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Adult Child

How To Make a Narcissist w/ Dr. Gregory Kushnick

Adult Child

Andrea

Relationships, Health & Fitness, Education, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.91.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode we are joined by Dr. Gregory Kushnick to discuss all things narcissism - what is it, nature vs. nurture, if it's possible for a narcissist to truly change, and what to do if you think you're in a relationship with a narcissist.
Dr. Kushnick's Website
Dr. Ramani's YouTube Channel
The Covert Passive Aggressive Narcissist: Recognizing the Traits and Finding Healing After Hidden Emotional and Psychological Abuse by Debbie Mirza
The Little Shaman YouTube Channel

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0:00.0

You stabbed me a thousand times and then acted as if you were the one that was bleeding.

0:08.4

My name is Andrea and this is adult child.

0:27.8

Welcome back to adult child where we take a deep dive into the impact of growing up in a dysfunctional family.

0:34.0

Shit shows what is going on if you're a new listener. Please note that being called a shit show is the the highest

0:43.8

compliment that one could receive. So embrace it. Today we are diving deep with Dr. Gregory Kushnick.

0:52.6

I heard him on the mental illness happy hour podcast with Paul go martin and we are diving deep into all things narcissism.

1:02.6

So what is it? What causes it? Is it nature versus nurture? How is it different from borderline?

1:11.3

If it's possible for a narcissist to change its stripes and what to do if you realize that you are in a

1:18.1

relationship with a narcissist people love talking about this shit. People are fascinated by by

1:25.2

narcissists and narcissism. So I in the patreon sometimes before I have my interviews I will ask everyone if

1:34.0

they have any questions specific to the gastro on the topic and you know usually I'll get I don't know a

1:40.0

handful of questions but when I when I posted in there does anyone have any narcissism related

1:46.7

questions like I kid you not there's like there was like 10 responses within five minutes. But first

1:53.9

I want to thank my newest patreon member so patreon is where I host three weekly zoom support groups

2:02.4

and truly if if you are not a part of this you're really missing out you deserve to heal and grow

2:09.6

and I'm telling you you're not going to be able to do this on your own and this is not me being

2:16.0

self-serving I mean clearly a girl's got to eat a girl's got to feed her cap but this is a group of

2:24.4

people who get you I mean do you feel like no one understands you that you're the only one I mean

2:31.2

I felt like that for years and this is a group full of people who 100% understand you who have

2:38.9

thought felt didn't said all the shit that you cringe over or that you think you're the only one

2:44.4

doing you know these people have thought said did felt thought oh all the same things as you

2:52.4

this is a safe place for you to get raw and vulnerable with no judgment and with a really cool

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