Hold On to Your Hippocampus - The Impact of Narcissistic Abuse On The Brain

The Virtual Couch

Tony Overbay LMFT

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

5 • 643 Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

It’s true that the diagnosis of narcissism is being handed out a bit too liberally, but this toxic personality disorder definitely does exist, with some experts saying that it's clearly becoming more prevalent with each generation. There is a growing body of research that now shows how long-term narcissistic abuse affects the hippocampus, and the amygdala of the brain, areas that regulate memory, and control emotion. And while someone may not be your classic, malicious or malignant narcissist (there are several sub-types of narcissism), even someone with narcissistic tendencies, or “dustings” can do emotional, and physical damage to those they interact with. Tony also gives his 5 tips to surviving narcissistic abuse. Tony refers to the article “Neuroscience: The shocking impact narcissistic abuse has on the brain,” by Lachlan Brown from https://hackspirit.com/3859-2/ (https://hackspirit.com/3859-2/) - Please subscribe to The Virtual Couch YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/TheVirtualCouchPodcast/ (https://www.youtube.com/c/TheVirtualCouchPodcast/) and sign up at http://tonyoverbay.com (http://tonyoverbay.com/) to learn more about Tony’s upcoming “Magnetic Marriage” program! - 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. - This episode of The Virtual Couch is sponsored by http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouc (http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouc)h With the continuing “sheltering” rules that are spreading across the country PLEASE do not think that you can’t continue or begin therapy now. http://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/virtualcouc (http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouc)h 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.

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0:00.0	Hey, coming up on today's episode of the virtual couch, we're going to get a little bit heavy.
0:03.9	We're going to talk in the world of neuroscience and the shocking impact that narcissistic abuse can have on the brain,
0:10.2	how it can actually impact your short-term memory and also dig deep into your amygdala and cause your amygdala to flare up.
0:17.4	That's that fight, flight, or freeze response.
0:20.1	And more importantly, we're going to
0:21.0	talk about what you can do if you're in a situation where you may be experiencing narcissistic
0:25.4	abuse. That and so much more coming up on today's episode of The Virtual Catch.
0:42.7	Hey, everybody, thank you for joining me on episode 221 of the virtual couch.
0:44.0	I am your host, Tony Overbay.
0:50.9	I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist, certified mindful habit coach, writer, speaker, husband, father for ultramarathon runner and creator of the path back, an online pornography recovery program that is helping people like you reclaim
0:55.2	their lives from the harmful effects of pornography of you or anyone that you know is trying to put
0:59.3	pornography behind you once and for all. And trust me, it can be done and a strength-based,
1:03.3	hold the shame, become the person you always wanted to be way. Then head over to pathback recovery.com
1:08.2	and there you can download a short ebook that describes five common
1:11.3	mistakes that people make when trying to put pornography behind them once and for all again.
1:15.5	That's pathbackrecovery.com. And welcome to the podcast. I am again going on YouTube so you can
1:21.9	find the virtual couch channel on YouTube and you can find me at all the places that people can
1:27.2	find people at
1:28.3	virtual couch on Instagram or at Tony Overbay Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist on
1:33.3	Facebook. And I'm just glad you're here. And I am going to get to the topic today. But speaking
1:40.2	of pornography addiction, who was? I was in the intro. I just was going to share a little bit of a moment that I had over the weekend. I thought it was pretty fascinating. I was asked to go on a national radio show. It was the Walter Sterling show and it's carried nationwide, even in my local market of Sacramento and KFBK. And I was prepared for this. I knew a little bit about Walter Sterling. So I came into my office
2:02.4	and the topic was pornography and the pandemic. Was there a rise in use, pornography use?
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