Can Narcissists Actually Make Lasting Changes to Stop the Abuse? GUEST: Dr. Laura Dabney

<p>You hope, hope, hope that a narcissistic person will change. You buy into their promises to change. And, you cross your fingers!</p><p>Change occurs for a hot minute...or even a warm week, right? And, then, nothing. What's up with that?</p><br><p>People with narcissistic tendencies, or those diagnosed with Narcissistic Personality Disorder, have a hard time listening and caring about changes you would like to see. You know that already.</p><p>So, will #Hijackals ever change?</p><p>Can narcissists ever change?</p><p>Do they want to change?</p><p>What reason would they need to actually care?</p><p>Are they able to sustain changes...or interested in doin so?</p><br><p>I'm delighted to have Dr. Laura Dabney as my return guest to discuss this very important issue that can drive you crazy. You want to believe they'll change, I know. Don't miss this episode.</p><br><p><strong>HIGHLIGHTS OF TODAY'S EPISODE:</strong></p><ul><li>The differences between a diagnosis of Narcissistic Personality Disorder and having narcissistic tendencies</li><li>Can you ever love a narcissistic person into loving you well?</li><li>How to tell the differences between being loved and being used</li><li>Can the core issues within a narcissistic person change?</li><li>How best to indicate to a narcissistic person that there is a need for change</li><li>Why narcissistic people cannot create emotional intimacy</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>GUEST: LAURA DABNEY, MD</strong></p><p>Laura Dabney, MD has made a career of taking on psychiatry’s toughest challenges from treating complex, combined medical and psychological conditions, to ensuring the absolute privacy of powerful, high-profile patients. Dr. Dabney has, for decades, helped her patients change their lives for the better. And they recognize her for it. Dr. Dabney’s patients come for many reasons: depression and anxiety, recent break-ups or a lifetime of toxic relationships. Yet, despite the problems that brought them through her door, they describe her in the same terms again and again, cal