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Do You F*cking Mind?

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

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.9914 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

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcript

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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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