When the Golden Rule Is Used to Gaslight You! Dysfunctional Relationships & Narcissistic Abuse

The Self-Love Recovery Podcast · Feb 27, 2023 · 21m

In this episode, Ross Rosenberg, M.Ed., LCPC, CADC makes a discovery during a recent psychotherapy session. Ross's client "Anthony" went to a Codependency Anonymous meeting during which the "golden rule" and its importance to codependency recovery was discussed. The more they talked about it the more Ross noticed he felt shamed that he could not always practice this "rule," or when he practiced it, it only made him feel worse. It was then Ross realized that when codependents practice the "Golden Rule," it is often with narcissists who are neither willing nor capable of reciprocating…