The Smear Campaign | It’s Not Normal | Ep. 16

The smear campaign, the narcissist’s attempt to tarnish your reputation, question your character, and destroy your image. Why do they do this? What tactics do they use? How should we respond? In this week’s episode we’ll tackle all of these questions to give you a better idea on what to do if you find yourself on the receiving end of this intense manipulation tactic, often referred to as large scale gaslighting. 0:00 Intro 0:39 What is a smear campaign? 1:11 The need for control 3:56 The image 8:28 The victim 11:28 Don’t take it personally 15:35 Isolation from support system 18:22 Projection 24:02 How to respond 25:58 You can’t reason with unreasonable people 30:00 Younger siblings 34:19 Stay true to yourself 35:30 Outro Support this channel for more content like this on PatreonEmotional but Hopeful Merch on ShopifyIt's Not Normal Podcast on YoutubeIt's Not Normal Podcast on SpotifyIt's Not Normal Podcast on Apple Podcasts Join the Conversation on TikTok All the other links here