The Shame Of Being In A Relationship With a Narcissist
The Mental Healness Podcast
Lee Hammock
4.9 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2025
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
In this segment, Lee Hammock discusses the prevalent feelings of shame experienced by individuals in "toxic relationships" with narcissistic people. He addresses the guilt associated with not leaving, staying, or keeping children in environments marked by "emotional abuse" and "narcissism."
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | What is going on beautiful folks? Today, we're talking about the shame that a lot of people feel when they're inside of a toxic relationship dynamic with a narcissistic person. |
| 0:11.6 | The shame of going back, the shame of not leaving, the shame of staying or keeping the kids around toxicity. |
| 0:19.8 | So many people feel y'all. |
| 0:21.6 | Of course, if you knew here, my name is Lee Hammack. |
| 0:23.6 | I'm a diagnosed narcissist and welcome to another episode of the Narcissus Co. |
| 0:28.6 | Let's get it. Oh, I'm back. Oh, hey, didn't see you there. What's going on, folks. |
| 0:52.5 | Welcome to another Lee Hammock Live and whatnot. Today, |
| 0:56.4 | we're talking about the shame that people feel when you're dealing with a narcissistic person. |
| 1:03.3 | Now, a lot of people talk about the shame that narcissists feel like. The narcissists is the shame. |
| 1:08.1 | The narcissist is this. The narcissist is that. Narcissists are shame or everything. |
| 1:11.6 | Yeah. |
| 1:12.5 | Narcissistic people do experience shame. |
| 1:14.7 | But today we're not talking about the narcissist. |
| 1:16.3 | Today, I'm talking about you. |
| 1:18.9 | You, you, you, you. |
| 1:20.7 | There are so many people that are dealing with a narcissist right that go back inside of the toxic relationship with this person or they don't leave |
| 1:30.8 | and they also experience shame this is like you know it's kind of like you know you're not supposed to be there |
| 1:39.3 | like every atom in your body except for your heart knows that you're not supposed to be there. |
| 1:48.2 | Every single atom, every electron, every neutron, every neutron in your body know you're not supposed to be dealing with this person, except for your heart. |
| 2:01.9 | It's that, y'all, that pesky heart gets you caught up on it. |
| 2:05.5 | That damn heart will get you stuck. |
| 2:07.6 | It will get you caught up. |
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