Having experienced both direct and indirect verbal and non-verbal abuse in a narcissistic relationship, Angela Myer became determined to learn how to make rational choices and avoid regrets. She discovers the End Game technique, a powerful tool for protecting herself from emotional abuse, gaslighting, and identity erosion.

"When you really love someone, you think before you speak and you pick your words wisely. When you're being destructive and you're using words that are damaging, you can't take those words back. So, like, a good example I gave is I really think some of the law should change about physical abuse versus emotional abuse." -Angela Myer

Angela Myer learned about different types of verbal abuse from her experience working with a young woman in her 20s who was diagnosed as being narcissistic. This young woman had been traumatized twice due to her mother's death and her father's grief, leading her to shut down and lash out at others. Angela knows that healthy people can agree to disagree and can communicate their needs, but reactive verbal abuse is designed to trigger people into snapping, which can lead to life-altering consequences. She wants to teach people a technique to protect them from snapping and make rational choices. This includes verbal abuse, bullying, trauma, gaslighting, and more which can chip away at a person's identity, self-confidence, and sense of reality. Angela encourages people to use the sandwich approach when disagreeing with someone,

In this episode, you will learn the following:

1. How can we prevent ourselves from being manipulated by gaslighting and other forms of emotional abuse?

2. What techniques can be used to manage a disagreement in a respectful, non-confrontational way?

3. How can we protect ourselves from the damaging effects of identity erosion caused by negative verbal attacks?

Resources:

“Empowering people & shifting one's perspective. Focused on educating people to improve communication and compassion. Change starts here!”

https://undetectednarcissist.com/

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Lovingly or Manipulating? Navigating Narcissistic Abuse with Shannon Petrovich

https://www.thelightinside.us/lovingly-or-manipulating-navigating-narcissistic-abuse-with-shannon-petrovich/

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Featured Guest: Angela Myer

Credits: Music Score by Epidemic Sound

Executive Producer: Jeffrey Besecker

Mixing, Engineering, Production, and Mastering: Aloft Media Studio

Senior Program Director: Anna Getz