |
| 1:19.2 | therapists. We are not doctors, but we are sharing our experiences and our advice based on what |
| 1:25.3 | we have each been through. Now, if you or someone you know is in an |
| 1:30.2 | abusive relationship and need to get out, please get help at thehotline.org. This is the National |
| 1:38.3 | Domestic Violence Hotline. You can call them directly at 1-800-799 safe. You can also chat online with them or text with them at the hotline. You can call them directly at 1-800-799-safe. You can also chat online with them or text |
| 1:47.4 | with them at the hotline.org. To text with them, you can text start to 8-8-7-88. So let me introduce you |
| 1:56.0 | to today's guess. They are food heels, oh, geez. Although they're here to talk about narcissism, they used to be on |
| 2:02.5 | food heels to talk about veganism. Well, we've connected again on similar shared experiences as good |
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