This is Hello Freedom and I'm your host Terry Cole.

For almost two decades I've been a licensed psychotherapist and transformation coach, and on this show I will bring you simple strategies based on practical psychology, inspiring expert interviews, and my own insights and observations

from my time on the front lines of the fascinating worlds of entertainment,

empowerment, and mental health.

Now let's get going with today's episode. Well, hello and welcome to Hello Freedom. I'm your host Terry Cole,

which you probably already know.

If you came here on purpose, then you know it's me.

Hi.

I'm super psyched as I always am that you decided to spend some time with me today.

Oh, today I'm talking about narcissists and abusive relationships and how even the smartest

up in something that's very hard to put your finger on,

very hard to identify.

There's stuff called, I mean mean listen narcissism comes in all kinds of forms and I find

that with my clients women who are habituated towards codependency find narcissists it seems like that there's this way because

you're so used to as the cod dependent putting someone else's needs, wants, and desires above your own,

and the narcissists is sort of a perfect fit because they want you to put their needs,

wants and desires above your own.

Not only do they want you to, they expect you to. So this is something

that is very dysfunctional, you know, like for every cracked pop, there's a cracked lid,

do you ever hear that? Or maybe I made that up, you get what I'm saying, that the

dysfunction sort of match each other so we can keep playing this out. Now it's not something that

anyone would consciously want to continue playing out because it's so painful.

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