Ruwando Podcast Manic Pixie Dream Girl = Male Wound in Disguise
When I was 23, I fell in love with a drug addict. She was sexy and interesting. But more than that, she was WILD.
If my life was a movie, she was cast as the Manic Pixie Dream Girl—the adolescent male fantasy of an the open-hearted nymph who saves the non-hero from mediocrity.
The MPDG highlights a common male psychological wound. She also shows us how such a man can heal this wound, if he can avoid the emotional trap she represents.
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It includes an excerpt of my book, ORGSM, A Memoir.
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00:00 The Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope explained
01:50 How this relates to real life
03:24 New book: Taming the Anima
04:25 The history of Manic Pixie Dream Girl
11:50 The psychological lens of Manic Pixie Dream Girl
13:30 Manic Pixie in my life
19:45 The Savior Complex
20:39 Translating the trope into real life
22:54 The dark side of Manic Pixie Dream Girl
23:29 The health of relationship dynamic
26:25 How to stop dating Manic Pixie Dream Girls
29:39 Who is controlling the reality of your relationship?
34:15 John Wayne doesn’t need a Manic Pixie Dream Girl
36:00 Many guys work on themselves to get women
37:43 What type of guys avoid MPDG?
40:20 How did Odysseus avoid the sirens?
41:22 How to test a girl to see if she’s Manic Pixie?
43:02 What do secure women actually want?
44:11 The summary of Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope
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