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#52 The Survival Guide for Dealing with Cluster B and Borderline Women
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- Psychobabble
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- Dec 24, 2025
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Summary
This episode sits very deliberately at the "how do I deal with this?" level. It's for people who find themselves repeatedly destabilised in relationships marked by manipulation, emotional volatility, and confusion — and who are tired of being told to simply communicate better, be more empathetic, or search for faults that aren't actually there. As the year comes to a close, I wanted to write a brief note about Psychobabble. What many of you have responded to most strongly, and how I'm shaping the project going forward. What I've enjoyed most over the past weeks, especially through the live sessions, is how concrete and personal these conversations have become. When people bring real situations, real patterns, real moments of confusion, the psychological mechanisms stop being abstract. They become recognisable. And once they're recognisable, they become manageable. That experience has pushed me to think carefully about how Psychobabble should evolve. All essays and podcast episodes will remain free on Psychobabble — orientation pieces, cultural psychology, and broader analyses that help make sense of what's happening around us. I want the ideas themselves to circulate widely, and that won't change. Paid Psychobabble, however, is becoming the place where we go deeper together. This is where we'll work carefully through psychological mechanisms as they actually present in real life. Going forward, you'll have access to twice‑monthly live clinical case sessions — a single, ongoing space where we work through real (composite and anonymised) cases tied to recent essays and episodes, take questions, and focus on precision. You'll have access to the full recording after, in case you missed the session. In addition, the paid tier will include in‑depth, members‑only interviews w…