EPISODE · Nov 8, 2020 · 35 MIN
"Leave a Review" - A Tool That Will Protect You From Abusive Relationships and Situations
from Fix CPTSD Podcast | Psychology and Philosophy in Narcissistic Times with Richard Grannon · host Richard Grannon
Remember how you were graded, and your performance reviewed over years and years by school and institutions? What could happen if we reverse that? How would it be like to actually review the situations and people in your life yourself? How empowering that could be? Let's find out! (00:01) Hello, Good Morning (02:25) Richard's Story About Being a Product in a Relationship (06:46) Is There a Consumer Mindset in Relationships & Where Does It Come From? (Grades and Reviews) (15:15) I Am Not Actually Enjoying the Service You're Providing (17:26) How We Allow Ourselves to Review Other Things (And Criticism of Bad Story Writing) (20:37) Expanding the Reviewing Mindset (21:32) Consumer Ideology in Modern Relationships (and Sam Vaknin Reference) (24:26) The Problem With Having "Gaggle of Geese"/intimacy Clouds (28:49) You Can't Ask for What You Don't Offer (29:56) Passive Consumer's Approach is the Worst for Long-term Relationships (32:52) You Have a Right to Say "This Sucks and I Don't Like This"
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Remember how you were graded, and your performance reviewed over years and years by school and institutions? What could happen if we reverse that? How would it be like to actually review the situations and people in your life yourself? How empowering that could be? Let's find out! (00:01) Hello, Good Morning (02:25) Richard's Story About Being a Product in a Relationship (06:46) Is There a Consumer Mindset in Relationships & Where Does It Come From? (Grades and Reviews) (15:15) I Am Not Actually Enjoying the Service You're Providing (17:26) How We Allow Ourselves to Review Other Things (And Criticism of Bad Story Writing) (20:37) Expanding the Reviewing Mindset (21:32) Consumer Ideology in Modern Relationships (and Sam Vaknin Reference) (24:26) The Problem With Having "Gaggle of Geese"/intimacy Clouds (28:49) You Can't Ask for What You Don't Offer (29:56) Passive Consumer's Approach is the Worst for Long-term Relationships (32:52) You Have a Right to Say "This Sucks and I Don't Like This"
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