Abby Rodman Psychotherapist

Abby Rodman Psychotherapist Licensed therapist who lived it, too. The psychology of narcissism and toxic relationships. Healing, clarity, and the power to repel them for good.

04/21/2026

This is all so surreal. Thank you all for being here. And let me know your thoughts. Have you lost the narcissist in your life? How did that feel? If you haven’t, how do you imagine it might feel? Because I’m not sure I really knew until it happened.

04/21/2026

Reverse discard is the biggest lie the narcissist will ever sell you because it convinces you that you ended a relationship they spent months emotionally dismantling.
They slowly withdraw love, create chaos, and erode your sense of self until leaving feels less like a decision and more like the only air left in the room.
Reverse discard isn’t empowerment — it’s exhaustion disguised as choice.
And understanding that truth is the first step in realizing you weren’t abandoning them, you were finally choosing yourself.

04/20/2026

A narcissist has their flying monkeys lined up, even before they need them. Those in their friend groups and workplaces who knew all along. Those very same people who greeted you with a hug and a smile. Those very same people who sat at your kitchen table, celebrated holidays with you, stayed in your home when their lives took difficult turns. Yup. They knew. And that makes them complicit and never worthy of your time or attention ever again.

04/19/2026

Anyone in this situation may or may not be a narcissist. That’s not the point. The point is that victims of narcissists often have outrageous and outlandish stories to tell about the things they experienced while in relationship to the narcissist. Malaine’s story that her daughter is having an inappropriate relationship with her stepdad feels to me like one of those stories that you might hear from the victim of a narcissist. The kind of story no one wants to believe. The kind of story that normative brains and personality types have a hard time considering. The kind of story that makes us question if the victim is actually the “crazy” one. ❤️🌎

04/19/2026

Every romantic relationship with a narcissist is an open relationship. (Are there outliers? Rarely.) But narcissists are always on the lookout for new supply. You will never be enough for them because you will eventually see their true colors and they can’t have that. Need proof? Watch how quickly the narcissist moves on to a new relationship. How does that always happen so quickly? Simply put, that other person was already waiting in the wings.

04/16/2026

m not sugarcoating today, my friends. The number of clients I have seen stay in toxic relationships – – despite all evidence to the contrary that the relationship is not healthy for them – – is mind-boggling. I know the routine well as I have done it myself. I’m not on here talking about something I don’t know about personally. I’m talking about my experience, the experience of hundreds of others, and maybe your experience as well. This video goes out to you with so much love – – you have no idea.

04/16/2026

You’re a survivor. And you will thrive again after narcissistic abuse. Because that broken person who doesn’t have a fraction of your beauty, brains, integrity, or faith will never be the end of your story.

04/16/2026

The narcissistic sibling is one of the most dangerous and destructive of family members. Their need for control of the family narrative makes any interaction with them untenable and enraging. These types need to be seen as the “star” of the family at any cost. And they will divide, conquer, and disregulate any family system.

04/15/2026

One of the biggest and most confusing betrayals in a narcissist’s toolbox is when they begin the discard process immediately following the wedding or honeymoon. Before this happened to me, I didn’t fully understand the twisted mechanics behind it.

04/15/2026

Narcissistic parents do damage to their children by not giving them the space or opportunity to discover who they are or what they want. This leads those children to spend their lives trying to uncover their purpose and preferences. Simply put, a narcissistic parent does the opposite of what any good enough parent knows to do — and that’s to create an environment in which children discover themselves freely with the support of their parents.

04/15/2026

Narcissistic men often come from early environments where love and roles were distorted. Many were subtly or overtly emotionally recruited by a parent – often the mother – to provide support they weren’t developmentally equipped to give. That creates a quiet, buried resentment. But here’s the conflict: they can’t afford to see that parent as flawed. So instead, they idealize the parent and disown the anger. That anger doesn’t disappear – – it gets redirected. And because children learn that power equals safety, they often internalize the behavior of the parent who held control, not necessarily the one they were closest to. So in adulthood, their partners end up on the receiving end of the unmet needs, the resentment, and the rage.

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