Should You Fear The Narcissist?
Surviving Narcissism with Dr. Les Carter
Dr. Les Carter
4.8 • 606 Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Inevitably, when you have ongoing interactions with a narcissist, you learn that these individuals do not operate with positive intentions toward you. So should you fear the narcissist? Dr. Les Carter answers, yes and no. You should have a healthy fear that prompts you to use realistic care and caution. But, then he explains that they too harbor much fear, and it comes from an underdeveloped sense of Self. That being the case, you need not fear their attitudes and pronouncements about your character. Balance is key.
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| 1:02.0 | welcome to this week's episode of the surviving narcissism podcastissism Podcast. I'm Michaela, the program director, |
| 1:13.9 | and I would like to start this episode with a quick introduction. For those of you not familiar |
| 1:17.9 | what surviving narcissism, it is the product of many years of work done by Dr. Les Carter. |
| 1:22.9 | Dr. Carter is a best-selling author and therapist with more than 40 years of experience, |
| 1:27.3 | specializing in anger management and narcissistic personality disorder. |
| 1:30.9 | This week, Dr. C's topic is, should you fear the narcissist? |
| 1:40.7 | Hello, once again, Team Healthy. |
| 1:42.9 | Dr. C here, and I'm so pleased to be with you for yet another episode |
| 1:46.2 | here on our surviving narcissism channel and I'm going to be talking today with you about the topic of fear |
| 1:53.5 | and specifically your fear toward the narcissist and the question I want to is, do you need to fear the narcissists? |
| 2:04.2 | You know, we often tend to think of fear in stereotype forms. For example, we think of a fearful |
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