THE COST OF STAYING: What Happens When You Won’t Leave a Narcissist
The Mental Healness Podcast
Lee Hammock
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🗓️ 1 March 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
"I know who they are... but I’m staying."Not everyone is ready to leave. Whether it's for the kids, financial stability, or a hope that things will change, many people choose to remain in a relationship with a narcissist. As a self-aware narcissist, I want to have a real, judgment-free conversation about what that actually looks like.If you choose to stay, you have to know the price you are going to pay. Today, we are talking about the "Trade-Offs"—the isolation, the loss of self, and the reality of radical acceptance. This isn't about shaming you for staying; it’s about preparing you for the life you are choosing.IN THIS LIVE, WE DISCUSS:Radical Acceptance: How to stop waiting for the "Old Version" of them to come back.The Isolation Factor: Why your world gets smaller the longer you stay.The Death of Expectation: How to survive when you know your emotional needs will never be met.Building a "Life Within a Life": How to find pockets of peace while living in the storm.If you’ve decided to stay, you need to know how to protect your spirit while you’re there.
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| 0:00.0 | I see y'all in the comments. |
| 0:04.2 | Y'all be saying, Lee, I know that they are a narcissist. |
| 0:09.1 | I know they've hurt me. |
| 0:10.2 | I know they put me through hell, but I can't leave. |
| 0:14.8 | Or, or I don't want to leave. |
| 0:17.4 | I'm going to stick through. |
| 0:18.6 | I'm going to stand by my person, my religious belief, says I got to stay here, whatever it is, right? Usually what the internet tells you, like, they'll, they'll, they'll call you weak. They will call you all types of names. They'll say, you weak, you stupid. They'll say all that type of stuff right there, right? I'm not going to do that. Right. Y'all know me. Lee Hemmick, |
| 0:39.3 | the diagnosed self-aware and narcissism that helps people. I'm not going to call your names, right? |
| 0:44.3 | Look, because I know why you stay. I know why some people can't leave right now. I know why some |
| 0:49.6 | people feel like they're stuck in the mud and whatnot, right? Some people feel like they're invested. Some people are |
| 0:55.5 | afraid. Some people have different reasons and whatnot. Right. Some people religious believe keeps them |
| 1:00.7 | stuck, keeps them there. But I'm also going to tell you, right, I got to keep it real. I got to keep it |
| 1:05.2 | hot and ready like a little season of pizza. I'm going to tell you the truth that staying with a narcissist comes with a price. |
| 1:13.3 | It has a steep price tag attached to it. Like it look, the price tag, the price you got to pay |
| 1:20.1 | is like when imagine going to the store. You're like, oh, I like this. Right. How much how much it |
| 1:24.2 | costs? And you flip the price tag over and you look at it like this. That's the price tag. You don't look. Whatever costs make your eyes pop out like this, that's the cost you got to pay, right? So that's what we're talking about today, y'all. Today we're talking about the bill you have to pay every single day when you choose to live with a narcissistic person. When you are stuck with a narcissistic predator or toxic person or whatnot, y'all. So let's talk about the reality of staying. And what's going on, y'all? Happy day, happy day. Madonna, what's up? What's up? What's up? What's up? What's up, y'all? yeah if you're in the live make sure y'all hit that thumbs up drop a comment and whatnot stay strong |
| 2:03.5 | stay empowered and all the other other people on, girl. What's up, y'all? Yeah, if you're in the live, make sure y'all hit that thumbs up, |
| 2:01.5 | drop a comment and whatnot. Stay strong, stay empowered and all the other good stuff. It sure does. I'm glad I walked away seven months ago. There you go. Good job. Good job. Good job. But, yeah, we're going to hop right into it today, y'all. I appreciate your being here. I really, really do. We'll hop right into it. |
| 2:18.5 | We're going to talk about, first thing we're going to talk about is radical |
| 2:20.9 | exes. today y'all i appreciate y'all being here i really really do hop right into it we're going to talk |
| 2:18.8 | about first thing we're going to talk about is radical acceptance do you know what radical acceptance is |
| 2:26.3 | radical acceptance means like if you if you stay with a narcissist or in a toxic relationship dynamic |
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