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The Dr. Laura Podcast

It's Time to Look in the Mirror

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.66.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Laura asks Victoria to consider why she stays with an emotionally abusive man. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0

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0:06.8

heard weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM. Triumph 111.

0:13.0

Victoria, welcome to the program. Hi, Dr. Laura. My question is, can somebody with a narcissistic personality style or difficult

0:24.6

personality style?

0:25.5

Oh, please, please, please do not call somebody a narcissist because you don't like them, okay?

0:31.9

I'm just, okay, a difficult personality style that has what seems to be traits.

0:37.3

I'm in, I'm in a couple of support groups for, um, difficult personality style that has what seems to be traits.

0:41.3

I'm in a couple of support groups for... No, no, no. No, no. I'm not going to entertain everybody's a narcissist these days.

0:50.1

You get into groups and women all talk about it.

0:51.8

I'm dating. No. Okay.

0:54.6

If you're... Just say, I'm in a relationship with somebody who kicks his dog three times a day.

1:00.6

That describes a behavior as opposed to you giving it a title, which I don't think you have enough training to do.

1:12.5

That's fair. Okay. I've been in a relationship with somebody for about seven months.

1:19.4

I have not spoken with him in about three weeks. During the course of the relationship,

1:25.2

there was an immediate, abrupt, you know, turning the other way and having some anger and rage.

1:34.8

He kicked me out of his house more than one time.

1:37.6

I traveled from Southern California.

1:39.0

Well, some reasonable, reasonable, mature, mentally healthy woman would experience that once and a half times and not go back for more.

1:50.3

And she can actually do that without labeling the man anything other than she doesn't want this shit in her life.

1:58.8

But that's up to you to decide what shit you want in your life

2:02.8

and what shit you don't want in your life.

2:05.3

You don't need to label somebody anything.

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