You saw another woman's name flash up on their phone. And you might say, oh, who's so-and-so?

Baby, you saw the name. Now, what the narcissist will do at that stage is they will not then say,

oh, it's so-and-so, don't worry, it's about this. What the narcissist likely does in those situations

is they will get angry and cross at you for the manner in which

you are asking them not the thing you are asking them but the manner you are asking them and

the subject you are asking them about they'll make it about you oh you're such a drama queen

oh you're so sensitive not Not this again. Why can't I just leave the narcissist?

Why do I keep responding to them when I know I shouldn't? Have you said these sentences to yourself?

Because if that sounds like you, you need to listen to today's episode on my trauma

and narcissism redefined podcast because I'm going to be talking to you about trauma bonding,

boundaries, discard and the narcissist abuse cycle. Hi everybody. My name is Caroline Storson. I'm delighted

to have you here. If you're a regular

listener to my podcast, then welcome back. If you're brand new, maybe you've started the new year

and thought, oh my God, I'm actually dealing with a narcissist and you've just found my podcast.

Massive, massive, welcome to you. I know it can feel extremely overwhelming, realizing all of

this stuff. But I want you to know you're not on your own.

I have experienced this. And actually, it made me completely retrained from being a podiatrist

into being a trauma therapist and coach specializing in narcissistic and domestic abuse,

relationship abuse, toxicity in these relationships. Because very often, we end up going on this

big, big healing journey back to our own childhood. And I didn't realize any of this stuff when I went

through my divorce from a covert narcissist over a decade ago. So really, I feel like it's like my

life's mission and purpose to be here to help and support you. And whilst I have a

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