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Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs

Dealing with a Narcissist: 5 Steps to Help You Deal With Crazymaking Communication

Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs

Lisa A. Romano

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

4.8805 Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Crazymaking communication with a narcissist can be an incredibly frustrating and bewildering experience. Narcissists often employ manipulative tactics and gaslighting techniques to control and confuse their victims. They may constantly change the narrative, deny or distort reality, and make you question your own sanity. This crazymaking communication undermines your self-confidence and keeps you off balance, making it difficult to trust your own perceptions and judgments. The narcissist may engage in circular arguments, deflect blame, and use tactics such as projection or deflection to avoid taking responsibility for their actions. This constant manipulation and gaslighting can leave you confused, invalidated, and emotionally drained.

Furthermore, a lack of empathy and genuine understanding often characterizes crazymaking communication with a narcissist. Narcissists are primarily focused on their own needs, desires, and self-image. They may dismiss or trivialize your feelings, invalidate your experiences, and consistently prioritize their own agenda. Their communication style may be filled with condescension, criticism, and belittlement, designed to assert their superiority and maintain control. Engaging in healthy, constructive communication becomes nearly impossible with narcissists as they are more interested in maintaining their power and manipulating the situation to their advantage.

Recognizing the crazymaking communication patterns with a narcissist is a crucial step towards protecting your mental well-being. Remember, you cannot change a narcissist, but you can empower yourself to disengage from their toxic communication and prioritize your own emotional health.

In this episode, Lisa A. Romano the Codependency and Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Life Coach, explains 5 steps to help you better deal with crazymaking communication. 

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Breakdown to Breakthrough podcast.

0:06.0

My name is Lisa A. Romano. I am a life coach, best-selling author, YouTube vlogger,

0:11.0

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

0:25.6

rather than living a reactive life.

0:28.6

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

0:33.6

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

0:38.3

It's amazing to me that on this healing journey we discover that everything that we've been taught about ourselves is complete bullshit.

0:46.3

We are enough. We were always enough and we will always be enough.

0:51.3

That the fact that we are consciousness, living this reality, qualifies us to be enough.

0:58.2

We don't have to prove ourselves worthy to anyone.

1:01.5

I think the biggest aha moment for me was when I realized that my feelings matter.

1:07.4

Like seriously, what I think and what I feel about people matters.

1:11.6

Another aha moment for me, and I'd like to share it with you all today, is when I realize

1:15.6

the difference between judging someone and discerning.

1:19.6

So, when I'm judging someone, I can feel that in my gut.

1:23.6

When I'm judging someone, and God knows I've been there, because I've been judged. And you only know how to judge knows I've been there because I've been judged. And you only

1:28.7

know how to judge because the dad is there because you've been judged. And so whatever your

1:33.6

parents or your past experiences, whatever they've been, they've been inputted into your brain.

1:39.9

And so now your brain plays with that information. It's not your brain's fault.

1:44.1

So we judge because we've been judged.

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