Stuck in the middle of someone else's relationship issues

The Overwhelmed Brain

Paul Colaianni

Therapy, Emotions, Sad, Health, Mental Health, Personal, Abuse, Anxiety, Relationships, Health & Fitness, Psychological, Self-improvement, Mind, Stress, Emotional, Anger, Philosophy, Divorce, Psychology, Addiction, Happiness, Happy, Development, Thinking, Success, Education, Frustration, Sadness, Manipulation, Resistance, Brain, Depression, Overwhelm, Mental

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🗓️ 10 March 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Trying to encourage a friend in a relationship to see the truth about their toxic partner can come with its own set of challenges, especially when the friend doesn't want to hear it and the toxic person wants to shut you down.

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0:00.0	Besides this one I have another podcast called love and abuse over at love and abuse.com that tells you how to navigate the difficult relationship.
0:09.0	What makes a relationship difficult? Oh, I don't know when you catch them in lies, when you're always looking to please someone
0:15.7	who can't be pleased, when disagreeing with them becomes a nightmare, when you're confused
0:20.6	more often than not when you're
0:27.6	Welcome to the overwhelmed brain where you'll learn to make decisions that are right for you so that you can create the life you want now.
0:31.0	Hey, this is Paul Kolyaniani and I'm here to help you learn to deal with difficult people and tackle
0:35.7	life's challenges without compromising who you are.
0:38.9	This show consists of my personal opinions and is meant for informational purposes only,
0:43.0	always seek a professional for your mental health and well-being.
0:47.0	You know, speaking of difficult relationships, which I do almost every single episode,
0:52.0	I'm going to talk about one that is a little different
0:56.0	because it's somebody else's relationship. Somebody wrote to me and said,
1:00.8	the wife of somebody I know is a clear narcissist with sociopathic behavior.
1:06.0	The husband is the victim of her abuse and I am the guy stuck in the middle who doesn't want to play any of her games.
1:14.0	The husband refuses to confront the situation and she refuses to acknowledge it.
1:19.0	We have a long history of friends and then briefly as lovers until all of this came to light.
1:26.2	I'm not sure what that means if two of them or all three of them, I'm not going to address
1:31.1	that right now or maybe in my answer I will but I work with his brother and other family members and I am a part of the community and they live together off and on.
1:41.0	Okay, so there's some things going on in this relationship that's not necessarily
1:46.7	the most common. I'll put it that way. He said she has caused so much damage in his life and he refuses to acknowledge it.
1:56.2	How do I make it clear that I have no interest in her games but will maintain my relationship
2:02.0	with him and his family. Here's a short list of her behaviors. High
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