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Ask Dr. Ramani: What is Gaslighting?

Navigating Narcissism with Dr. Ramani

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The Flying Monkeys in the Narcissistic Relationship

In the narcissistic relationship realm are the people whom the narcissistic person is able to get to and sort of mobilize and turn against other people. The flying monkeys are the people that the narcissist told, you can't believe the terrible things that this person did to me in our marriage. They might even tell untruths, like you might have been unfaithful, all kinds of things that aren't true but then all those people hearing these terrible things you do are going to come for you. It'll feel like a smear campaign. This can happen in the workplace, this can happen with friend groups, but these are people that basically the narcissistic person gets to almost always tells them untrue things

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