S1 - #4 Codependency and Narcissism

Narcissists are an especially dangerous and toxic pairing for people with codependent behaviors, due to the way each person’s maladaptive behaviors work together. In this episode we discuss the general characteristics of narcissism and then detail Brian's two, back-to-back, romantic relationships with abusive narcissists.

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In this episode:

00:01:25 Common characteristics of narcissist

00:02:18 The codependency - narcissism connection

00:03:59 Narcissistic abuse

00:05:21 The beginning of relationships/lovebombing

00:10:20 Financial control

00:12:09 The narcissist’s script

00:12:47 A portrait of R

00:15:19 Gaslighting example

00:21:16 A portrait of J