The Rock & Roll Shrink Radio Show Episode 41 - Coping with Toxic People

We're talking tonight about coping with toxic people, most of whom are some variant of a Cluster B personality disorder, which is a topic we've covered from a variety of angles in prior episodes. Ep. 3 – Gaslighting (8-24-16), Ep. 30 - Coping with Someone Else's Pathologies (9-20-17), and Ep. 32 - Entitlement Mentality (10-18-17).

We're going to focus specifically on knowing what are toxic behaviors, recognizing when they are doing us harm, and when, how, and why to cut ties with a toxic person, or at least how to cope with them in as healthy of a way as possible if one is stuck with them.

1. Define Toxic People
2. Chances of them stopping the behavior
3. Family vs friends vs coworkers vs anyone else – why it is hard to cut ties – when should you?
4. Coping skills to cut ties; Coping skills if you are stuck with them.

We'll start off the evening with some topic-relevant Classic Rock played by Dr. Mathis, followed by Classic Rock trivia, in "The Rock & Roll Shrink Recalls," followed by our topic discussion. 

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