Why People Pleasers Get Trapped in Narcissistic Relationships

Soul Recovery Podcast by Dr. Keean Menard, PsyD & Gayle Dargel, M.A., LMFT

Episode notes

In this episode of Soul Recovery (Therapy Podcast), we continue our conversation on narcissistic relationship dynamics and how these patterns are often created long before adulthood.

We explore how family environments shape people pleasers, why certain individuals become emotionally conditioned to abandon themselves, and how narcissistic dynamics can begin to feel familiar, normal, or even safe. We also unpack the internal thought processes that keep people stuck in harmful relationship cycles and why awareness is the key to breaking them.

Healing is not just about talking through experiences. Real change begins when unconscious patterns become conscious. Therapy becomes transformative when it helps bring awareness to the subconscious beliefs, survival responses, and relationship dynamics that have been running in the background for ... 

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Keywords
trauma recoverynervous systemconscious awarenesspeople pleasingnarcissismnarcissisticabuse