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Sep 2, 2026
Liz Moyer BenferhatGUEST
Right.
Liz Moyer BenferhatGUEST
Look at ways where like, actually, smell a little savior complex in there that is under this.
Liz Moyer BenferhatGUEST
What's up with that? So it's.
Zaria RubinHOST
Well, yeah, I was so outwardly focused on helping everybody else because I did not want to go inward.
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Liz Moyer BenferhatGUEST
Yeah.
Liz Moyer BenferhatGUEST
I know for me within my own story, it's definitely tied.
Liz Moyer BenferhatGUEST
And it's interesting that I brought up the Savior Complex piece earlier, but very much, you know, tied to, all right, I can handle this.
Liz Moyer BenferhatGUEST
right? I can handle this.
Arijana RamicGUEST
You know, like I think his friend kind of diagnosed him.
Arijana RamicGUEST
That was like he kind of has a savior complex kind of vibe.
Arijana RamicGUEST
In
Connor DodenhoffHOST
my analytical analysis of this.
Connor DodenhoffHOST
It is the savior complex.
Connor DodenhoffHOST
It is finding problematic people who are very hard to settle down with, who are kind of have a lot of issues or, you know, bringing in their chaos to your life.
Connor DodenhoffHOST
It's just hard to find someone who's going to be stable.
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Connor DodenhoffHOST
Yeah, if you're not 21
speaker_3HOST
Mm-hmm.
speaker_4HOST
It introduces the immense danger of the savior complex.
speaker_3HOST
Right.
speaker_4HOST
When a sovereign truly believes they possess a divine or prophetic mandate to save humanity, and they just so happen to possess the military hardware, you know, the dragons-
Michael SevereHOST
Or Christian Jones
Mike SchaeferHOST
... as a, as a, get away from as a program, is there's always a savior complex.
Mike SchaeferHOST
This coach needs to save things.
Mike SchaeferHOST
The quarterback needs it.
DylesiaHOST
And combined with her value system, it reinforced her belief in redemption until the distance that safety required became impossible for her to maintain.
DylesiaHOST
The third clinical concept here is savior complex rooted in maternal loss.
DylesiaHOST
In general, savior complex describes a person who derives their sense of worth and purpose from rescuing or rehabilitating others.
DylesiaHOST
It's driven by a need to be needed, to be the one who makes the difference, to find meaning through the transformation of someone else.
DylesiaHOST
But savior complex rooted in maternal loss operates differently.
DylesiaHOST
In this case, it was not primarily about Martha's need to feel important.
DylesiaHOST
It was about her need to make her mother's death mean something other than a random act of violence committed by a teenager who broke in at the wrong time.
DylesiaHOST
And there is no meaning in that.
Dani JoyGUEST
have not read her book yet, although you and I have talked about it before.
Dani JoyGUEST
But I did note that this little interlude is titled Laura Anderson on Power, Control and the Savior Complex.
Dani JoyGUEST
Since we are working through this book with the intent of trying to consistently tie it back to the institution of adoption, I just appreciate the title there because those are key cornerstones of the adoption industry.
Dani JoyGUEST
Power, Control and the Savior Complex.
Ande StanleyHOST
Oh, yeah.
Ande StanleyHOST
If you just add coercion in there, that would be the whole thing.
Ken PyleHOST
So my question to you is why mental health is important and what challenges have you been dealing with mental health?
Brittany CashGUEST
Yeah, so I always go back to The Savior Complex.
Brittany CashGUEST
It's a film that my friend Mariah and I worked on.
Brittany CashGUEST
We also co-wrote this with another friend named Sam.
Brittany CashGUEST
I was a co-writer and I was an actress in this.
Brittany CashGUEST
And my character is able to heal people, but she felt like she never got the credit that she deserved.
Brittany CashGUEST
And we're all in therapy, having a conversation about it and the different parts of our lives as superheroes and just kind of bringing that savior complex to life.
Brittany CashGUEST
Because a lot of the times we want to save everyone else, but we can't save ourselves or we don't prioritize ourselves.