Emotional Blackmail: Should You Run Away or Choose to Leave? Insights for HSPs

Emotional Badass

Nikki Eisenhauer

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

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2018

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Are you struggling to decide if you should run away or choose to leave a toxic situation? This episode provides invaluable insights for Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) on navigating emotional blackmail, recognizing personal growth edges, and setting boundaries. Discover the crucial questions to ask yourself, how to identify sociopathic and narcissistic behavior, and the importance of self-reflection in managing emotional resilience. With tips on handling toxic parents, avoiding over-loyalty, and seeking advice from the right people, this episode empowers HSPs with strategies to foster personal growth, prioritize self-care, and make informed decisions about staying or leaving dysfunctional relationships. Perfect for those in therapy, recovering from abuse, and anyone looking to improve their mental health. Visit us at www.EmotionalBadass.com or come find Emotional Badass on Patreon www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass to access bonus content, the monthly video live stream, behind the scenes clips, & opportunities to work with Nikki in group format. Resources: Download the free Morning Routine PDF to learn our techniques to help conquer your day! https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning-routine Community & Exclusive Bonus Episodes & Video: https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass 30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% Off Brain.FM: CODE: Emotionalbadass for 20% off and a free month Join our newsletter for weekly wellness emails where we share mental health tips, announcements, discount codes, and highlight past episodes: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletter Check out our Guided Meditations narrated by Nikki available for sale: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditations Follow us on Social Media: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadass IG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badass FB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadass TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadass Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/emotionalbadass Thank you for supporting this show by supporting our sponsors: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/sponsors Advertising: Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:40.5	better place. It all starts with a mindful moment.
0:45.2	Hello! Welcome to Emotional Badass where Moxie meets Mindful.
0:51.2	I'm Nicky Eisenhower, life coach and psychotherapist, and on today's show we are
0:56.8	exploring the difference between running away and choosing to leave. To understand the dynamics around running away and choosing to leave, I encourage you for so many reasons I will keep mentioning this book but I encourage you to get
1:35.2	the book Emotional Blackmail when the people in your life use fear obligation and and guilt to manipulate you. Susan Forward, F-O-R-W-A-R-D is the author.
1:47.0	She is also the author of one of my other favorite books called Toxic Parents.
1:52.0	Susan Forward in her work doesn't mention high sensitivity and yet I find that everything that she has produced speaks right to us.
2:02.0	My guess is that Miss Susan Forward is a highly sensitive person herself.
2:07.0	And if we hit that second goal on our Patreon, I am hopeful we will be able to track down Miss
2:16.2	Susan forward and hopefully have her on the show. There are so many shame
2:21.0	dynamics about fear, and guilt that make it very difficult to process,
2:28.1	when is it time for me to go away and is that running away from my problems or is that choosing to leave?
2:35.0	So I've put together 10 questions, either in no particular order.
2:40.0	10 questions, 10 things to really think about to check in with yourself.
2:45.0	Every single situation, every single circumstance, every single time in our lives is full of difference.
2:54.5	So we have to take each moment where we are considering,
2:58.0	should I stay, should I go,
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