If you’re trying to recover from narcissistic abuse but you still feel pulled back — like you can’t get them out of your head — there’s a reason: it can function like long-term brainwashing and indoctrination.

You’ll learn how the “pain/pleasure cycle,” intermittent reinforcement, and hidden rules can weaken boundaries and rewrite your values over time — then how to begin tearing that structure down brick by brick until you get you back.

✅ If you’re stuck, looping, idealizing, or tempted to “save them,” this will help you spot the script and start breaking it.
 Next step: Take one idea from this episode and journal it as a “brick” you’re removing today.