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bucolic_frolic

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4. If you went back even three years, this subject as culture was just emerging
Fri Jul 11, 2025, 07:25 AM
Jul 11

There were 2 prominent experienced psychologists on YouTube on the subject, yes Dr. Ramani was one, Dr. Les Carter from Texas another, and a few powerful others, some of whom absolutely grabbed market share. Now there are dozens, so much so that one of the most successful is exiting the subject. So it's widely known, and once you learn it, you see it in your own life. But it must have been known a long long time because we have cultural expressions of narcissism's prevalence.

"Too many cooks spoil the broth." That was my house, everyone making a lot of noise and telling everyone else what to do. Enmeshment, codependence, narcissism all go together. Even 12-step has made space for dysfunctional codependence. Because that enables the root: people who lack boundaries and don't defend their own turf because it's "not allowed".

I blame religion. Meddling with people's lives.

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