About Fix CPTSD Podcast | Psychology and Philosophy in Narcissistic Times with Richard Grannon
Are you in pain after narcissistic abuse? Finding yourself feeling lost? The CPTSD model and importance of trauma healing resonates with you? Turn your intuition back on again by developing emotional intelligence and healing the superego (inner critic). As you reduce your emotional flashbacks (main CPTSD symptom), you will notice your motivation and discipline go up.
Richard Grannon provides insights from psychology and philosophy to assist humans with life on this here earth.
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This is inspired by the "No Country for Old Men" film and novel, which I believe confronts the audience with their narcissism.
We will go through all the narcissism DSM traits, along with proposed antidotes to them.
(00:27) Books Recommendation
(02:39) Richard's Disclaimer About Him Going Political
(06:15) "No Country for Old Men" as a Story Deconstructing Our Narcissism
(12:43) Meta-narrative About Storytelling (Narcissism of the Audience)
(13:29) The Red Pill Philosophy for Narcissism
(15:59) Humility as a Skill of Self-examination
(18:45) Being Boundaried in Our Grandiosity (Your Story is Important to You)
(25:06) Prioritizing Truth and Reality Over Fantasy
(27:58) Neediness for Admiration
(32:22) Finding Value in Yourself as an Antidote
(34:38) Entitlement
(40:38) Nobody is Coming to Save You
(42:15) The Antidote - "I'm Not Owed Anything and Don't Really Need That Much"
(43:15) Exploitativeness (Others Also Have Fears, Needs and Lives)
(48:55) Zero Empathy and Empathy Exercises
(50:00) Envy and Gratitude
(50:52) Recap
(51:50) Bullying and Abusing
(53:24) In the History, the Snake Will Always Eats His Own Tail
18 Nov 2020
What CAUSES Narcissistic Personality Disorder - Golden Child and Black Sheep EXPLAINED
Narcissistic parent is prone to treat their child in either of two ways.
Overpraising (Golden Child) or shunning and scapegoating (Black Sheep).
What is the reason behind that kind of parenthood and how does it impact the children development?
Find out in this episode.
(01:10) The Big Long Screaming 'Nooo' of Denial
(05:25) Narcissistic Shell (Reality Split)
(08:40) Communication With NPD Through His Shield
(11:16) No Boundaries and the Godlike Position NPD Takes
(13:46) The Story of a Golden Child and a Black Sheep as Narcissist's Two Sons
(20:46) Scapegoat
(24:08) Codependent That Has Been Cast Out Into the Darkness
(27:02) //Q&A Section//
(27:17) "Do you think narcissists despise sensitive emotional children because they are everything they can never be or do, they see it as a weakness?"
(29:07) "Can the black sheep/golden child switch roles continually between two children?"
(29:20) "Can divorce parents reverse the scapegoat and golden child roles with their two kids?"
(29:57) "Can the same child be a golden child and a black sheep simultaneously when there's only one child?"
(30:35) "Would NPD commit suicide or are they too emotionally immature, or do they get others to commit suicide for them?"
(30:47) "Can the black sheep help the golden child?"
(31:01) "Is it possible for a golden child to change?"
(31:33) "What if the golden child rebels against the parent?"
(31:49) "Is every NPD recruited by another NPD in their mirrored reality?"
(32:11) "There's too much entitlement today"
(33:06) "Why is the narcissistic parent angered by the scapegoat happiness and success?"
(34:13) "Does a black sheep manifest as a codependent?"
(34:37) "Would it help to understand their worldview or is it a waste of time?"
(35:03) "Does the medical community currently recognize the rate of people driven to suicide by NPD's?"
(38:36) "Can the NPD manipulate their children that they rather spend time with him?"
(38:57) "Why as the black sheep, am I the only one to see the evil in the NPD parent?"
17 Nov 2020
Sam Vaknin - Toxicity of Social Media (3) Recommendations and Bananas
Could Social Media be more healthy?
These platforms could be completely redesigned, and even serve us better.
Check out the suggestions how it could be done, alongside with an explanation of social media mechanisms.
(00:03) The Most Recent Studies on the Toxicity of Social Media Part 1
(03:53) The Most Recent Studies on the Toxicity of Social Media Part 2
(07:47) What Can We Learn From These Studies?
(08:28) Sam Vaknin’s Suggestions: Step 1
(11:50) Step 2 and Step 3
(14:37) A Few More Recommendations by Sam Vaknin Part 1
(17:49) A Few More Recommendations by Sam Vaknin Part 2
(21:18) A Few More Recommendations by Sam Vaknin Part 3
(26:10) The Crux of the Matter
(28:36) Why Social Media Should Charge a Fee and Why It Would Work
(33:28) Getting Rid of the Likes
(34:55) Examples of How Some Companies Went From Free to Fee and Benefited
(39:46) Social Media Executive Might All Have the Fraud Syndrome
(44:40) What Would Happen to a Micro-famous Young Person Who Also Thinks It’s a Fraud
(46:30) Sam Vaknin Adds to Richard’s Answer
(51:19) That Constant Pulling Out of the Smartphone to Check Seems to Be Compulsive and Nervous
(55:16) Psychological Background to Why Social Media is So Addictive
(58:28) We All Have Recognition Hunger
(1:02:14) In Social Media It’s Almost Impossible to Obtain the “Positive Stroking”
(1:06:34) The Idea of Six Human Needs
(1:08:45) The Difference Between Conditioning and Addiction Part 1
(1:12:23) The Difference Between Conditioning and Addiction Part 2
(1:16:41) Richard Adds to the Explanation
(1:19:41) Would Bringing Storytelling Back to Social Media Convert Conditioning to Addiction?
(1:22:16) Holocaust Was a Form of Mass-conditioning
(1:27:06) The More Primitive is the Conditioning, the Harder It is to Break
(1:31:25) Is Telling a Story of the Social Media Makes It Less of a Conditional Tool? Part 1
(1:36:33) Is Telling a Story of the Social Media Makes It Less of a Conditional Tool? Part 2
(1:40:16) Social Media is Not an Innocent Tool
(1:42:10) The Ring From the Lord of the Rings Analogy
(1:44:32) They Cannot Claim That They’re Not Trying to Coerce People
(1:48:37) Goodbye
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