Fix CPTSD Podcast | Psychology and Philosophy in Narcissistic Times with Richard Grannon

Richard Grannon
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May 28, 2020 • 42min

Do narcissists think they are normal?

Are narcissists and psychopaths walking around thinking their bizarre, abusive behaviour is normal? (00:35) No, Narcissists Don’t Think They’re Normal (02:20) Narcissists Know Exactly What They’re Doing (06:21) How Narcissists Can Change Their Behaviour (09:01) Everything Narcissists Do Is A Manipulation (10:20) Can CPTSD Cause Consumption Of Alcohol? (11:27) Can Switching Environments Between Loving And Abusive Contribute To CPTSD? (12:33) Adult Children Of Narcissists, Being Raised By A Narcissist Mother, Moving On From A Relationship With A Narcissist, Covens Of Narcissists (16:49) Useful YouTube Channels On Psychology, The Games Narcissists Play (20:10) Dealing With Intrusive Memories, Confabulation (24:44) Going To Counselling With The Ex, Tips On How To Love Yourself (31:57) Is Psychopathy Inborn And Can Empathy Be Learned? (35:34) The Formation Of NPD And BPD (39:06) Better Aspects Of Our Culture
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May 28, 2020 • 44min

How to Find a Good Coach and How to Heal

Everything about finding the best therapist for you who will be qualified and competent in trauma recovery (00:00) Stating Today’s Topic (01:57) 5 Features to Look in a Therapist (06:19) Is It Important to Have a Professional Diagnosis for CPTSD? (10:12) How Do You Find a Counsellor That Will Not Be Biased? (11:28) Are There Any Things to Ask a Psychologist During the First Session? (12:19) Should the Therapist Tell the Client if They Have CPTSD or Just Guide Them Through It? (14:20) Is the Coach Better Than the Therapist? (15:33) Is Falling in Love Helping or is It Better to Stay Alone and Heal? (16:06) Is It Possible to Get Stuck in a Flashback While Working With a Psychologist? (16:55) Is Social Anxiety Within the Frame of CPTSD Emotional Flashback? (20:41) Is It Helpful to Write Down Thoughts? (21:30) Does People’s Anxiety to Function Properly Reasserts Itself Naturally as They Heal Their Trauma? (22:27) Quick Tips to Break Out of Freeze Response (24:22) Does a Narcissist Choose to Be a Narcissist? Do We Choose to Be Codependent? (26:53) Things That Freeze Any Healing Progress Part 1 (30:41) Things That Freeze Any Healing Progress Part 2 (34:54) Why Clean Head is Important (41:06) Goodbye
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May 28, 2020 • 28min

They want you to be a soft little cupcake (live Q&A after the 5 Tips)

A follow-up live from 5 Unusual Life Tips: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7Ig06KyxLUge8Al6gWeQZW The topic mainly revolves around personal freedom, sovereignty and agency. (00:00) Who are they? What are they? (01:10) Sentimentality is one of the poisons of this age (03:00) Why authenticity and speaking freely triggers other people (05:26) Advice on being free Part 1 (09:41) Advice on being free Part 2 (13:17) "Would you say the presence of emotional flashbacks makes one more susceptible to this agenda?" (15:59) "I've used non serviam every day, Can you touch on that?" (17:40) "I quit coaching people who just want to argue and make excuses..." (19:15) "How do you sleep better?" (19:43) "Do you suggest that to develop immunity against the narcissist/psychopath, the journey involves evolving from prey to predator?" (21:02) Responding to short comments Part 1 (24:15) Responding to short comments Part 2 (28:00) Goodbye
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May 28, 2020 • 34min

Reduce Your Emotional Flashbacks in 2020

Why reducing emotional flashbacks should be priority and how to go about it, recommending the free course, how the flashbacks disrupt people's functioning (00:00) Hello (00:43) Stating Today’s Topic (06:39) Emotional Flashbacks Are the Critical Component of Any Mental Health Issue (10:50) Intensive Emotional Flashbacks Warp Your Perception of Reality (13:35) What Does It Mean to Reduce to Infantile State (15:41) Being in a Constant Series of Emotional Flashbacks (16:51) When You’re Flashbacking, It’s Very Hard to Maintain Any Boundaries (20:46) If You Wish to Progress, You Need to Reduce Emotional Flashbacks (21:58) Answering Short Questions (23:13) Talking About Fight Responses (25:48) The Only Behaviour You Can Influence is Your Own (27:28) Talking About Importance of Emotional Literacy Course (34:10) Goodbye
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May 27, 2020 • 1h 5min

How can I learn to trust again (with Q&A)

How to get to a place where you are able to fully trust yourself with your decisions? (00:01) Today's Question (02:03) What Do Good Decisions Look Like? (02:54) Writing Down a List and The Review Process (06:01) Time Is The Most Important (07:55) An Example Of Not Putting Realistic Demands On People (10:03) What Can Help You To Trust Yourself Q&A Section (11:57) "How to tell the difference between trauma response and intuition if the alarm bells are always ringing?" (14:11) "How do I un-zombify myself?" (17:41) "I think the culture of doubt has been exacerbated in the world since the creation of the internet" (19:17) "How do you think that the knife attack at London bridge is affecting people?" (21:46) "Will you please do more awareness on vulnerable narcissists, how do they hide this so well?" (22:33) Responding To Short Comments (25:19) "What are your thoughts on masculinity and its truest form?" (26:23) "What's your opinion/experience on clinical hypnotherapy for trauma?" (28:22) "How do I get over the fact that I spent years of my life wasted on trying to please someone?" (30:29) "Have you met any narcs since you started the channel?" (33:59) "How to deal with massive back slides after a period of healing?" (35:07) "How could we break a trauma bond?" (37:40) Responding To Short Comments Part 1 (41:31) Responding To Short Comments Part 2 (45:16) Responding To Short Comments Part 3 (46:25) "What helps people the most?" (47:35) Richards Talks About Russian Language And Speaks It (53:12) "What's your opinion for brandon stark?" (55:02) "How did the 75 hard go?" (55:48) "How to help my husband who's kind of in shock having only realized his parents suck recently at 33?" (56:54) "Have you had any metaphysical experience personally?" (01:00:26) "How do I help my friend who's on his way into a toxic relationship?" (01:01:58) Responding To Short Comments (01:04:08) Goodbye
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May 27, 2020 • 1h 11min

How to let shit go and get on with your life? w/ Richard Grannon

Richard Grannon on acknowledgment and acceptance, telling the truth, feeling safe, change and self-interested action - how these will help you to let go? (0:01) Hello (1:19) How to Let Shit Go and Get on With Your Life (04:00) Is It Possible to Just Acknowledge Things and Let Them Go? (08:22) In Order to Move Forward, We Need to Focus on the Unconscious Part 1 (11:57) In Order to Move Forward, We Need to Focus on the Unconscious Part 2 (16:10) The Things You Have to Do to Free Yourself and Move on (18:19) Answering a Question About Covert Narcissistic Psychotherapists (22:57) Interesting Facts About Richard Grannon Q&A Section (24:40) “I’m scared of falling into old patterns if I return to my home town. What do I do?” (26:18) “Do you think current society has made men and women incompatible?” (27:48) Answering Short Questions (30:20) “How much of personality is consciously changeable? How do we accept traits that are less socially rewardable – assuming they are positive traits?” (33:27) “Richard, from being a coach do you get triggered at all from some of these questions?” (34:33) “Do you think that codependents can bring out the narcissistic tendencies in others?” (35:06) “Hey Richard, did you abandon the idea of retreats?” (39:10) “In your professional opinion do you believe Jordan Peterson might have narcissistic tendencies?” (42:23) “If we take off our socks, do we stop being people?” (42:55) “Can you feel the energy from narcissists or are they hard for you to detect right away?” part 1 (46:35) “Can you feel the energy from narcissists or are they hard for you to detect right away?” part 2 (48:27) “How badly can a brain be changed by decades of neglected abuse?” (50:43) “What kind of energy can you feel in Czech Republic?” (54:38) “Maybe men there have forgotten how to lead with their heart or lack of sensuality?” (55:45) “Do you find yourself self-censoring with your conspiracy theories?” (57:00) “Why is spirituality so important to people healing who have lived through trauma?” (58:13) “Do you think the concept of twin flames is misleading a lot of people making people see trauma and abuse as something healthy and spiritual?” (1:02:53) Talking About The Twin Flames (1:06:40) Spiritual And Psychic Experiences (1:10:14) Goodbye
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May 27, 2020 • 41min

"Sad Baby" as an Abused Archetype (Supra State) of Stacked Emotional Flashbacks

(00:10) Getting Started (01:06) Introduction: Supra States, D.I.D and CPTSD (05:54) How Emotional Flashbacks Can Be Layered and Lead to Personality Splits (08:14) How Feeling of Abandonment Can Trigger Emotional Flashbacks (10:59) CPTSD and Projective Identification (14:03) Emotional Dysregulation Can Lead to Delusion (16:27) What Happens if the Person Internalizes Multiple Emotional Flashbacks (19:33) A Child Perceives Parents as Gods (23:08) Introducing the Sad Baby Archetype (27:54) Times When You’re Flashing Back to a Modality of a Sad Baby (31:29) What the Practice of Going Back to Your Child State Can Give You (36:10) Why You Need Compassion for the Baby (40:31) Wrapping Up
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May 26, 2020 • 10min

5 Tips to Find a Coach for Narcissistic Abuse and CPTSD

If you need support in your recovery from narcissistic abuse and looking for a professional help, you might consider these tips when looking for it. (0:14) #1 Phone the person and ask for a chat (1:42) #2 Healing (future) focused (2:54) #3 Compassion and sense humour (3:40) #4 Down to earth (4:03) #5 Is an ally (4:51) Example of lack of knowledge among professionals (7:48) Summary (8:34) Look for recommendations (9:41) Recommending SpartanLifeCoach coaches
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May 26, 2020 • 52min

How to Know If a Relationship Is Abusive (Signs of Toxic Relationship)

3 clues your relationships are toxic, why there is trauma in the world and what do we do about it, plus a bit of Q&A (00:16) State Of Confusion (01:49) You Start Investigation (03:11) Coercion (07:45) If... You are in a toxic relationship, (12:35) How To Deal With It (18:13) Everyone Is Traumatizing Each Other (23:48) Trauma Is Everywhere, AND IT'S OKAY (28:21) What Are We Doing Here? You don't really need to know (34:01) We Are Built For Connection (39:27) Final Point Q&A Section (44:01) When You Have Been Hurt That Much, How Do You Heal From It Internally? (46:12) The Reptilian Brain Will Keep You Traumatized
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May 26, 2020 • 55min

5 signs you slipped into Lie Land

Lie Land is a place of distorted truth, full of cognitive dissonance. Recognize whether you're in it, and reclaim your responsibility. (0:01) Lie Land (05:51) How to Deal With It (10:49) The Role of Our Protests (14:43) Temptation, That's It (21:35) "The New Inquisition" Q&A Section (25:50) "How do you set goals when you feel worthless and feel like you deserve to feel bad?" (26:17) "How do you ha ndle being punished for doing the right thing?" (28:01) "How do you break through  creative blocks?" (31:57) "Why ignorant people are so confident? And how to deal with friends like that?" (32:30) "How do I handle being cheated on? I'm so angry, I just cant stop thinking of her with this other guy and it makes me murderously enraged," (37:44) "You sometimes mention illuminati, tell us what you really think of it?" (45:21) "I have combat PTSD and still getting over a BPD ex fiance should I quit tabacco now or after I get over my issues?" (48:40) "All of the life coaches themselves are never able to form healthy relationships, Are there any in youtube that have actually been able to do that?" (49:26) "How and why do we like lie land?"

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