Why Are Narcissists So Combative?
Surviving Narcissism with Dr. Les Carter
Dr. Les Carter
4.8 • 606 Ratings
🗓️ 28 March 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
The longer you engage with narcissists, the more they illustrate how internally conflicted they are. But instead of using healthy introspection, they turn outward as they try to make you responsible for their personal turmoil. Dr. C discusses this phenomenon by emphasizing that you are not required to enter into their combative games. Instead, you can resolve to be a person who lives with well conceived initiatives despite their inability to reciprocate.
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| 1:08.0 | Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Surviving Narcissism Podcast with your |
| 1:12.9 | host, Dr. Les Carter. |
| 1:14.9 | I'm Michaela, the program director, and in today's episode, Dr. Carter will discuss |
| 1:19.3 | why are narcissists so combative. |
| 1:29.7 | Good day to your, Team Healthy. |
| 1:34.7 | I'm so pleased to be with you here one more time with our surviving narcissism podcast. |
| 1:40.0 | And I want you to understand that when I talk with you about these types of subjects, I'm responding to so many of the comments that I hear from you. |
| 1:46.3 | I'm responding to so much of what I've learned from people inside my counseling office because I want to help you make sense of some of the |
| 1:51.3 | very difficult people that are in your world. And I'm hoping that you can move forward with an |
| 1:56.7 | understanding that says the narcissist can't figure out life very well, but I can. That's what we're |
| 2:01.9 | trying to do here. Now, one of the things that we can say about narcissists is that they have a |
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