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Thank you. Welcome. Welcome to a narcissist Apocalypse, a podcast that gives a voice to narcissistic abuse survivors.

I am Brandon Chadwick, but my friends call me Chad, and thanks for tuning into this episode. So what is a narcissist, you may ask? Generally speaking, a narcissist is a person who has an excessive sense of how

important they are. They demand and expect to be admired and praised by others and are limited

in their capacity to appreciate others' perspectives.

And guess what? Not all narcissists are made equal. Yes, that is true. Narcissism is a character

trait that exists on a spectrum. A small amount of narcissism is healthy, and a person with an unhealthy

level of narcissism may be called a narcissist. At extreme levels,

it may be diagnosed as a narcissistic personality disorder. However, for the purposes of this podcast,

a narcissist is a person who exhibits narcissistic traits and or a consistent pattern of

maladaptive narcissistic behaviors, regardless of whether they meet the diagnostic criterion, and the latest version of the DSM manual or have a formal diagnosis.

So, a person may be referred to as a narcissist on this podcast, even if it is more likely that they have another cluster B personality disorder, such as

borderline, histrionic, or antisocial personality disorder as long as they exhibit narcissistic

traits or behaviors. And now, with all that out of the way, my voice cracked a little bit

right there, and all that out of the way, let me tell you that

we have a survivor on this episode named Jenny, and we will get to her interview in a couple

of minutes. But first, I just want to thank everyone in a narcissist apocloves community for listening

to the show and sharing your thoughts by email, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Our Facebook group is really something these days to all you folks that are hanging out

in our Facebook group at facebook.com slash groups slash narcissistic apocalypse.

Hello.

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