She survived 5 years with a narcissistic man
The Mental Healness Podcast
Lee Hammock
4.9 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2026
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Five years is a long time to live a lie. But it hurts even deeper when your own friend is the one defending the behavior.
In this story time, we look at Rhonda’s experience dating her friend's brother. When the family prioritizes protecting a toxic pattern over protecting the target, the behavior never stops. You aren't just fighting one person; you are fighting an entire system of excuses.
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| 0:00.0 | Let's face it, y'all, some people will set you up to knowingly date the damn devil. |
| 0:06.0 | So this is Rhonda, and Rhonda has a big problem. She dated a narcissist for five years, five years. |
| 0:15.0 | So let me show you her story with you today. So it's 2015, and Rhonda is 39 years old, and she's single, and she's ready to mingle. Less. So it's 2015 and Rhonda is 39 years old and she's single and she's ready to mingle |
| 0:23.2 | less. Rhonda's ready to mingle less. She wants to start dating. She's ready to settle down. |
| 0:29.1 | She's looking for a man. So at this time, Rhonda has an acquaintance. So we'll call her |
| 0:37.1 | acquaintance. That's going to be her name for the rest of the video, an acquaintance. So we'll call her acquaintance. |
| 0:37.8 | That's going to be her name for the rest of the video, y'all. |
| 0:40.7 | So just ride with me. |
| 0:42.7 | Now, I would say friend, but Rhonda specifically said acquaintance. |
| 0:46.6 | So we're going to respect Rhonda's wishes and call her acquaintance, right? |
| 0:51.0 | Got it. |
| 0:52.1 | So acquaintance has a brother. We're going to call him Narcman. |
| 0:58.3 | Acquaintiff's brother's name is Narcman. So acquaintance knows that Rhonda is on the market and |
| 1:05.5 | looking. So she thinks it would be a great idea to set her and Narcman up on a date. |
| 1:12.4 | So she does just that. |
| 1:15.8 | She puts them both together and she hopes that they will hit it off. |
| 1:19.7 | So Ronda meets up with Narcman and she thinks he is foyng! |
| 1:21.6 | I'm sorry y'all. |
| 1:22.2 | I had to do it. |
| 1:24.4 | Shout out to Ray William Johnson for the foin. |
| 1:25.8 | Yeah, I had to. |
| 1:27.8 | Back to the story. |
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