6156 Understanding the Selfish Mind!

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Stefan Molyneux

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🗓️ 26 October 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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In this public portion of Sunday Morning Live on the 26th of October 2025, philosopher Stefan Molyneux examines gaslighting, its psychological roots, and its effects on relationships. He defines gaslighting, discusses its emotional toll, and shares practical strategies for recognizing and combatting manipulation. Listeners hear personal stories that illustrate its prevalence, and he emphasizes the importance of boundaries and self-advocacy. Stefan continues this discussion in the donor-only portion of the podcast, which can be found at:

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0:00.0	Good morning, everybody. Stefan Molyneux 26 of October 2025. Hope you're doing well, 11 a.m.
0:11.1	As a donor show, but I thought we'd start Genpop general population, and then we will head over to locals,
0:21.4	freedom made out locals.com to join. If you would like to join,
0:24.2	get yourself a free month. You can go to FDR ural.com slash locals. All right.
0:33.4	Everything's recording. Yes. Somebody wrote the concept I asked the donors what would you like to talk
0:39.0	about today and of course i'd happy to take text questions also uh if you have questions on
0:45.1	x you can do that as well the concept of gas lighting and its association with the suppression of anger as well as self-doubt
0:55.3	and the effects of continued gaslighting on memory in terms of the relationship with oneself and
1:00.2	others. Also the relationship of feigning of innocence and or helplessness and gaslighting,
1:05.1	particularly in the context of personal relationships. But also how to best deal or not with
1:10.8	co-workers who gaslight.
1:13.3	So gaslighting is extremely evil.
1:18.4	It's an extremely nasty, nasty, vicious, underhanded topic.
1:28.2	It's essentially predatory.
1:31.6	So we will talk about that.
1:36.7	I happen to take your questions.
1:38.0	The questions are only available at the moment on X.
1:40.0	I don't think the other platforms do it as well.
1:44.0	I don't know what goes on with locals if we try that.
1:46.3	Probably nothing.
1:47.1	Probably nothing good, I think.
1:49.7	But, oh, thank you very much for your kind thoughts and wishes.
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