Why Do Narcissists Always Try To Make You Feel Small?
The Mental Healness Podcast
Lee Hammock
4.9 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2025
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
In this video, Lee Hammock, a diagnosed narcissist, discusses why individuals with narcissistic personality disorder are so intent on putting others down. He offers insights into the psychology of narcissism, explaining the motivations behind such behaviors. This segment aims at understanding narcissistic abuse and emotional abuse.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Why are narcissistic people so intent on trying to put you down? |
| 0:05.3 | So intent on trying to make you feel bad. |
| 0:08.7 | So intent on trying to make you feel this small or this big. |
| 0:15.5 | It really is perspective, right? |
| 0:17.4 | Why aren't they so intent? |
| 0:19.4 | That's what we're talking about today, y'all. |
| 0:21.5 | Of course, if you knew here, I'm Lee Hammack.ock i'm a diagnosed narcissist myself and we're going to hop right into another |
| 0:25.6 | episode of the narcissist code yes y'all seriously i i heard a phrase the other day he said |
| 0:33.4 | a rising tide lifts all boats that's how narcissistic people do instead of a rising tide lifts all boats. |
| 0:39.4 | That's how narcissistic people do. |
| 0:42.4 | Instead of a rising tide, they sink. |
| 0:44.6 | They pull the plug on a bathtub. |
| 0:47.5 | If you pull the plug on a bathtub, |
| 0:49.6 | everything else sinks to the bottom, |
| 0:52.6 | except for me because I'm holding on to the edge over there, right? |
| 0:58.5 | Just imagine a narcissist holding onto the edge and sitting over there while everything else sinks. |
| 1:00.7 | That's what they do. |
| 1:02.5 | This is exactly what narcissistic people do. |
| 1:07.7 | They want to put you down in order to make themselves feel bigger. |
| 1:13.0 | It's all right, love. |
| 1:14.4 | Go back to sleep. |
| 1:24.2 | Right now, 84,240 families are raising their children in temporary accommodation, often with dangerous mold. |
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