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Podcast: Negotiate Your Best Life
Episode: Toxic Love: The Brain Science of Trauma, Narcissism, and Healing with Guest Tim Fletcher and Rebecca Zung on Negotiate Your Best Life #690
Description: 🎙️ In this eye-opening episode, trauma recovery expert Tim Fletcher dives deep into the brain science behind narcissism, complex trauma, and toxic relationships. Whether you're escaping a narcissist, healing from emotional abuse, or just trying to understand why you’re stuck in unhealthy patterns — this interview is packed with life-changing insights. 💡 👇 What you’ll learn in this episode: 🔹 Why narcissists emotionally regress and respond like a 5-year-old when triggered 🧠👶 🔹 The role of the limbic brain in emotional reasoning and impulsive reactions 💥 🔹 How shame creates false identities and toxic survival mechanisms 🎭 🔹 The heartbreaking truth about trauma bonding and why it’s so hard to leave 💔 🔹 The difference between n...