Welcome to the Breakdown to Breakthrough podcast.

My name is Lisa A. Romano.

I am a life coach, best-selling author, YouTube vlogger, meditation teacher, an expert in the field of codependency and narcissistic abuse.

I am a believer in the power of an organized mind.

My aim is to help people learn what it means to live above the veil of consciousness rather

than living a reactive life.

May your heart feel blessed, your mind feel expanded, and your spirit find hope as you

spend time with me here at the Breakdown to Breakthrough podcast.

Today, we're going to be talking about how you can handle a narcissist's chronic invalidation of you.

So we're talking about what it is to be emotionally invalidated and what it is to have to deal with someone that you love,

someone that you are married to,

someone that you're in a relationship with, or maybe even someone that you work with,

or maybe even a sibling. If you were raised by a narcissistic parent, one of the things that you know probably more than anybody else is what it feels like to be emotionally invalidated.

So what does that mean exactly?

Well, for human beings, it is essential for our emotional growth, for our emotional well-being,

even our physical health, to feel validated by others.

What I mean by that is that it is intrinsic.

It is tied to survival.

When I am upset, when I'm crying, this idea that someone else that I care about or maybe

even a stranger can see and recognize that I'm having an emotional reaction to something

that's very strong, that I'm in duress, and that someone

else can empathize with what I'm feeling helps me feel seen. It helps me feel valid.

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