How to Detect Covert Narcissism
Surviving Narcissism with Dr. Les Carter
Dr. Les Carter
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🗓️ 27 September 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Narcissists do not always show the full extent of their pathology in the early stages of a relationship. They can seem pleasant, easy-going, supportive, and receptive...at least for a while. But as you remain with that person, certain trends begin to emerge, leaving you to wonder about the viability of the relationship. Narcissists are known for not having good self-awareness or for not taking responsibility for their flaws, so they will deny their problems. Knowing this, Dr. Les Carter explains 4 categories of behavior that reveal the breadth of the covert narcissist's dysfunction. They will gaslight you when you call them out, but as you learn to trust your interpretations, you will be less inclined to be pulled in by their manipulations.
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| 0:00.0 | Today's podcast is sponsored by the people at ARA.com. |
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| 1:07.8 | Welcome to this week's episode of the Surviving Narcissism podcast. |
| 1:12.1 | This is Michelle, the program director, and I would like to start this episode with a short |
| 1:16.3 | introduction. |
| 1:17.7 | For those of you new to this podcast, Surviving Narcissism is the product of many years of work done |
| 1:22.6 | by Dr. Les Carter. |
| 1:24.2 | Dr. Carter is a best-selling author and therapist with more than 40 years of experience |
| 1:28.6 | specializing in anger management and narcissistic personality disorder. This week, Dr. C's topic |
| 1:35.7 | will be how to detect covert narcissism. Well, I'd like to welcome you back to another episode here on our surviving narcissism podcast. |
| 1:50.8 | I hope you understand that I consider it a privilege when you allow me into your world to kind of give you some teaching here about this whole pattern of narcissism. |
| 1:59.9 | I think many of you who are trying to figure |
| 2:02.3 | this out and realize that it's a pretty pervasive pattern. All of us at some level can have some |
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