On this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse Q&A, everyone.

I am Brandon Chadwick, and today we are going to be talking about circular conversations,

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So today we are going to discuss circular conversations. And for the second half of the show, we are just going to go through a circular conversation

that was provided to us by a listener of the show.

And so many people are going through conversations like this, which are maddening conversations. They're confusing conversations. They're used as a form of

control. And you just kind of find yourself chasing this tale that will never end until the other person,

the abuser, the narcissistic abuser, wants it to end. So this episode is to help you recognize

that this is what is going on and the reasons why the narcissistic abuser is doing such things.

So what is a circular conversation?

So these types of conversations are not meant to find understanding or compromise.

And there are another form of manipulation.

They're all about control over the other person's beliefs or ideas, emotional responses, or access to information.

They are used to evade accountability, which enables a narcissistic abuser to nullify the threat

that you are posing to their control.

And this is usually because you are trying to pin accountability on the narcissistic

abuser for something. So circular conversations exist to go round and around and around in circles,

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