Rerelease: Perfectionism: A Narcissistic Abuse Trauma Response

Narcissist Apocalypse: Patterns of Abuse

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Self-improvement, Education, Society & Culture, Relationships

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🗓️ 3 January 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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In this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon discusses the protective output of perfectionism, which is a protective trauma response with real health consequences. He dives into the creation of perfectionism, the three main types, dysregulation, and coping. Also, Brandon discusses how society has contributed to perfectionism as a whole and how we must figure out how to combat the cycles of societal generational trauma. If you want to be a guest on our survivor story podcast, please click here or send us an email at [email protected] To help out our podcast, please fill out our listener survey, click here. If you or someone you know are experiencing abuse, you are not alone. DomesticShelters.org offers an extensive library of articles and resources that can help you make sense of what you're experiencing, connect you with local resources and find ways to heal and move forward. Visit www.domesticshelters.org to access this free resource. If you need help moving due to domestic violence, Shelter Movers may be able to help you. They operate by referral. Clients may be referred by any person of authority (social worker, doctor, police, crisis counselor, teacher, etc.) or public agency (shelter, hospital, school, workplace, place of worship, sexual assault centre, etc.). To reach them, click here. Join our new Community Social Network at https://community.narcissistapocalypse.com/ Join our Instagram Channel at https://www.instagram.com/narcissistapocalypse Join our Youtube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpTIgjTqVJa4caNWMIAJllA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.2	On this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse Q&A, we discussed the protective trauma response
0:37.2	of perfectionism.
1:02.1	Welcome. Welcome to Narcissist Apocalypse Q&A, everyone.
1:09.1	I am Brandon Chadwick, and today we are going to be talking about perfectionism and the protective output of perfectionism,
1:12.0	which is a protective trauma response.
1:15.5	And these trauma responses of perfectionism really do have a lot of real health consequences.
1:23.2	But before we get to that, everyone, if you want to be a guest on our Survivor Story episodes,
1:29.5	please do go to our website at Narcissistapocalypse.com.
1:32.8	Top of the page, there's a button that says guest form.
1:35.4	When you click on that button, it takes you to our guest form page.
1:39.5	And there you can read all of our instructions.
1:42.4	And either send us an email at Narcissist Apocalypse
1:44.9	at gmail.com or fill out our guest form and press the submit button and please do send it
1:49.9	in the format that we ask for. So today, as I mentioned, we're going to be discussing perfectionism
1:57.4	and we've mentioned perfectionism on the show before that is often celebrated as something to
2:03.9	be proud of. You hear people, families, and society, you know, wearing perfectionism like a badge
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