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The Terri Cole Show

442 The Vulnerable Narcissist: What You Need to Know

The Terri Cole Show

Terri Cole

Relationships, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.91.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

When you think about a narcissist what comes to mind?

Do you think of the life of the party bragging about their accomplishments to anyone who will listen? Or someone out there seducing people with their considerable charms only to torture them once they are caught in their narc web?

In this episode, you'll learn the top 10 signs to help you spot a covert narcissist, because this personality type can be even trickier and more insidious than the overt narc. 

This kind of narcissist might be flying under the radar because they can come off as shy or even awkward unlike what we typically might think characterizes these personality types. Raising your awareness is the first step to proactively protecting yourself!


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Well, hello and welcome to this episode of The Terry Cole Show.

0:03.7

I want to start with a question.

0:05.6

Do you think that all narcissists are like the life of the party

0:09.4

and bragging all the time and using their considerable terms to manipulate the

0:13.3

folks in their life? Telling you how great they are. Do you think that's

0:17.8

all the narcissists that are out there? Well, if you're not in your head, yes.

0:21.8

I want to tell you that that is only half the story.

0:25.5

And in today's episode, I'm going to be making the distinction between

0:29.0

overt and covert narcissists. And I'm going to be giving you the top 10

0:32.8

signs that someone is a vulnerable or covert

0:37.2

narcissist so that you may not fall victim to their sneaky

0:41.4

manipulative traits. I want to take a moment to just say thank you so much

0:46.8

for being here today because you could be doing a zillion other things.

0:50.3

But the fact that you're hanging out with me means the world to me.

0:54.1

If you want to support the show, it really helps us immensely.

0:57.0

If you rate, review, and subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts.

1:02.1

And I'd love to highlight your reviews. So thank you to

1:05.1

Dog Grumer by a Day for the finest or review called

1:08.7

Helping Me Be a Boundary Boss. I love this podcast.

1:12.6

Listening to Terry makes me feel validated in my feelings and thoughts.

1:16.8

It takes away the guilt for saying no. Helps me be the real me without apology.

1:22.1

Thank you. Well, Dog Grumer by a Day, I am super psyched that you were hanging out

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