I Treated Narcissists for Years and Never Saw a Collapse — Here's What Really Happens
About this episode
Kerry McAvoy discusses the deceptive nature of narcissistic breakdowns and the mechanics behind them.
Why did the narcissist’s collapse look so real — curled on the floor, shaking, sweating, begging you not to leave — yet nothing changed after? What looks like a breakdown is often a temporary loss of status, not a loss of identity — the defensive structure drops for 30 seconds, then rapidly reconsolidates and the manipulation continues. This is a highlight from a recent live Q&A, repurposed here as our second weekly podcast segment. In this episode, Kerry unpacks the hidden mechanics be...
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Host: Kerry McAvoy, Ph.D.
Topics covered
- narcissism
- mental health
- manipulation
- emotional abuse
- psychology
Keywords
- narcissistic abuse
- collapse
- manipulation
- mental health
- emotional breakdown
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