{"podcast":{"title":"The Mental Healness Podcast","slug":"the-mental-healness-podcast-526019","podcast_index_feed_id":526019,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/cd15a2c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.mentalhealness.net","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/2050467/2050467-1760046030960-a32114cb7498f.jpg","author":"Lee Hammock","episode_count":1899,"summary":"Welcome to the Mental Healness Podcast, hosted by yours truly, Lee Hammock. If you're new here I have NPD (Narcissistic Personality Disorder) and I've been in therapy for the last 8 years learning how to deal with it and live a better life. From the start I've offered you the rare POV of a diagnosed narcissist but NOW I'm switching it up a little bit. I'm interviewing others that are dealing with their own mental health journeys and those that have dealt with toxic relationship dynamics as well. I'm still sharing my POV just sharing others as well. Collabs ✉ partnerships@mentalhealness.net","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T16:17:34.929611+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mental-healness-podcast-526019"},"episode":{"title":"Why Walking Away Feels Like You're the One Who Did Wrong!","slug":"why-walking-away-feels-like-you-re-the-one-who-did-wrong","published_at":"2026-07-06T14:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mental-healness-podcast-526019/why-walking-away-feels-like-you-re-the-one-who-did-wrong","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mental-healness-podcast-526019","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mentalhealness/episodes/Why-Walking-Away-Feels-Like-Youre-the-One-Who-Did-Wrong-e3lmmhk","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO4324054654.mp3","summary":"Have you ever walked away from a toxic relationship only to feel an overwhelming sense of guilt, or like leaving a narcissist was a literal crime? In this video, Lee Hammock exposes the deep psychological conditioning and trauma bond that tricks your brain into treating emotional withdrawal exactly like drug withdrawal, making your own self-preservation feel like a malicious betrayal. Unlike healthy attachments where breakups are simply sad, a controlling person grooms you to feel entirely responsible for their emotional state, triggering intense survivor guilt the moment you choose to save yourself. This crushing guilt is not your moral compass telling you that you did wrong—it is simply your brain going through withdrawal, and you do not owe stability to someone who chose to make you unstable. Book a Coaching Session: [ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://link.me/mentalhealness⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ]🔥 My Books: [ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/2WNtdKJ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ] 🎙 Listen to the Mental Healness Podcast: [ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/@mentalhealnesspodcast?si=AVcJfHa16HZReqHL⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ]","meta_description":"Have you ever walked away from a toxic relationship only to feel an overwhelming sense of guilt, or like leaving a narcissist was a literal crime? In this…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":818,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-mental-healness-podcast-526019/episodes/why-walking-away-feels-like-you-re-the-one-who-did-wrong/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mental-healness-podcast-526019/why-walking-away-feels-like-you-re-the-one-who-did-wrong.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}