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My Inner Torch offers direct and personal insight with help for those of us in a relationship with someone who is undiagnosed/diagnosed with a Cluster B Personality Disorder. This is a safe place to come for words of inspiration that draw from my personal experiences and is produced to gain understanding and to find direction as we navigate through the often difficult relationships with those we love who suffer with a Cluster B personality disorder that includes BPD and NPD. PLEASE NOTE: This podcast is NOT for those who suffer with these disorders. This podcast is for survivors of these challenging and difficult relationships.
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Send us Fan Mail 🎯 Key Takeaways Core Points: I ask myself honestly whether I will leave, and why I stay. My answer matters more than anyone else’s expectations.I recognize the difference between understanding dysfunction and being willing to leave it. I close that gap deliberately.I measure change by consistent behavior, not promises. I do not build my life around someone’s potential.Love, shared history, and fear of being alone are valid reasons to stay, but they do not require me to acce...
Send us Fan Mail 🎯 Key Takeaways Core Points: I check whether I feel valuable only when someone needs my help.I stop treating need as love. Dependency and emotional reciprocity are different things.I expect pushback when I set boundaries. Negative reactions don’t prove I’m wrong, but they reveal how much the relationship relied on my old role.I stop taking responsibility for another adult’s emotions. I can’t regulate someone else or reassure away their insecurity.I recognize when my need fo...
Send us Fan Mail 🎯 Key Takeaways Core Points: I explain that in dysfunctional relationships, partners often adopt predictable roles such as rescuers or peacekeepers.I note that being needed by a partner with Cluster B traits does not equal genuine love or respect.I encourage survivors to examine their own motives for staying and managing crises instead of blaming the partner solely.I highlight how setting firm boundaries often triggers heavy resistance within the relationship system.I advis...
Send us Fan Mail 🎯 Key Takeaways Core Points: I explain that labeling someone with cluster B traits as a monster oversimplifies complex psychological issues and emotional dysregulation.Intent and impact are separate concepts; I note that even without conscious malice, harmful patterns still inflict real emotional pain.Survivors often fall into a rescuer mentality, believing that understanding a partner’s trauma will automatically fix the relationship dynamics.Establishing firm personal boun...
Send us Fan Mail 🎯 Key Takeaways Core Points: I explain that survivors often spend years waiting for partners with Cluster B traits to change, apologies to happen, or accountability to be taken.I note that the initial persona or honeymoon phase can act as a mask, causing confusion when problematic behavioral patterns eventually surface.I advise against falling in love with potential or false hope, stressing that real change requires consistent behavior and respect for boundaries over time.I h...
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