373: I was in a Traumatic Relationship – How to Recover?

Evolutionary psychologist, Doug Lisle, PhD discusses listener questions with co-host, Nathan Gershfeld.

[0:00] Teaser Clips & Intro

[02:07] The Year of Dr. Lisle’s Book

[3:13] New Personality Trait? Tendency for Victimhood

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110134

[30:30] Disagreeable with a few moving parts

[41:28] Q1: Past traumatic relationship – how to start dating again?

[1:05:20] Final thoughts

Q1: How do I regain my self confidence after narcissistic abuse? I had an extremely emotionally abusive partner who would constantly call me fat even though I wasn’t (I was 5’4 120 pounds). He would force me to weigh myself before every time we had sex and if I was above a certain weight, he would insult me and refuse sex. I developed an eating disorder because of this and got down to 90 pounds. Even when I was pregnant with our baby, he constantly called me a disgusting fat cow even though it was his child I was carrying. Now that I’m free of him I have regained some weight, and am a healthier 110 pounds. The problem is, I’m so traumatized by men and relationships that I am afraid to date. My confidence is lower than it ever was, even though, ironically I used to model when I was younger and have always been told I was beautiful, he ruined that. I’m 40 years old and I don’t want to be single forever. What should I do?

X: @BeatYourGenes

Web: http://www.beatyourgenes.org

Doug Lisle, PhD http://www.esteemdynamics.com

Nathan Gershfeld, DC http://www.fastingescape.com

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