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Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs

A True Narcissist Thrives in This Toxic Relationship Dynamic

Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs

Lisa A. Romano

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

4.8805 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Narcissists rely on trauma bonds to keep their victims in check. Roller coaster-type relationships that are marked by high highs and low lows keep a victim of narcissistic abuse stuck inside the relationship. In this episode, Lisa A. Romano the Breakthrough Life Coach breaks it all down.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Breakdown to Breakthrough podcast.

0:06.0

My name is Lisa A. Romano.

0:08.0

I am a life coach, best-selling author, YouTube vlogger, meditation teacher, an expert in the field of codependency and narcissistic abuse.

0:16.0

I am a believer in the power of an organized mind.

0:20.0

My aim is to help people learn what it means to live above the veil of consciousness, rather

0:25.8

than living a reactive life.

0:28.3

May your heart feel blessed, your mind feel expanded, and your spirit find hope as you

0:33.5

spend time with me here at the Breakdown to Breakthrough podcast.

0:39.0

Today, we're going to be talking about why you can't stop loving the narcissist.

0:45.2

So today we're talking about things like trauma bonding and Stockholm syndrome and why it is so many of us find it so difficult to stop loving a narcissist.

0:54.0

Why is it so difficult to end loving a narcissist. Why is it so difficult

0:55.3

to end a relationship with someone who is toxic? Why is it so hard for us to walk away from

1:00.6

someone that we know is unhealthy? What's really going on? If you're like me and so many of my clients,

1:05.9

you've wondered in your life, am I crazy? I know this person is lying to me. I know this person is passive aggressive.

1:12.1

I know this person needs to feel powerful in the relationship. I know this person is manipulative.

1:17.4

I know this person is jockeying for dominance in our relationship. Always puts me down. He's very

1:23.1

fragile, accuses me of things that I'm not guilty of. I know this person is cheating on me. I know

1:28.6

this person has had multiple affairs. Like, what's up with me? Why can't I just leave this relationship?

1:33.5

And so if you're like so many of us, you're experiencing things like trauma bonding. So trauma

1:38.6

bonding is what happens to us when we become psychologically addicted to someone who is toxic.

1:46.0

And what does that mean exactly? Like, how does that work?

1:47.0

When you are in a trauma-bonded situation, this means that you are experiencing relationships

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