Decoding Narcissism, Manipulation And Toxic Ideas, with Frederik Ribersson
Frederik Ribersson
Narcissists manipulate others using toxic ideas. In this podcast, we decode narcissists and how they operate, we expose and deconstruct toxic ideas, and we learn how to negotiate effectively with narcissists. And, last but not least, we learn to break the toxic patterns during and after relationships, disinfect mental wounds and heal, so we can have a happy life afterwards and limit the damage narcissists inflict upon us. #fribersson #narcissism #narcissist #npd
Categories: Society & Culture
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From one day to the next, a whole group of people goes weird. But no one says anything. Are we just imagining things? Maybe we did something wrong? So how can we decode this? In this case, a listener is experiencing this in a work environment.
A few things stand out: how can we tell if we're the problem? Usually, being worried we might be is a rather safe indication we are not.
Then, if we can't think of an event that triggered it, it reduces the likelihood there was such an event.
If people are weird around us, we can sometimes identify who is uncomfortable at being gossiped to, and simply ask if they'd let us know if something got weird.
And remember that this could be a form of mobbing, which might require to involve HR, or management.
Consider options to discuss, but also options to leave in case it is unhealthy and there is little or no support.
As always, exercise your judgement and adapt to your situation.
Hope this is helpful and let me know if you have other questions where my take could be useful in providing elements to decode situations.
Previous episodes
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157 - 132. Is It Me? When A Group Goes Weird Sat, 20 Dec 2025
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156 - 131. Using Emotions To Navigate (Toxic) Relationships Sat, 22 Nov 2025
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155 - 130. Getting Our Energy (And Lives) Back Mon, 17 Nov 2025
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154 - 129. How To Trust Again After A Narcissist? Sun, 16 Nov 2025
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153 - 128. Picking Up On Toxic Signals In Real Time - Real Story Sun, 26 Oct 2025
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152 - 127. Reputation Destruction (Smear Campaign): Decoding, Debunking and Managing A Toxic Ex Colleague Sat, 18 Oct 2025
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151 - 126. Why Narcissists HATE When People Talk To Each Other Unsupervised Sat, 04 Oct 2025
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150 - 125. How To Identify Conflicting Goals, or Why Relationships with Narcissists Cannot Work Fri, 26 Sep 2025
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149 - 124. Reputation Destruction & Narcissists: How To Debunk & Charlie Kirk's Assassination  Fri, 26 Sep 2025
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148 - 123. Legitimate Criticism? How To Find Out (With A Real World Example) Sat, 30 Aug 2025
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147 - 122. Grieving a "Narcissist" The Right Way Mon, 28 Jul 2025
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146 - 121. How Narcissists Use TONE To Control Use Sun, 29 Jun 2025
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145 - 120. Clear Thinking Beats Narcissists: Happy Birthday To A Major Inspiration of This Podcast And What You Can Do Sun, 08 Jun 2025
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144 - 119. Is Shame How Narcissists Hijack Us? Some Thoughts Sat, 07 Jun 2025
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143 - 118. Bad Advice on Dealing With Toxic People? 8 Mistakes To Avoid Sat, 17 May 2025
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142 - 117. Disarm A Narcissist: "Oh, you're being dogmatic?" Fri, 21 Mar 2025
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141 - 116. How A Narcissist Hijacked A Group - And Lessons Learned Thu, 13 Mar 2025
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140 - 115. Narcissists See You As FUNGIBLE Sat, 08 Mar 2025
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139 - 114. Offense In Absentia? Narcissists Pretend To Be Offended On Behalf Of Others Tue, 07 Jan 2025
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138 - 113. Complain or Describe? How Narcissists Project And Accuse You of Complaining When You Want to Problem Solve Tue, 05 Nov 2024
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137 - 112. Why Do We Obsess Over (and Repeat Date) Narcissists? Fri, 30 Aug 2024
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136 - 111. Narcissists Red Flags, Red Lights or... Red Herrings? Mon, 19 Aug 2024
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135 - 110. 6 Levels of Lying & The 2 That Narcissists and Cults Use Wed, 07 Aug 2024
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134 - 109. Spotting A Narcissist's Lie: Story Time Mon, 29 Jul 2024
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133 - 108. How I Deprogramed Someone After A Toxic Relationship Fri, 19 Jul 2024
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132 - 107. Narcissists' Mesh Network of Lies - and Narrative Collapse Fri, 12 Jul 2024
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131 - 106. 8 Signs We Have Been Brainwashed Thu, 20 Jun 2024
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130 - 105. Do NOT Read Between the Lines With Narcissists - Ask This Instead? Fri, 14 Jun 2024
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129 - 104. This Drives Narcissists Nuts, Shuts Them Up (And Is Satisfying) Thu, 06 Jun 2024
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128 - 103. Early Warning Signs of A Narcissist (or A Jerk) Thu, 30 May 2024
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127 - 102. Why Are Narcissists Mean (and Then Nice)? Sun, 26 May 2024
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126 - 101. Clumsy or Self Sabotage: Decoding Narcissist’s « I was unlucky » narrative Sun, 26 May 2024
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125 - 100. What Does A Risk / Reward Analysis of Toxic Relationships and Narcissists Show? Thu, 09 May 2024
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124 - 099. Recognising (And Debunking) Narc Logic Thu, 02 May 2024
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123 - 098. Mistakes About Narcissism Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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122 - 097. Narcissists & Groups: 6 Stages They Follow to Infiltrate, Take Over and Corrupt Fri, 19 Apr 2024
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121 - 096. "Is It Even Knoweable?" - Debunking Narcissists Ridiculous Claims Wed, 10 Apr 2024
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119 - 095. Debunking Terrible Suggestions On Dealing With Narcissists Mon, 01 Apr 2024
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118 - 094. 6 Manipulation Tricks Cults and Narcissists Use: How To Recognise Them and Ungaslight Ourselves Sun, 31 Mar 2024
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117 - 093. 11 Mistakes Around Narcissism Most People Make Sun, 17 Mar 2024
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116 - 092. 10 Signs of Narc Logic / Mindvirus - And Why They're BS Sun, 03 Mar 2024
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115 - 091. Therapy & Narcissism: Mistakes To Avoid & My Experience Fri, 01 Mar 2024
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114 - 090. "Out of Line"? Or... Healthy Boundaries? Tue, 20 Feb 2024
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113 - 089. How Narcissists Gaslight Us With Rupars (And What Is A Rupar?) Wed, 14 Feb 2024
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112 - 088. The 2 Reasons Why Narcissists Don't Admit They're Wrong Tue, 13 Feb 2024
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111 - 087. "You Must Be Exaggerating!" When people don't believe you - and what to say Thu, 08 Feb 2024
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110 - 086. How Narcissists and Cults Wear People Down Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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109 - 085. Is This The First Symptom Of A Toxic Dynamic? Mon, 29 Jan 2024
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108 - 084. Why Narcissists Wear Us Down (And What To Do About It) Tue, 16 Jan 2024
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107 - 083. Why Relationships With Narcissists Are Designed to Fail (and a secret tell) Wed, 10 Jan 2024