Narcissism and Marriage

Fierce Marriage

Ryan and Selena Frederick

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Words like vanity, self-love, self-admiration, self-absorption, self-obsession, conceit, self-regard, and egotism all have one thing in common: the self is viewed as the crux of importance. They also describe narcissistic personality disorder. Everyone is selfish to a degree, but narcissists are self-focused at an extreme level. In today's episode we discussed narcissism as a personality disorder, explored ways narcissists hurt their spouse, and revealed why, at its root, narcissism is a rejection of the gospel (which is the only cure). We're not psychologists, so this podcast is an overview based on research done by others. We hope it helps you! Thanks for listening to the Fierce Marriage Podcast! If you'd like to support this ministry, please visit Patreon.com/FierceMarriage. Our monthly patrons get plenty of perks, including free books, ebooks, silicone rings, and exclusive ministry updates. Patron levels start at just $2/month.

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0:00.0	Alright, I got a quote for you. Kind of a long one, but it goes with our talk today.
0:04.9	Since pride is a reason people do not feel they need a savior or forgiveness,
0:08.6	pride tells them they are quote-unquote good people or have a quote-unquote good heart.
0:12.9	Pride also blinds people to their own personal responsibility and accountability for sin.
0:17.2	Narcissism or pride masks sin.
0:20.0	Whereas the gospel reveals the truth that leads to remorse for sin.
0:23.6	Narcissistic traits can be dangerous because if they're worst,
0:27.1	they will lead a person to destroy others to satisfy the lust of the flesh.
0:31.3	Wow.
0:32.4	So we are talking about narcissism in marriage today and it feels like a really big,
0:39.9	yucky word. Yeah.
0:41.2	It kind of is because it's a psychological term, but I was very convicted reading through it.
0:45.5	And I don't feel like I'm a narcissistic person, but maybe I am at some level, right?
0:49.5	But part of what we're kind of looking at today is what does it look like in kind of the
0:54.7	average person's life? So narcissism is...
0:57.1	Oh, I don't know how does it affect our marriage.
0:59.2	It's a spectrum. It's a personality disorder that's on a spectrum.
1:02.7	So there are more severe cases of narcissism and more subtle cases of narcissism.
1:08.8	And so I think today we're kind of...
1:12.9	We're not gonna do this.
1:14.2	We're gonna do this for this revelation of so you married a narcissist.
1:19.2	Now again, we'll get into what that actually means, but I don't know.
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