How Narcissists Toy with Truth
Surviving Narcissism with Dr. Les Carter
Dr. Les Carter
4.8 • 606 Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
For any relationship to thrive, trust has to be paramount. And for trust to be established, honesty is essential. Narcissists, however, live behind the wall of the False Self. They have an exploitative agenda as they make connections, which means honesty is little more than a commodity that can be twisted to suit their immediate desires. A narcissist's "truth" is not truth at all, but an attempt to advance their ever-shifting agenda. Dr. Les Carter describes what to watch for when engaging with a narcissist, and he discusses the necessity of you being the person of integrity that the narcissist cannot and will not become.
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| 0:00.0 | Dr. C. here. Before we begin, I'd like to make sure that you're aware that this podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp.com. A BetterHelp is a leading provider of online therapy and then they provide video, phone, or live chat sessions with a licensed professional therapist. |
| 0:26.3 | It's affordable and you can connect with your therapist within 48 hours. |
| 0:30.9 | Now, as a special offer to our surviving narcissism listeners, they'll offer a 10% discount for your first month of professional therapy. |
| 0:39.4 | All you have to do is go to betterhelp.com. That's betterhelp.com slash surviving narcissism |
| 0:48.3 | podcast. I know that many of you would find online therapy to be quite life-changing. And so go to betterhelp.com |
| 0:55.7 | slash surviving narcissism podcast. And many thanks to the people at BetterHelp for sponsoring our |
| 1:02.0 | podcast. |
| 1:08.2 | Welcome to this week's episode of the Surviving Narcissism podcast. I'm Michelle, the program director, |
| 1:14.4 | and I would like to start this episode with a quick introduction. For those of you not familiar |
| 1:19.7 | with surviving narcissism, it is the product of many years of work done by Dr. Les Carter. |
| 1:25.6 | Dr. Carter is a best-selling author and therapist with more than 40 years of experience, |
| 1:31.0 | specializing in anger management and narcissistic personality disorder. |
| 1:35.8 | This week, Dr. C's topic will be how narcissists toy with truth. |
| 1:46.5 | Not that long ago, I was speaking with a young lady she was in her 20s who was just devastated |
| 1:52.6 | because she had been dating a fella for eight or nine months, something of that nature, long |
| 1:58.8 | enough to where you would think that you would know |
| 2:01.3 | somebody. |
| 2:02.5 | And she thought that they had a very pleasant and engaging relationship. |
| 2:07.1 | It seemed to be on a fast track towards something more permanent. |
| 2:11.6 | The guy was very kind to her and helpful and seemed to be really interested. |
| 2:16.5 | I mean, the kind of person you want to take home to mom and dad and introduce to be really interested. I mean, the kind of person you want to take |
| 2:18.2 | home to mom and dad and introduced all your friends. And then out of nowhere, he just completely |
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