416. Narcissistic parents and in-laws. How to spot them and deal with them (E)
Do You F*cking Mind?
Alexis Fernandez-Preiksa - Neuroscientist and Mindset Coach
4.9 • 914 Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
In this encore episode, I talk about Narcissism. What actually makes someone a narcissist? And what’s the real difference between covert and overt narcissism? I break down the traits to look out for to how to actually deal with a narcissist in your life. Especially when it’s someone close, like a parent or in-law.
I also answer a listener question about moving cities for a partner while still in the middle of uni. How do you know if it’s what you want, or if you’re just trying to close the distance for them
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome, everyone. Welcome, everyone. Welcome to today's episode, my beautiful beans. |
| 0:15.9 | Today's episode is one of probably, it sounds weird that I say it's one of my favorite topics to talk about, |
| 0:23.7 | but I love to talk about narcissists. I fucking love it. And the reason I love it is because |
| 0:30.2 | the more people, the more people out there that understand what a narcissist is, what their |
| 0:37.1 | behaviors are, how to detect it and how to deal with it, the understand what a narcissist is, what their behaviours are, how to |
| 0:38.1 | detect it and how to deal with it, the better off everyone else is. |
| 0:41.3 | Because the narcissist, while their lives might not change or be altered much by what I say, |
| 0:46.0 | everyone else who has to deal with them can feel a lot more at peace and know what to do, how |
| 0:51.9 | to keep people at arm's length. |
| 0:53.4 | It's just, you know, if you have a narcissist in your life, it's extremely intense. |
| 0:58.2 | It is like a, what do you call it, like a soul vampire. |
| 1:02.1 | It just drains you of all your happiness and joy. |
| 1:05.6 | So we're going to talk about how to deal with specifically narcissistic parents and parents-in-law. In-laws, in general. |
| 1:16.2 | Okay? And the reason I've decided this topic of parents and in-laws is because of you guys, |
| 1:20.1 | you guys have sent me so many DMs, emails, the Facebook group has gone off about this |
| 1:26.0 | many, many times about dealing with parents |
| 1:28.7 | who are narcissists and the fact that they're stuck in your life, the fact that your blood |
| 1:32.4 | related, or equally as frustrating when you've got an amazing relationship with your partner, |
| 1:37.4 | but their parents are fucking narcissists. And I'm going to be tackling if your partner can see |
| 1:42.2 | it and even if your partner can't see it |
| 1:44.5 | and how to tackle it from that angle, like where your partner thinks that they're all well and good |
| 1:48.8 | and you're like, oh my God, red flags. So that's what we're going to talk about. Now, I don't really |
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