• Anxiety
    Jun 11 2023

    The final Mental Health Awareness Month episode I talk about anxiety

    https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/9536-anxiety-disorders#:~:text=What%20is%20an%20anxiety%20disorder,normal%20to%20have%20some%20anxiety.

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    32 mins
  • Chronic Stress: When the Tornado Touches Down
    May 22 2023

    The next in my mental health month series; a discussion about chronic stress.

    https://www.apa.org/topics/stress/chronic
    https://www.yalemedicine.org/conditions/stress-disorder
    https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/news/behind-the-headlines/stress-and-heart-disease
    https://www.orlandohealth.com/content-hub/how-too-much-stress-can-cause-weight-gain-and-what-to-do-about-it#:~:text=in%20excess%20amounts.-,Cortisol%20Can%20Lead%20to%20Weight%20Gain,sweet%2C%20fatty%20and%20salty%20foods.
    https://www.bmcc.cuny.edu/news/why-we-crave-comfort-food-and-how-to-make-it-healthier/#:~:text=Eating%20sweet%20and%20starchy%20food,after%20consuming%20carbohydrate%2Drich%20foods.
    https://www.heritageucpc.com/stress-and-weight-gain-without-overeating/

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    32 mins
  • When the pinball machine TILTS: A discussion on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
    May 9 2023

    For Mental Health Awareness Month I'll be discussing some mental health issues that share close ties with having survived narcissistic abuse. 

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    29 mins
  • Lies, Lies, Lies: Part 1
    Apr 9 2023

    In this episode I'll share a few stories illustrating the compulsive lying that is true to narcissistic form. 

    I reference this link below discussing flying monkeys
    https://www.narcissisticabuserehab.com/types-of-flying-monkeys/

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    23 mins
  • Solitary Confinement: Down the rabbit hole of isolation
    Mar 19 2023

    In this episode I share stories of how one by one my friends and support network dropped away in my narcs efforts to isolate me 

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    19 mins
  • Welcome to my podcast: An Introduction
    Mar 13 2023

    My name is Phoenix Rising and I felt it important to build the foundation for my stories with an introduction to Narcissistic Personality Disorder and all it's many "faces"
    Below are the links I refer to in this introduction along with a few others for your convenience in your journey to learn more.

    https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/basics/narcissism
    https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/narcissistic-personality-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20366662
    https://psychcentral.com/health/types-of-narcissism#overt
    https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/anxiety/symptoms-causes/syc-20350961
    https://psychcentral.com/disorders/antisocial-personality-disorder/symptoms
    https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/borderline-personality-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20370237


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    24 mins