Dimming The Gaslight: Our Healing Journey From Narcissistic Abuse
Aug 9, 2026 · 1 hr 22 min · 19 segments
Last time, JP left us on a cliffhanger: her ex reported their own 18-year-old daughter to a federal watchdog agency, claiming she committed fraud on her FAFSA — all to keep his daughter out of a…
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know it's funny somebody told me recently that i say say love me too much i say say love me too much for a guy who should not be saying say love me as much as i do
i'd say uh or uh it is what it is i say a lot yeah um And my girlfriend gets mad at me for it, I guess.
Well, not mad at me.
I shouldn't say that.
She doesn't really ever get mad at me, but she does not.
Like, for some reason, it bothers her when people say it is what it is because she feels like it's really dismissive, which makes sense.
I mean, I've pretty much said that my entire life.
I mean, whatever.
Can't change it.
You know, it is what it is.
Got to move forward.
You know,
I think it's a defense mechanism for both of us.
And we just have whatever.
It's just a mental checkout.
Yeah, like, especially when you're dealing with some of the people you've dealt with in your past, and it's like, if they're driving you nuts, or if you gotta deal with them, and it's like, oh my gosh, I'm visiting the office, like, eh, whatever, it is what it is.
It is what it fucking is.
I think I've said that before.
Rather than bitching about it all the time, it just is what it is.
It is what it is.
Yeah, so what's up with your dad not knowing who I am?
hey dad if you listen to this I texted Phil earlier this week my dad doesn't listen to the podcast my dad randomly called me yesterday so I got bored and I listened to the podcast I was like oh cool I mean I've only been doing it for five years and he goes who the fuck is Phil Phil's that dude I was like the only way I can describe Phil is that dude and I literally like I had to explain to my father, like, the five years of our friendship and how we came to meet.
And he's like, oh, no shit.
That's
you
know it's funny somebody told me recently that i say say love me too much i say say love me too much for a guy who should not be saying say love me as much as i do
i'd say uh or uh it is what it is i say a lot yeah um And my girlfriend gets mad at me for it, I guess.
Well, not mad at me.
I shouldn't say that.
She doesn't really ever get mad at me, but she does not.
Like, for some reason, it bothers her when people say it is what it is because she feels like it's really dismissive, which makes sense.
I mean, I've pretty much said that my entire life.
I mean, whatever.
Can't change it.
You know, it is what it is.
Got to move forward.
You know,
I think it's a defense mechanism for both of us.
And we just have whatever.
It's just a mental checkout.
Yeah, like, especially when you're dealing with some of the people you've dealt with in your past, and it's like, if they're driving you nuts, or if you gotta deal with them, and it's like, oh my gosh, I'm visiting the office, like, eh, whatever, it is what it is.
It is what it fucking is.
I think I've said that before.
Rather than bitching about it all the time, it just is what it is.
It is what it is.
Yeah, so what's up with your dad not knowing who I am?
hey dad if you listen to this I texted Phil earlier this week my dad doesn't listen to the podcast my dad randomly called me yesterday so I got bored and I listened to the podcast I was like oh cool I mean I've only been doing it for five years and he goes who the fuck is Phil Phil's that dude I was like the only way I can describe Phil is that dude and I literally like I had to explain to my father, like, the five years of our friendship and how we came to meet.
And he's like, oh, no shit.
That's
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