BONUS Narcissism 101 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Narcissistic Personality Disorder

The Virtual Couch

Tony Overbay LMFT

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

5 • 643 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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There’s a lot of talk in the news of narcissism. Many people in powerful positions, i.e. politicians, actors, CEOs of large companies, appear to be impervious to the thoughts of others, often being praised for their ability to put their heads down and power through, letting nothing get in their way. And while this may get them ahead in their chosen professions, it can be absolutely devastating to their relationships, often leaving massive destruction in their wake. Sexual harassment allegations are everywhere, and many of the accused appear to lack complete awareness of the significance of their accusations or of the feelings of their victims. Many of these traits are classic symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). In this episode Tony takes a deep dive into NPD, it’s symptomatology, and how to work with a narcissist. - Tony's FREE parenting course, “Tips For Parenting Positively Even In the Not So Positive Times” is available NOW. Just go to HTTP://tonyoverbay.com/courses/ (HTTP://tonyoverbay.com/courses/) and sign up today. This course will help you understand why it can be so difficult to communicate with and understand your children. You’ll learn how to keep your buttons hidden, how to genuinely give praise that will truly build inner wealth in your child, teen, or even in your adult children, and you’ll learn how to move from being “the punisher” to being someone your children will want to go to when they need help. And Tony is so confident that this program will work, that he's offering a money-back guarantee! - This episode of The Virtual Couch is sponsored by Betterhelp.com/virtualcouch (http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch) With the continuing “sheltering” rules that are spreading across the country PLEASE do not think that you can’t continue or begin therapy now. Betterhelp.com/virtualcouch (http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch) can put you quickly in touch with licensed mental health professionals who can meet through text, email or videoconference often as soon as 24-48 hours. And if you use the link http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch (http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch) you will receive 10% off your first month of services. Please make your own mental health a priority, http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch (http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch) offers affordable counseling, and they even have sliding scale options if your budget is tight. - Tony's new best selling book "He's a Porn Addict...Now What? An Expert and a Former Addict Answer Your Questions" is now available on Kindle. https://amzn.to/38mauBo (https://amzn.to/38mauBo) - Tony Overbay, is the co-author of "He's a Porn Addict...Now What? An Expert and a Former Addict Answer Your Questions" now available on Amazon https://amzn.to/33fk0U4 (https://amzn.to/33fk0U4). The book debuted in the number 1 spot in the Sexual Health Recovery category and remains there as the time of this record. The book has received numerous positive reviews from professionals in the mental health and recovery fields. -- You can learn more about Tony's pornography recovery program The Path Back by visiting http://pathbackrecovery.com (http://pathbackrecovery.com) And visit http://tonyoverbay.com (http://tonyoverbay.com) and sign up to receive updates on upcoming programs, and podcasts.

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0:00.0	Coming up on today's episode of the virtual couch, we're going back into the archives. It's an oldie but a goodie. The topic is narcissism. The word gets bandied about left and right to and fro. You're hearing it probably on the news and even in the people that you interact with on a daily basis. You might even be asking yourself the question, am I a narcissist? Which tip number one, if you're asking yourself the question, chances are you're probably
0:22.5	not.
0:23.1	But everything you've wanted to know about narcissistic personality disorder is coming up next
0:27.4	on the virtual couch.
0:29.4	Hey, everybody, this is a very quick advertisement, and I know I'm a podcast listener.
0:34.0	You can hit the little fast forward button probably on your podcast player, 15
0:38.2	seconds, 30 seconds. But bear with me. I'll try to make this quick. As a therapist myself, I
0:42.7	obviously recommend that everybody give therapy a try because when people ask me, do I need therapy?
0:48.3	I don't even have to talk to you. The answer is, yes, I need therapy. Everyone could use a
0:53.2	sounding board. Everybody could use an objective third party.
0:57.0	Everybody could kind of dig deep a little bit and find out what are things that they've been
1:00.7	holding back on. What are the things that they feel like they should be able to get over or shouldn't be
1:06.0	worrying about? Shouldn't, shouldn't. Nobody wants to be should on. But we're all hanging on to things
1:10.5	that would be helpful to process. And there's even should on. But we're all hanging on to things that would be
1:11.3	helpful to process. And there's even things that we thought we'd achieve by now or things that we
1:15.9	really want to achieve so that we won't have these regrets in life. And so if there are people
1:20.9	listening right now that might be noticing that their anxiety or their depression might even
1:25.1	getting a tiny bit worse, especially with what's going on in the world right now. Let's get to it. Let's not leave that untreated. You owe it to
1:32.4	yourself, to those around you, your spouse, your kids. You, I mean, you're the, you owe it to you
1:37.5	at the very least to give therapy a try. So if you're nervous about finding the right fit,
1:41.5	if you're worried about bumping into somebody in the therapy waiting room. If you have any worries about therapy, might I recommend that you go
1:47.8	immediately to betterhelp.com slash virtual couch. Again, that's betterhelp.com forward slash virtual
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