Episode 49: How to Navigate Sharing a Child with a Narcissist

I met a woman today who was dealing with painful custody issues surrounding her divorce from a difficult person. I used the term "narcissist" in the title because I wanted to succinctly point you towards they type of difficult person I'm talking about in this episode. But, I also don't love using that term because it gets thrown around way too often. I use the word in the sense that is truest to me: a person who is extremely manipulative and dangerously retaliatory, especially in a situation such as divorce and child custody.  If you have ever been a part of a relationship with someone who has narcissistic tendencies, or even actual NPD, then you'll know that this is someone who will take anything and everything he/she/they can when they find a tiny nugget of power. It's awful and the court systems and legal systems can't really help us suffering from emotional abuse because unless there has been physcial violence, it is very hard to prove anything is amiss in a relationship. 
I discuss how to get through these situations: working on yourself and your own maturity, and getting out your feelings in a place separate from the space you share with the difficult one. I had to train myself to be mature in triggering situations where bad behavior was rampant and so unfair. But stooping to a difficult person's level is crazy-making and an endless journey to nowhereland. 
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