Narcissistic Family: Don't Use Normal Rules for Abnormal Relationships

[@jerrywise]

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[@Corinna_Schuett_GER]

Psalm 50:16-22 "But unto the wicked God saith, *What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.* When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son. These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver." (= pointing to Jesus the ONLY true mediator)

[@CP-nl2zb]

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick family

[@justrosy5]

The proper wey to handle it when someone asks if you have a client or coworker or whatever is to say "I'm sorry but we/I don't take those requests, as it's against the law to so."

[@rebeccadicus59]

My mom has cancer and I thought this would cause her to reflect on her life. Instead she has used it as more ammunition against me: the same gossip calling family of what an unloving terrible cold hearted daughter I am. I just can't believe it. Even unto death she does this. Watching her go down this path is so hard and painful to watch. But, I had to go no contact with her because she gets the entire family involved to attack me to where, in the past, all I could do was survive it all. I want to live life and do good in the world. The life I had with her in it was no life at all. In fact, it was draining me of life

[@Hllee6428]

@@rebeccadicus59 Yes they get even worse when sick. I know they don't want to be sick on purpose..but the emotional manipulation of their ailments makes things even worse. It must be painful to go no contact with them when ill...as I can imagine all the accusations from flying monkeys for "abandoning the narc in their times of greatest need". What's even worse is when "well meaning" flying monkeys tell us that they hope we don't "regret not spending enough time with them" when it's our turn to be old and ill.

[@Clintthecoolguy]

This is such a great video! As a Christian raised by a Narcissist (also Christian) mother, religion was always used against me. I was supposed to be loving, forgiving, and honest. That never applied to her. She was angry at everyone, held grudges, and constantly lied. I never understood why "The Rules" applied to me, but not her.

[@Myssy1]

im sorry your mother used the christianity to guilt and control you .. that is despicable that makes me angry at her and sad for your feelings as a child that is so wrong..I am surprised you dont stay far away from anything to do with being a christian . a lot of people do leave the church out of bad memories. God is love not guilt and accusations and the accuser. the enemy is the accuser of the brethren not God .

[@Clintthecoolguy]

@@Myssy1 Thank you for the kind response. I guess you shouldn’t be surprised then that you are correct - I’m not a Christian anymore. Nothing against Christians - there are plenty of decent loving Christians

[@fairygurl9269]

@@Clintthecoolguy Likewise says the Preacher's and Sunday School Teachers Daughter.....(extremely abusive, prejudiced, & judgemental of other, no Merit to thier Superiority Complex....) I Love myself and Others Much Differently Now.... Without Fear Obligation Guilt or Shame... Knowing I am Accountable for How I wish To Navigate this Life with Discernment and Respect to Myself as Much (Not More OR Lesser) than as I wish Others 💕 In the Words of *Tim Minchin" I will Judge You for No Reason but your Deeds..."👌 Much Peace👊✌

[@LosAngelesLaura]

Same!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She was literally Satan.

[@sage9836]

I have to remind myself they will use anything - any religion, 12 step, new age, secular humanism - to make them look good and you look bad to others and to yourself. And I have to remind myself that these systems have a higher purpose than to be twisted and weaponized. They are meant to lift us up, even if that is by way of a correction, to our best potential

[@stevenhuntley8706]

A good example of this is how my abuser would always chirp off a twisted interpretation of "honor thy father...", One day i responded "parents, be not a burden onto your children", and thats when the fight "started" 😂

[@LilianaLee-gl3zi]

😂

[@williammayes1839]

Stephenhuntley- LOL, I got a kick out of that one. And not just LoL but I have a narc mom and a narc sis who I clashed with with this double standard mentality Dr Wise talked about

[@Ax.DaEdge]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@KerriEverlasting]

😂😂😂

[@saymusiclover]

“We don’t OWE anyone a relationship”. I literally felt a weight lifted off of me when you said that!! “I owe NO ONE a relationship.” This is one of the most freeing statements I’ve ever heard. Thank you sir! You have impacted my life 🙏

[@LosAngelesLaura]

He really is life changing!!!!

[@jerrywise]

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[@syedullah613]

I Strongly agree. This is the way I feel about my children. My children are blessings in my life…. The notion that I owe my Emotionally abusive parents My Life is Absurd! The Reality some parents are incompetent and failure & they Take it out on their kids (Kids are easy target and easily manipulated). As we grow we get so conditioned to the Treatment until we have our own kids. Then (In my case) the lightbulb moment happens… Usually by that age most of us are 40+ with a damaged inner child. Thanks Mr.Wise!

[@pennyc7064]

I felt the same way when I heard Jerry say this!

[@rosariccardo3529]

Agreed

[@SoniT]

"Family is all we have" is what my abusive, hot-tempered brother said to me. No, there is more to this life besides family especially if you are trying to protect your peace.

[@jj-bp3fr]

Did u reply, "and families are about respecting each other, being nice and loving to each other, if we don't, THERE IS NO FAMILY!"

[@ladennayoung2939]

Toxic and dysfunctional people and family ALWAYS say that. They only say that so they can further abuse, manipulate, and control others. It doesn't have anything to do with a healthy form of togetherness or love whatsoever.

[@neriahamponsah2279]

Honestly, I’m tired of hearing that my dad just used a bible scripture to try to emphasize sticking with family. I literally stay to myself and genuinely don’t like being around my parents🙃

[@mvbigmagic4048]

@@neriahamponsah2279 People always say "Honor thy father and mother" means to stay with your parents, but I also understand that God's law of being good to each other is more important. My mother is not normal -- and is doing things that are wrong -- i.e. breaking ten commandments. Her behavior has been unsafe for me as well as for my kids. It is not wrong to leave evil people who do not accept that they need to desist. Matthew 19:29-30 "And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life." If my mother is hurting people with her actions, and refuses to acknowledge she should stop, it is important to stay away from her. I walked away from any earthly inheritance, in order to stay away from her evil. No amount of money or material goods is worth as much as my soul.

[@elizabethash4720]

There are people we are more suited to from other families who are often more healthy to be around.

[@yamlwoz]

The next line after 'Honour your mother and father' is 'Parents do not provoke your children to anger'. If they've repeatedly broken their part of that agreement then we should feel no guilt in casting them by the wayside of our lives.

[@Ms.A422]

Thank you for reminding me of this as a parent I need to keep myself in check and remember to give the same respect and love to my child that I’m hoping for in return. I’ve been provoking my baby to anger whether intentional or not but it’s not okay and perhaps that’s where the power struggles emanate from. Thanks again this has been a blessing.

[@yamlwoz]

@@Ms.A422 I started my parenting time like that because I didn't know any different. But like you I realised what I was doing and changed my game. It took effort and a bit of time, but then I gave love to my children, and also to myself. Tried to re-parent myself with the things I missed out on. Both of my children, now 44 and 41 tell me they're really grateful for their childhoods. It's an amazing thing to know I broke the mould. I'm sure you will succeed as well ❤️‍🩹

[@hpholland]

That second line is golden. Your children will honour you if you take the time to understand and validate them, versus yelling and shaming them (or worse).

[@daodejing81]

Honor life by discovering the treasure, in matters of adversity. You do so through meditation, reflection. You honor others also in the exercise of compassion.

[@samme1024]

YES!!! 🕊️

[@jeffreyjackson5229]

While my father has now passed away, I have come to see that I can honor my parents best by staying away from them. No contact means no conflicts.

[@SusanLlewellyn-pp2xn]

Yep. 😢

[@SoulSeeker2025]

Thank you❤

[@SusanLlewellyn-pp2xn]

Both of mine too. I "honor" them by donating to Charities for their birthdays ."Unhealthy Cancer Cells' is right. Love the Car analogy. This is one of the best lectures I've heard on this topic, if not THE best,.so far. ❤

[@marciloni12]

There was no other way! Tried everything to keep them pleased, walking on eggshells, trying hard not to hurt their ego.

[@brendarewan7441]

Silent treatment = no arguments.

[@sandrab2589]

I struggled with "honor thy father and thy mother" for years. I finally realized that there are multiple ways to honor someone, and it doesn't have to mean bowing to their will. I honored my toxic parents by refusing to get into arguments with them, and that meant limited contact. That turned out to be the best solution for everybody.

[@mvbigmagic4048]

Also, if parents are committing crimes, (i.e. breaking commandments) and hurting people without remorse, there is no need to stay with them. Matthew 19:29-30 "And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first." No one should be forced to support someone who is doing evil, and who refuses to change. It is imperative to protect our family from those who would commit crimes without remorse.

[@sandrab2589]

@@mvbigmagic4048 Thank you. I really needed to hear this today and to be reminded of that Bible verse.

[@miriam100ful]

I agree, honouring them does not mean being obedient to their wishes, this commandment has been totally misinterpreted

[@lorinicely2317]

I still really struggle with that! My parents are old & in poor health & I want to do what's right in God's eyes but it's very confusing. My mother was horrible to me & my father did nothing to stop it. Since becoming an adult it's much less obvious & it looks like there's lots of love there but there are still subtle reminders. There was never any acknowledgement that our family was anything other than ideal. When I once brought something up to my dad he told me that I remember things differently. 🤯 Now that they require care I struggle to leave my life & drive 6 hours to take care of them. However, I don't want to have any regrets after they're gone.

[@LesleySASMR]

Tough love was always used on me. So I grew up incredibly sensitive, hard on myself, shamed, depressed, not feeling good enough, not validated.

[@VelvetJazz]

It’s a cop-out that is fed to observers to excuse the narc for giving NO LOVE.😢

[@truescotsman4103]

What I thought was tough love and I was okay with it ended up being narcissistic monsters abusing neglecting and abandoning me. There is a difference.

[@YvonneEmmert]

Yes!!! All my friends and other relatives say your mom doesn't treat you tu right!!! My mom always made me feel bad. She is manipulative controlling wont let me talk to my other relatives controls the conversation, no one from my family will talk to me at family gatherings , , ,several times I've decided not to go . . .I share gifts money treats when I go but I'm not allowed to have a conversation with any one and she interrupts and won't let me have a share in bonding with my brother and sister in-law and nieces. .she won't let me talk about new ideas and shuts me down when I try to . . .says she doesn't want hear it while she talks about the same old things . . She screams yells insults snarl throws toddler- age temper tantrums . . .helped my sister's have nice new houses but i ended up with an old junkie(but I do really like where I live and I do have a nice chunk of prime real estate) she would constantly help my two sisters and I was expected to babysit and help my one sister with no gas money or pay to get food or anything, then I was expected to help my sister when I did have money but she doesn't reciprocate back . . .just an all around un even family dynamic. . .on top of everything basically I'm not smart enough or look good enough to accomplish my life goals and my mom would say things to pull the rug out from my feet . . .so I decided I'm never saying anything until I'm ready to go with it . . . I just recently discovered my mom is a bipolar, narcissistic psycho path with ADHD but no one can see this stuff? How come the behavior is more prominent with only one person and no one will believe me?

[@almondmilksoda]

@@VelvetJazzYes. They don't know how to actually love, and shame us for asking for it. How dare we!

[@j-r-hill]

Sounds like contempt disguised as "tough love" that was intended to "help you" In other words they _needed_ help, but didn't want to see themselves as needing help, so they projected it on you instead I'm so sorry for you and wish you healing

[@poisonivy745]

27:58 "If parents don't love and respect you, you owe them nothing. If parents love and respect you, you still owe them nothing."

[@zahara6355]

I run a fashion shop. My mum and sisters would come into my shop and take what they want to "borrow", when I asked for it to be returned they would claim it's either lost, too worn out no longer in a new condition to sell, or that they've given it away to charity. When I call them out on it my mum would say that I could never repay her as the mother who raised me.

[@godzillamanstreb524]

@@zahara6355 hope you’re no contact....check out Bumped Bruised and Blessed channel too.....she has similar stories

[@username-jc2tp]

I like Jerry's smile as he said the second half lol

[@zahara6355]

@@godzillamanstreb524 Yes BB&B her story is very similar. Crippling unexplained illnesses some requiring hospitalization after each contact with toxic parents and siblings.

[@zahara6355]

@Spring Lemon My mum is still close to her siblings and I can rmbr my late grandma was kind to her and us. Whereas my parents and siblings are unkind to me and my children, no matter how much we try to earn their love. For a long time I thought I was the problem. Until I learnt about scapegoating.

[@rochellecaffee1417]

Protecting your self from “evil”manipulation is a “healthy” response.

[@elizabethl6187]

“Don’t call someone a narcissist” Well, it’s terrible, used as an insult. But if you are in a situation where you are trying to figure out what exact cocktail of NPD, BPD, and OCD explains your abuser… the precise definition doesn’t matter! It’s time for you to protect yourself and redeem your life from their clutches!

[@brendarewan7441]

I agree. The title is not important. But the behaviors are.

[@vivianvennicia]

Narcissists love to adhere to the principles of "tough love". Make everything as difficult as possible and sabotage until the target learns to capitulate and punish every misdeed. Make the target catatonic so they can't fight for themselves.

[@username-jc2tp]

"Make the target catatonic so they can't fight for themselves." I was a zombie by the time I left.

[@sage9836]

Well said!

[@sage9836]

@@username-jc2tp But hey, you still left. Congratulations. It's not like a big outward triumph, you kinda limp off, but quite a feat.

[@santoparfano1910]

Thanks for this. It explains why I stayed 26 years married to my toxic covert narc wife

[@luckycookie5063]

@@username-jc2tp OMG, that is so true... I sometimes feel that my mother feels more at ease and "in her role" when I'm bedridden because the moment I am not, she starts increasing "level difficulty" of coexisting with her to unmanageable levels until I collapse back into being helpless and physically dependent. I had two narcissists like that at home and it felt the same... Pretty sadistic but covered up with care, but I swear I feel a little crazy that I sense as if they NEEDED me to be powerless...

[@j-r-hill]

"Boundaries don't push people away, when people push boundaries, they're pushing you away." Wow, needed to hear this. Thanks so much

[@jerrywise]

You're so welcome!

[@hikingviking859]

It reminds me of therapeutic fibbing. Sometimes “lying” is ok. Also, people may use concepts like “family is everything” or we should “love everyone” to avoid the hard work of separating from toxic people.

[@anewchapter1336]

exactly....I just had a family member of mine plus in-laws use this one!

[@mvbigmagic4048]

I know you can always find a verse in the Bible to support one's views, but it clearly says, people can walk away from family, in order to pursue a good and more compassionate life. Matthew 19:29-30 "And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first."

[@katierucker2870]

I believe we can love those toxic people from a distance and hate their behavior. Jesus loved people but hated and didn’t put up with their sins.

[@brendarewan7441]

Trauma bonded.

[@mariehughey5390]

I was nearly 30 before I could even say to a therapist that I was angry with my mother. I was 40+ before I could say to anyone, my mother is not a very nice person. I was nearly 50 before I was in touch with true feelings of my own instead of systems feelings. Now that I’m in my late 60s I learn about narcissism. It explains everything. Thank you for your work here.

[@malwads1836]

Thank you so so much for addressing the old "Don't call anyone a narcissist because you're not a psychiatrist" load of 🐄 manure🤗.If it 👀 like a 🦆,walks like a 🦆,flies like a 🦆,swims in ponds like a 🦆,& quacks like a darn 🦆...Then it's pretty fair if you call it a 🦆.

[@SidLamar]

27:45 "If parents don't love 💗 and respect you, YOU OWE THEM NOTHING. If parents love & respect you. You still owe them nothing. We don't owe anyone a relationship. DNA ties or not!" So freeing. 🙏 tysm🌻

[@angelwings7930]

Pretty messed up to say if your parents loved and respect you, you still owe them nothing. What a loser.

[@ThehelloSQ]

And if your grown children can’t respect you, let them go.

[@natural3362]

​@@ThehelloSQ true.

[@natural3362]

​@@ThehelloSQ we don't owe anyone a relationship and that applies to anyone

[@Tass3030]

It’s not very common to have raised your children with kind love and then find them as adults rejecting and being disrespectful to you. Children act disrespectful but if the parent that situation, doesn’t use tough love and only acts as a child themselves, then the child as an adult will not respect you and will have to use the tough love on you that you should have used at the appropriate time

[@niccolog2166]

Its not that we shouldn't love narcissists, its that we shouldnlove ourselves equally

[@darrynreid4500]

I have told my son that I don't want him to ever think he owes me for raising him. I said that I won't settle for having him around because he thinks he owes me, or because he thinks he has to do so, and neither should he. That is the worst of the options. Rather, we hang out together now because it's what we both want. This is a principle my own parents, with their authoritarian bullying, sense of entitlement, tantrums and demands for compliance, could never comprehend.

[@elsh332]

Sometimes the loving thing is to walk away. Sometimes you need to love yourself.

[@jerrywise]

When it comes to loving yourself, it shouldn’t only be sometimes. Loving yourself is a nonnegotiable in all relationships including the one you have with yourself

[@elsh332]

@jerrywise absolutely. I will rephrase: Sometimes, you need to remember to love yourself; sometimes, you need to remember to choose yourself if somebody else never does. I love who I am, but I lost who I am in the thick of all the narcissistic chaos. I developed BPD, and it has taken 13 years of Christian faith and a hell of a lot of work and God's grace to recover. Jesus showed us that love is letting some people go their own way. Think of the rich young man who wanted to follow Jesus, but in the end, he chose his riches. Jesus let him go. He didn't chase him down or try to convince him to make a different choice. Jesus kept His focus on His path with God. We should do the same: pay attention to people's choices and let them have it without deviating from our own path.

[@Seatonni]

“They decided to push me away” by me setting boundaries and then disrespecting that. They did not have interest in learning or being understanding

[@darialo8740]

Great video. In my family I was never allowed to have my own opinion or voice, there’s so much triangulation, and everyone is always not speaking to someone else for ridiculous reasons, plus gaslighting, and no closure to any conflict ever. This video is so validating and such a helpful advice I needed today. A “balm” to my soul. Thank you!

[@MrLcbrownjr]

People get the Honor thy father and mother wrong. Honor is not synonymous with treating them with respect and kindness and reverence but doesn’t. To Honor a person is to treat them in the truth of who they are. Not a false person. You honor then by treating them and dealing with them as their true self. That is the real meaning of honoring someone. Honor who they truly are. Not some other being. Honor their toxicity. Honor their hateful or vengeful spirit. You don’t honor a demon by treating them as an angel. That’s really dishonor.

[@ButterCookie1984]

That's good stuff.

[@damnfoolz]

Bullseye 💪🏾

[@ryanlewandowsky2077]

Thank you my friend because I too honor my parents by giving truthful testimony about them. Within the extended family it has been an excellent test for whether or not I want them in my life!

[@curiousone6435]

I just went through this with my father in the past few months (currently no contact since November -- he did try to hoover yesterday via phone, I did not pick up). I can relate to what you say here about the double standards. My dad literally *did* say that he was just the way he is, that he wasn't going to change (i.e., keep direspecting me via constant criticism, interruption, negativity, lack of cooperation, and more). I have been in therapy for the better part of 41 years and have CPTSD so bad, I haven't worked in about two years after getting fired by a bully who put me in the hospital. I am very serious at this point about not tolerating anything from folks that chronically choose to mistreat and misunderstand you, thwart any attempt to reach them respectfully and reasonably to request they work on their own behavior. I don't understand why they expect to be loved simply for being themselves but they offer you NO peace to be YOURself.

[@fairygurl9269]

I Hope You Can Find You own sense of Security and Validation, its quite a Journey, Expect More Hoovering Smearing and Flying Monkies too!! Try to maintain a Sense of inner Calmness and let Your Patterns Speak For themselves🤘and Inspire Others to Want to Better Themselves Vs Defending Who You are or Trying Way too Hard to Preach it to them 💕 It Truly is a Well Worthy and Anxiety Reducing Process 👊

[@kimberlymccracken747]

VERY well said and ditto per my Mom and Dad and the traumatic effects and subsequent narcisistic abuse/bullying later in life. 😔 I am finally speaking up or moving on now, though, no matter be who it is. (A nail tech became quite aggressive in her speech and the way she was handling me yesterday and I immediately said "No, that's not acceptable." I recently recovered from a broken ankle and subsequent surgery. When she STILL took out her aggression on me I proceeded to take my leave. The owner came and took over and gave me a respectful, gentle pedicure service.) Yay me!!! 🤗

[@marlenaeva3813]

The last line hits home. And it's a good enough reason to cut these people off for good. Take care.

[@luckycookie5063]

That is my Mother. Literally every time she acts like shit, she says, well, I guess I'm that kind of person, I guess I don't know how to really love anyone 🤷🏼‍♀️ Well, she's caused so much pain and even physical damage for me that I will have to start being completely cold with her because she still expects we should be friends with her but puts no effort in changing her behavior. She values nothing that I do, moreover, anything that I do help with later on is turned back on me with blaming, putting down, and yelling sessions as a "thank you", if anything goes wrong (and it usually does because her own choices are inadequate and creating constant chaos). I wish I could get away as possible from such sick people as Her. It is very sad and scary to have the only family member close by when you need help, who is so toxic.

[@rubberbiscuit99]

This is so well said. I am very low contact with my family after experiencing this exact treatment. Working towards no contact. I do know that I do not owe these people access to me, especially when they freely mistreat and abuse me, then take no ownership of what they do.

[@Hawaiiansky11]

at 52 years of age, I needed this message.

[@jerrywise]

I’m glad it was helpful ❤️

[@kelliwhittaker7502]

I have learned that honor your father and mother law came about because at the time the 10 Commandments were written the laws of the land allowed parents to actually kill their children if they were disobedient. That’s why that commandment is different than all others and comes with the promise of doing it for the reason of “that your days may be long upon the land.”

[@chrisprzibilla4181]

😲

[@wishbonefolly2880]

My father had a violent rage and would often threaten to kill me when I was a child. He told me that Romans had the right to kill their children by law as they were their possessions, as if to justify the threat.

[@PracticalChristianWarfare]

This is ridiculous. And absolutely NOT in scripture.​@@wishbonefolly2880

[@susancoombes]

OMG I didn't know that.

[@projectacuhope]

@@wishbonefolly2880 Lovely. (sarcasm.). Well, Rome fell didn't it...

[@abbykendrick5748]

My mother always has double standards.. she shows me little respect and gets offended and defensive about everything.

[@barbarahill2392]

This is an amazing presentation! I went no contact with family over a year ago when my mother's funeral service was a production showcasing my narcissistic minister father and sister .It resulted in 2 sisters discontinuing communication with me. The result has been a new and beautiful life for me! I have recently found you and am so grateful to you!

[@mvbigmagic4048]

Matthew 19:29-30 "And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first." It's not wrong to walk away from family in order to pursue a more peaceful life.

[@kayleethegreat111]

How do you interpret this because at least to me it sounds like it only applies if we went NC because of God and not just to save ourselves which is the reason I did it for yk...

[@soniahathaway1]

Did the same; life away from Family of Origin is so peaceful, snd allows us to grow.!🎉

[@onlyonce1707]

Why are they're asking a personal question? ...Andy is concerned and supportive. Mum is anxious, shamed, and upset my life is not in order. Andy is asking for me and mum is asking for herself. WOW - SPOT ON.

[@goodenoughgirl8102]

This one was amaze balls. Most poignant one for me was…we don’t owe our parents anything…whether they were abusive or not abusive. And just noticing that a lot of these things often get twisted straight from the pulpit.

[@Alex-vj6wr]

You had me at amaze balls 🫡💛😅

[@mnoxman]

First; to honor someone they must first be honorable.

[@flpr777]

Respect is earned 👍👍👍

[@goldheartminer7069]

This is so true! I have been trying to deal with this concept of "honor your mother" when she has hated me and tried for 56 years to ruin my life. This is what I am going to tell the next a____hole family member that tries to use this on me. The rule doesn't apply when she is sinning against me continually.

[@angecynthia347]

Exactly they take pride in their predatory ways...they all stopped talking to me,,because I achieved and doing what they thought I would never do..my business yee

[@ryanlewandowsky2077]

Or how about “she’s your mother”. Yeah that is a reason for sympathy not an excuse for us to be abused!

[@aguptill1]

“It’s a two way street”. Thank you Jerry. I needed to hear this for 60+ years now. I’m a Christ follower . My mother has used scripture (or what little she knows) against me, especially when I was a child. Honour Your Mother has now a clearer understanding for me. THANK YOU SO MUCH :-)

[@shawna1981]

This man saved my life and he doesn't even know it

[@jn8922]

This helped a lot and made me realise and finally accept the situation I'm in. Living with someone who has obvious mental health issues is not working when I'm trying to play by normal relationship rules. It doesn't matter how nice I am, or sympathetic, or kind - I'm dealing with someone who has paranoid delusions. I feel silly for even trying to create a normal healthy relationship with a person with an unhealthy mind for so long.

[@kathymyers7279]

Maybe this will help you feel better, playing at being “married” to this person for 38 years.

[@ryanlewandowsky2077]

Please do not feel silly I understand why you feel that way but try to remember you were just a child who had to survive in the environment you were in.

[@Doobeedoo499]

My mother told me frequently we don’t need anyone else we have family bonds.I was suppressed as a child and forbid from making friends at school.....Years on I have a handful of close friends in my bubble at 61 yet my 94 year old mother and siblings ridicule me still for this,as they think they are more worthy.

[@privatejen3590]

The statement: 'I will let the universe deal with you' resonated deep inside my soul because I have often said this quietly to myself especially in the presence of difficult individuals. I practice saying yes to myself first before saying yes to others. Most days, this decision helps me to be clear and to be at peace. Thank you Mr. Wise for your wise statements. These are life affirming!

[@gabrielleaumont3971]

Well said. Thanks.

[@stevenhuntley8706]

Love this

[@suedoenim216]

I'm not even 2 minutes in, but I have to comment. I cannot stand the phrase "tough love" because ever since it came out these hard hearted monsters have used it against their victims. It's the last thing decent people bring out to deal with these monsters after nothing else works, BUT it is the FIRST things these monsters who "say" the "love" us bring out against us. It is so twisted.

[@mikehess4494]

Agreed, they find every reason to be mean to people and to justify it. Tough love is one method to justify terrible behavior. They use tough love so much there is no love given at all, ever. While they enjoy watching another person suffer.

[@wms72]

Children are too little and feel too vulnerable to expose their abusers. Parents scare kids with: "If you say anything, they'll take you away and give you to monsters."

[@monaj33]

..and they are the monsters sad😢

[@ryanlewandowsky2077]

Yup heard that before unfortunately as a child I naively believed those monsters would be worse!

[@juneelle370]

and sadly, a lot of times it’s true for kids who do get “help”

[@sadie9386]

'It would be immature to love someone who is mean/toxic.' I realise that when I attempt to love mean people, it is coming from my child self who had no choice but to bond with such a cruel woman.

[@SteveJones379]

Fantastic video, I got a lot out of it. 29:45 "If they hurt or betray you badly once, they will again in the future unless they do the inner core work." Thank you Jerry! ☮

[@jerrywise]

Glad it was helpful Steve

[@terrapintravels3829]

I had to leave my toxic husband 8 months ago. As you said here I am not qualified to diagnose but he does have many of the behaviors of untreated borderline personality disorder which didnt show up during the love bombing stage. No contact and tough love were hard concepts but necessary unfortunately. Thank you for this video.

[@scottthorwaldson5009]

Raised by 2 narcissist parents having no contact with over 30 years. Since that time been faced with different things in my own life. Thanks for being on utube you live up to your last name.

[@susancoombes]

I grew up in a toxic family. So much of this rings true. Reading Scott Peck The road less travelled was an important part of my recovery. Im so happy that psychologists are really understanding and helping people. Im optimistic about the future for the human race. Perhaps my granddaughters will inherit a better world.

[@WeAreNot4Sale]

This is so good! Thank you jerry! Ive been an extreme empath in the situations ive been in. I've ended up with traumatised children because I ended up with men who were criminals! Im okay now and healing, the kids are healing now but I will never forget my Grandmother and Mother constantly saying "Put EVERYONE else first before yourself"! We were taught that all the time, as if we were selfish little children who should bow down to the elders. I see how that programming set me up to put sick toxic people first - unconsciously, and got out when it was too late. 😢

[@wrenclevenger4226]

Such wisdom spoken here. It has taken me many years to finally realize normal rules will never apply in toxic relationships. I have finally put up the boundaries I needed to years ago with my eldest son and although I know he will try to break them down I have no intention of backing down. He has made my life a living hell and I will no longer give him any power whatsoever to continue to do so. Thank you Jerry for speaking new truths from all the old adages we were raised to believe and behave from.

[@AP-bi5xz]

Great video, very helpful. About owing someone a relationship - here I would argue that we DO owe our children a relationship. We put them in the world and it is our job to raise them in a healthy, loving and nurturing way so they have all the tools necessary to transition smoothly into adulthood and create their own healthy life. It doesn’t happen automatically at 18years of age. It happens as a result of very hard and focused work we should be doing as parents.

[@anonymom_]

I would say, "we owe them love". We owe everyone love, but that does not mean we owe everyone relationship. We can love people from a distance.

[@marlenaeva3813]

The double standard rule is mind bending. My mother uses the card But this is how I am! This is my personality! to get away with her covert abuses. When you do the same to her, she goes crazy. You should follow all the normal relationship rules with her but she doesn't have to follow these rules with you. This reason alone is grounds for no contact. I can't see how a good relationship can form between me and her.

[@mister_oj_zen7345]

Yes Yes, My Mother Does What Your Mother Does As Well. I'm Sure They All Read From The Same Script, Full Of Deceitful, Negative, Egregious, Double Standard, Manipulation. In There For Them, I'm Sure They Have Thier Cronies Who Either Are, Just Like Them, Or They Don't Know How They Really Are As A Negative Person. They All Have Negative Double Standards And Always Will Give Half Truths, Lie By Omission, Tell Whole Lie, And Half Lies. They Are Unjustly.

[@lindab.5953]

Goodness My MoM! At 86 she hasn't let up. Still the smartest, best looking and the most Amazing person in the room. Jealous of my youth of 60 (lol) jealous of my relationship with my daughter... jab jab deny jab jab. If you dont fight back you're weak and she gloats... If you do hold boundaries you're picking on an old lady! I hokd my boundaries and call her out when she's being doing the double standard...or using that double edged sword! It's so stressful. Especially now she lives a block away.

[@conseated3616]

As a child fell for this trap, but didn't know normal from abnormal and respected my parents too much to my own detriment, fortunately as an adult I realised it's better not to be bitter and angry.

[@LisachildOTMH]

Whilst reading Proverbs in the bible this came up about honouring both your mother and father and I found myself irritated by this because it is that kind of rule that keeps a victim in the family dynamics of abuse as you want to please God but I could never honour my mother now I know the truth of my trauma and abusers regardless if she is my parent or not.. I will not honour an abuser no matter who they are. Glad you’re talking about this as it is contradicting for victims of abuse from their parent’s.

[@websurfer5772]

This is so helpful. It really brings me back to the very beginning of my awareness that there is even such things as emotional and verbal abuse. I remember a priest said to me, "Of course you're angry. You're being abused." And I was shocked he would just assume something like that. Well, his response sent me down some rabbit holes and now here I am again remembering that he said to me, "You don't have to keep them company." I was blown away and thinking that couldn't be right. Well, he obviously knew what Jerry Wise is telling us. Jerry Wise if Very Wise. Thank you! 🌼

[@jeanettedorfman5872]

I am almost 50, and I’m just starting to understand this. These are such good insights. I honestly just realized that the right thing to do in a recent interaction was to lie. For years, I held myself to a stricter standard than the toxic people in my life were held to by me or themselves. It honestly never even occurred to me that the situation should ever be any different than me respecting the rules and them deciding whether the rules applied to them. I knew they didn’t follow rules when they weren’t convenient yet for some reason, rules were like gods in my life. I have had a supernatural respect for authority that could create self harm while I was raised by people who either disrespected authority or bent reality when it pleased them. I feel I am only growing up now. I hope seeing this video helps others to grow up younger than I have. Thank you.

[@9keykey]

You have verbalized my way of being for my 40 years of life. I do hope someone readd your comment a gains relief and a "Ah Ha" moment. Thanks!❤

[@luckycookie5063]

Great analogy of sick cells! Just yesterday I thought that narcissistic personalities are like those cells that have gone cancerous. If you enable them, they are going to spread and consume everything and everyone around. And healing sometimes will be tough love, firm boundaries and deprivation, so they start to regulate themselves. Thank you.

[@rikay250]

My father treated me like an inconvenience all my life, and cannot be bothered to ask me about myself to save his life. @ 31 I refuse to speak to him unless he apologizes to me for putting me through an episode when he asked for a ride from the airport, and subsequently had his friend pick him up after he made a scene at the airport after my mother happened to be on the same flight.

[@loissemanek1715]

This is so helpful to me for trusting myself instead of family rules. All your videos have helped me over the years so thanks. This message comes to me at the perfect time. I think Christian women have an especially hard time being brought up with the idea they must tolerate and forgive everyone else and live on a one way street. I’m aware that forgiveness is for yourself and doesn’t mean anyone else will change. At times guilt arises when I won’t engage with narcissist behaviors in my family of origin. Apparently I’ll always have to be aware of toxic rules that creates so much pain even in old age.

[@anotherday8106]

I respectively disagree about lying to a client. The truth is that the best answer could be ( I can not disclose information about individuals whether i know them or not).

[@renaee3241]

As a former psychologist, this was how I always handled that question.

[@godzillamanstreb524]

Amazing video.....so soothing to hear just bc they are close to us....family mbrs, good friends.....toxic is toxic & we do not have to continue in the relationship

[@Trudysaccount]

“Boundaries don’t push people away. They’re pushing you away by not respecting your boundaries. Boundaries set the relationship for a healthy foundation. They will feel pushed away but it’s a myth.” This is life giving with a friend I’ve had to go no contact with due to the demands, always showing up 15 minutes late, not coming my way to meet for lunch, asking lots of questions about my estranged daughter, to name a few. Thank you Jerry.

[@saymusiclover]

I want to like this video 1000x times!! 👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👍👍👍

[@jerrywise]

Thank you so much 😀

[@jerrywise]

And what do we do with Luke 14:26 “If any man come to Me and hate not his father and mother, and wife and children, and brethren and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.

[@zion367]

How do we reconsile this with: "love thy neighbour as yourself" How are we asked to love and hate at the same time?

[@zion367]

@Nancy Hollo I understand the part of loving others as yourself, i just do not understand how that other verse of luke speaks about hating your father, mother and own life... Also Jesus spoke some very harsh words to the pharizees telling them they were hypocrites and breed of vipers. That goes against the "love your enemy" right? I agree with his approach because truth isn't always fluffy, but i can not reconsile the two perspectives. Also the part where it tells us to not even eat together with unbelievers makes no sense in comparison to the scriptures that teach us to be loving to our enemies.

[@marierose6792]

You add some fundamental principles to our belief systems. I really love this content. Thank you. We need permission in life to evaluate these core beliefs. They are pretty strong in us because guilt and shame is what we so want to avoid. One speaker said that he found that soldiers suffering from PTSD most often felt the worst trauma because of what they had done, as apposed to what had been done to them. When we react badly to evil, it feels that we become evil itself. Thank you for this clarity.

[@kimberlymccracken747]

The tax question reminds me of my Mom asking two questions per our Covid vaccines. The first was about timing, which I answered spontaneously. It didn't take long before the next question came up - which kind of shot? I drew the line there - not feeling the love, as usual. Her motives have almost always been fear-based, information gathering, or self-motivated as far as I can tell 🤷‍♀️ I was pleased that I had the presence of mind to draw a boundary. Somehow, she usually has me eating out of the palm of her hand - who knows how she manages to do that with all the shenanigans throughout the years 🤷‍♀️ ANYway, one small win for Kimkind. But, it's not really a win. I would much rather be able to be close with my Mom and discuss my feelings, her feelings/concerns, have her understand my needs, concerns, preferences without judgement or a feeling of superiority. Even, volunteer in the community and make a difference during this crises. Ain't gonna happen 🤷‍♀️🙏🤕

[@LosAngelesLaura]

Ms. Kim, applying Mr. Jerry’s concept and I say this with experience, don’t grieve a normal relationship that you’ve never truly had and would never be possible with your mom and her characteristics, for lack of a better term... You’re doing the absolute best with what you have.... Set yourself free... 🕊🕊🕊

[@kimberlymccracken747]

@@LosAngelesLaura I finally did with my Dad, now I am so close with her. It's so instinctual to be loyal and loving to your own parents. Until, your right mind has to take over and choose you over the abusive individual. It's beyond time. I have wasted DECADES of my life, good heart, and well-being.

[@makeartmoreart]

I think I know what you mean about it not really being a win, Kimberly. It's a very sad situation in which there is no winning. It's grievous. I know I have started looking online for those who can help me understand baffling, conflicting behaviors and how to get myself healthy in spite of years of nonstop family stress that no one else knows about. I am cast as the crazy one and she is a heroic martyr who uses my words and her actions as her own. I thank you for sharing here and please know you are right in learning to care for your emotional and spiritual well being. Of course, I'm telling you something I am working on and needing to hear myself! I thought for years I was the only one dealing with such a situation and now that I've had access to the Internet again and find so many suffering similarly, I wish I were. Be well. Be light. Be you.

[@tintina2753]

Thank you for allowing God to use you to help heal so many of us through this difficult and painful situation that only self aware victims can understand. Forever grateful

[@jerrywise]

Thank you for watching. Any donation would help in making these videos. www.jerrywiserelationshipsystems.com/donations

[@natalierichter5380]

This is one of my favorite videos of yours! And I haven't even watched the whole thing! So Valuable! Wondering why no one has ever said this to me before! You are making a great contribution! Thank You!

[@jerrywise]

Wow, thank you!

[@exaltationofthecaveoracles8241]

I heard a lot growing up " DO as I say not as I do." Also, my Mother used the Bible saying " Honour Thy Parents" whenever I would question her treatment.

[@truescotsman4103]

I don't speak about my family relationships or my family members because I get push back from average people who don't understand. Both of my parents were hardcore drug addicts from the '70s. Their lives revolved around sex money and drugs they didn't care about their children at all. My mother was a prostitute and my father was a heroin junkie. They were two of the most unsavory characters you might encounter in life. And they were my parents and they destroyed me by the time I was a teenager and left me living in the street in the bushes. That's the part average people don't understand. They don't even think it's possible for someone to have that life. Yes the rules for us are quite different. And I actually succeeded I'm a happy healthy person I'm 59 now. I overcame the self-destruction that comes in the wake of abandonment. I'll tell you the secret it's because I'm an artist and I never put down my musical instrument it guided me through all I went through.

[@chriswalls5831]

Honor thy father and mother but if they are not honest, and being right gotta distant yourself

[@eliz1866]

This video was so important for me, I have been really feeling some grief for standing up to a sibling who has been awful to my twin, myself, my father. We grew up in a home with a narcissistic mother, my twin and I were very abused, physically, mentally, emotionally, my mother has since past away and luckily before she died I was able to have a loving relationship with her where she saw me as a person, my youngest sister who was the golden child and the one my mother molded into her mini me, seems to feel quite entitled, expects perfection from everyone else, is verbally abusive, and downright mean to my twin for years, she is not respectful to me either, she expects to be able to insult others, she dominates 100 percent of the conversation, everyone else is expected to listen to her, we give her way, she was at my family gathering and tore into my sister humiliating her in front of my husband and I, I asked her to stop, she kept going, over talking intent on maintaining her entitled behavior until I finally I had to get into a shouting match with her to get her to stop. Now of course she is the victim and I traumatized her. Of course I feel awful, she is my little sister, my little sister who is 51 years old. I feel sad, but this time i don’t want to take the blame for anyone else’s bad behavior. I tried to ask and convince her to stop many times. She couldn’t respect that and had to keep fighting for her way to treat others badly. My twin has had mental breakdowns in her life, I also had a bad one, I just couldn’t take seeing my youngest sister berate my twin like that. Thus helps me to feel a little more ok with letting go, and not feeling so responsible to fix and repair. I have also been struggling with “ what would God have me do” question and turning other cheek and what does forgiveness mean. As a child I suffered so many punches in the face, constant humiliation, lectures till 4am, and random rampages, complete annihilation, I can’t stomach abuse and domination anymore, and sometimes I feel like a target.

[@Myssy1]

the way I see the honor your mother and father commandment is this..... it says truthfully ." honor your mother and father IN the LORD". if your mother and father are not IN THE LORD .... meaning they follow dark selfish controlling angry rude condescending haughty gossiping. slanderous smearing spreading around things of lies.about you .. they bare false witness on you .. everything in the proverbs 6 16-19 verses where it says everything that God not only hates but he Detests.. it is the exact representation of the narcissist. they are haughty they gossip they lie and bare false witness they shed innocent blood . they are quick to rush into evil . they break up communities and cause dissension etc.... if your parents are not . IN The Lord.. meaning they serve only themselves .. we can respect them from afar and going no contact that is about how much a good person should be required to treat a person that breaks all the commandments and represents everything that GOd says he detests in people.. check out the proverbs verses its exactly who a narc is..... I have been no contact with my narc egg and sperm donor.. God is my father he loves me he says he knew me before the beginning of time. and he has a purpose and a calling on my life. he calls me chosen and called me to be with him .. he loves me and I call him my father.. that sperm donor is a serious sicko and I dont have to be nice to him I can ignore him until he gets taken to hell ( and yes he rejected the gospel when. shared it to him . he said ." im a good person im going to heaven I am a good person im not weak I dont need God "' I find it shocking he thinks he is a good person ... a father that says ; oh I knew when you would be home alone with your mother and I was at work all day that she was harming you and when I came home I did nothing to stop her " then he gives the psychopathic smirk and laughs. as she starved me and watered down my formula beat me and I was a baby and he would not stop the abuse he instigated child abuse. he deserves not a second of my time and he is not ' in the Lord .. he never was.

[@9keykey]

Things said to me: 1) When I say jump, you ask how high. 2) Honor your mother and father, so that your days may be long upon the earth. 3) Love thy neighbor as thy self. 4) When someone does something to you, forgive them and turn the other cheek. 5) Don't air out our dirty laundry. 6) Once a task has once begun; never leave it til it's done, be the task great or small, do it well or not at all. ( Not doing the task was not an option.) These words were drilled consistantly throughout my childhood. Never seen them live by none of this.

[@sy5545]

An excellent talk about a “double standard”. It used to drive me crazy & made me be in a shock when I witnessed a double standard behavior. No more thankfully!!! As I understand normal way don’t apply to abnormal behavior. O well it is all about learning & maturing..Thank you for sharing the video Jerry….❤

[@Alarke]

This was very helpful in the context of my relationship with my roommate who holds double standards. Thanks for all that you do, Jerry. I’m becoming a better person through your work.

[@SoniaProteau-cj6tk]

We were used for entertainment purposes 😂

[@rochellecaffee1417]

Here is the Biblical “rule” for how parents should regard their children: Ephesians 6:4 “(Parents), do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.” The Lord’s training is not angry or punishing, but is patient, kind, and considerate and respectful.

[@Beatrizvillacorta]

I am the youngest, I know I have to have the minim contact with my mother now although she text me I feel I can never see her as I used to it’s like a mask felt off. I love her. I don’t understand why this world is this way. I’m okay with being on my own it’s always been this way. Hope I can be stronger soon and find peace at the end.

[@lockedintogod4404]

You are a pro at what you do. You should be very proud of the professional experience you have and exhibit. Well done Sir.

[@jerrywise]

Thank you very much, I'm glad you find my work helpful ❤️

[@AM-kq6tv]

Literally one of if not the best videos I have seen from you Jerry. I have listened to this about 7 times already because it hit very hard and I feel I need to repeat this over again to marinate. This video helped me keep no contact with my mom with lots of narc tendencies on Mother’s Day. My uncle was sort of guilt tripping me to call. I listened to this video and didnt

[@jerrywise]

Wow, thank you! AM “Standing Strong as an Adult Child of the Narcissist” Workshop Jerry Wise, MA, MS, CLC July 17th, Saturday, 1-5pm Eastern time On Zoom Topics: • The Illusions of the Narcissist • The Trauma of Adult Children of Narcissists • Living in the War Zone • 7 Things People Don’t Realize You’re Doing Because You Were Raised by a Narcissist • 10 Ways Children of Narcissists Love Differently • Healing Your Inner Parts and Inner Bonding • Resisting Self-hate, Self-shaming, Self-rejection, Self-abandonment • Cutting the Emotional Umbilical Cord: Going No Contact or Low Contact with Toxic Parents • Superpowers All Adult Children of Narcissists Have • And more… Lead by Jerry Wise Founder of Jerry Wise Relationship Systems and You-tubber of over 250 videos. Q & A Role Plays Volunteer participation You will receive the recorded workshop You will receive the notes for the workshop www.jerrywiserelationshipsystems.com/events

[@AM-kq6tv]

@jerrywise 3 years after this, just to say thank you again. Last year, I was able to go to my cousin's wedding and confront the place that I literally ran away from 13 years ago (with the help of my supportive and loving cousins). I was able to see everything you were showing clearly ,my abusive narc mom for who she is and the flying monkeys in my family. Living in a delusion. I held my boundaries and I didn't even talk to them. They tried to get to me but I didn't let them. I learned that day that sometimes your presence alone and a clear lack of interest is the biggest win ever and messed with their head. I'm have been recooperating myself more and more. Swimming and biking, eventually gonna take those dance classes. Teaching myself things to improve my life and learning about myself and loving myself. Doing the work, doing the therapy. Thank you so much Jerry. You have no idea how much your videos have contributed to my healing.

[@makeartmoreart]

We owe ourselves a healthy relationship! I have come to l believe that keeping ourselves separate from harmful people is required by that integrity.

[@freeandfabulous4310]

The scary part of this is when you realize you have been living under some of these ways of being and need to change. The awareness that you are somewhere between this narcissistic world and the healthy one. Time to dig in and do some work.

[@dnk4559]

Perfect timing. I’m about to get together with my dysfunctional family system members! Praying for the best, letting go of all expectations however!

[@Mojo-Beans]

4:22 My dad had a saying; "Do as I say, not as I do."

[@dawnacoxon3111]

You have changed my life ❤️ Your videos and concepts and insights have taken my healing to a really great level. Thank you!

[@lorenzwinterhoff8049]

My dad and I have had a very similar conversation. His brother and sister in law have encouraged an abusive marriage to remain together, continue to criticise their 10 adult children (some in their 40s now), and expect perfect obeisance from them and every other younger family member. Thank you for confirming how toxic this behaviour is.

[@Latoree33]

I've been doing these rules because I've had flying monkeys and been shamed. I've learned these rules according to applying them to each individual person.But family has been overwhelming so I just find new people. This video was very uplifting. Thank you!

[@antonellahuron496]

Thank you. About "turning the other cheek", I guess it is to be taken symbolically/metaphorically, as "be so un-reactive / differentiated / mentally strong from someone's abuse that you can turn the other cheek = make them face their own actions and responsibilities. as everything in the Bible, it's about inner work and Jesus-Christ is a metaphor for perfect self-affirmation, a 'divine' state of being.

[@kayleethegreat111]

Yes also I think it's important that you do it out of virtue and aren't just forced by an authoritarian figure that's more like I am going to keep hitting you, allow me

[@katiswan3160]

❤️ Thank you Jerry 💕 for creating this wonderful video 💓and giving me some tools to use to change my life 💝.

[@alexishill3342]

Thank you for this! I've struggled for so long trying to get certain family members, especially my mom, to abide by the relationship rules my mom taught us. They never have. Only I did. I didn't consider that I could treat them differently because they deviate from what is goid/fair.🤔

[@veep5712]

From your lecture, awesome content ❤️ "Sometimes the normal rules don't apply... Unhealthy people use normal relationship rules as leverage against us, and against the reasonable or empathetic friend or spouse or family member. Often time in unhealthy relationships, the person who is the least mature will want the other person to follow those rules carefully, but they don't have to follow them, themselves. The needy, the toxic, and the immature people will use normal rules against us. And they hope that we will be caring, forgiving, overly worried about them, always thinking to love our neighbor, and we will always be nice and never be troublesome, etcetera, etcetera. And they are counting on that. Which I think can cause us a lot of problems And again, I want to say, those rules may not be bad rules, they just don't apply, in that relationship. Often relationships are troubled by a double standard. We are told, we need to keep our values, or keep to the normal rules. But the other person won't, or acts like it doesn't matter. And that is a part of this mystification process." Such valuable insight. I feel like most of us have been there and dealt with this.

[@veep5712]

I have dealt with extremely immature and toxic people. And even extremely kind people who suddenly behave in immature and toxic ways due to some influence. And they are wrong to do this. Nothing, Nothing will ever make that okay.

[@CP-nl2zb]

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick family

[@kareemmohammed5270]

you hit the nail with this one Jerry. so much in-depth insight, need a few more watches to internalise. much appreciated as always.

[@tempertempernow]

Even three years later this video is working wonders reaching new people like myself - thank you.

[@karenkasteler942]

So CLEAR.....and SO VERY GOOD. As stunning and bright as your great shirt.

[@michelle.2716]

Wow. Thank you. I don’t owe my in laws a relationship because their behavior is so toxic I’d rather never see them again. Honesty. Thank you for this.

[@jerrywise]

I'm glad you found it helpful

[@hope46sf]

Wow, Jerry, this makes so much sense! Thank you!!

[@janswimwild]

Thank you Jerry, such incredible common sense and so validating. It gently encourages us to discern for ourselves what is healthy for us and what is not and yo have the courage to look after ourselves where and when others or society has failed to. This is such a gift ❤️

[@therealspixycat]

Ask them: what if it was the other way around and I drove your car while the oil light was turned on? Would you accept the excuse you used?

[@krismarsh6978]

When does the current climate of self-diety, self protection, become harmful? Now, when despair and disconnection, loneliness, runs rampant? When can personal sacrifice for the lesser evolved or weaker humans be a strength?

[@bobbygordon3257]

This man is speaking what I've been trying to say for decades.