Narcissistic Parents (2016 Rerun)

Psychology In Seattle Podcast

Kirk Honda

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

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[Rerun] Dr. Kirk Honda talks about narcissistic parents.

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November 18, 2016

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0:00.0	Hello, deserving listeners. It's just me today. I thought I would talk about narcissistic parents
0:04.9	because a patron emailed in and asked to talk about that. Asked me to talk about that.
0:12.3	So here we go. This is the Psychology in Seattle podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Kirk Honda. I am a
0:18.1	professor and a therapist. The patron wrote in and said, hi, Kirk. My daughter is currently in your program, so she shared your podcast with me,
0:26.0	and now I'm hooked. And I've been a patron for a while now. I would like you to know,
0:31.0	I would like you to do a show on narcissistic parents. Okay, so let's get into that.
0:40.0	Well, first off, there are many definitions of narcissism that have been established over the years in the field of psychotherapy. Some people
0:48.4	consider narcissism to be in the realm of a personality disorder, whereas others might say that it's a
0:57.0	spectrum, that everyone is on a spectrum of narcissism. And at the extreme end, they have a
1:04.9	personality disorder. Some people might say that all people are basically narcissistic because all people are at their core self-interested.
1:16.6	Versus other people might say that only a few people have narcissism.
1:22.6	Some people in my field would say that narcissism is healthy while other people would say that it's an
1:29.8	unhealthy trait to have some people might say that it's a normal part of development ego psychology
1:39.3	it was basically based on this notion it's a normal part of your development that you are narcissistic when you're young.
1:48.7	And if you get enough attention, then you learn not to be narcissistic in a nutshell,
1:54.6	versus other people who don't consider it to be a normal part of development.
1:59.5	So when we say the word narcissism in my field, it can really mean a lot of different things.
2:08.2	So we just have to take that into account.
2:12.1	The symptoms of narcissism are basically that the person needs a lot of attention.
2:18.9	They have a superior attitude and they get upset or defensive when other people don't uphold
2:27.0	their superior status.
2:30.9	They will require other people to really pay attention to them and give them a lot of
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