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The Mental Healness Podcast

The Mental Healness Podcast

Lee Hammock 1869 Episodes Aug 23, 2026

The Mental Healness Podcast is hosted by Lee Hammock, who has Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) and has been in therapy for eight years. Initially offering a rare perspective from a diagnosed narcissist, the show now also features interviews with others sharing their mental health journeys and experiences with toxic relationships. The podcast aims to provide insight and support for those dealing with similar issues.

Episodes

Hayden Panettiere’s Story Shows How Toxic Relationships Trap You
Hayden Panettiere’s Story Shows How Toxic Relationships Trap You Aug 23, 2026 00:14:11 Hayden Panettiere’s story has renewed difficult conversations about domestic abuse, toxic relationship cycles, family estrangement, and the complicated reasons people stay connected to harmful people. In this video, Lee Hammock discusses documented reports about Panettiere’s on-and-off relationship with Brian Hickerson, who pleaded no contest in 2021 to two felony counts involving corporal injury
5 Survivors Explain Why They Broke No Contact With a Narcissist
5 Survivors Explain Why They Broke No Contact With a Narcissist Aug 22, 2026 00:45:49 Why do people break no contact with a narcissist or toxic ex? In this live call-in conversation, five survivors of narcissistic abuse share the real reasons they went back, including love, hope, trauma bonds, co-parenting, guilt, promises of change, stalking, and the need for validation. Lee Hammock responds to each story with practical insight on no contact, hoovering, smear campaigns, safety, an
Your Own Mind Can Be Your Worst Enemy After Narcissistic Abuse
Your Own Mind Can Be Your Worst Enemy After Narcissistic Abuse Aug 20, 2026 00:14:23 Why do you miss a narcissist or toxic ex even when you know they hurt you? In this video, Lee Hammock explains the inner conflict between logic and emotion after narcissistic abuse, including self-gaslighting, trauma bonds, and the urge to break no contact just to make the pain stop. Learn why reconnecting can feel like temporary relief but often restarts the healing cycle and creates more shame.
8 “Romantic” Things That Are Actually Red Flags
8 “Romantic” Things That Are Actually Red Flags Aug 17, 2026 00:11:35 Some of the biggest toxic relationship red flags feel romantic in the beginning. In this video, Lee Hammock breaks down behaviors that can be mistaken for love, including constant contact, rushing intimacy, jealousy, big promises, isolation, boundary pushing, and love bombing. Learn the difference between genuine interest and controlling behavior that slowly takes over your time, confidence, and r
Why Narcissist Enablers Defend Toxic Behavior
Why Narcissist Enablers Defend Toxic Behavior Aug 16, 2026 00:12:25 Why do narcissist enablers defend toxic behavior and pressure you to stay? This video explains why family members, friends, and other flying monkeys may make excuses, blame the survivor, or carry information back to the narcissistic person. Learn how fear, family dynamics, validation, loyalty, and the desire to avoid becoming the next target can keep the cycle going. You will also learn why protec
He Set Her on Fire Then Tried to Play the Hero | Tonya's Survival Story (@burnedbeauty2018)
He Set Her on Fire Then Tried to Play the Hero | Tonya's Survival Story (@burnedbeauty2018) Aug 14, 2026 01:05:12 In one of the most powerful and emotional episodes of the Mental Healness Podcast, host Lee Hammock sits down with survivor and creator Tonya, widely known as Burned Beauty 2018. Tonya shares her deeply moving story of surviving a 15-year toxic relationship that escalated to the unthinkable: being intentionally doused in lighter fluid and set on fire by her husband. Tonya opens up about enduring 3
Healing While Living With a Narcissist: Is It Possible?
Healing While Living With a Narcissist: Is It Possible? Aug 13, 2026 00:16:44 Can you heal while you are still in a relationship with a narcissist, toxic partner, or emotionally unsafe person? In this video, Lee Hammock explains the difference between surviving, coping, and genuinely healing while the harmful relationship dynamic is still active. Learn how trauma bonds, manipulation, gaslighting, broken boundaries, and constant emotional stress can interfere with recovery.
Why Narcissists Will Never Change (And It’s Not About You)
Why Narcissists Will Never Change (And It’s Not About You) Aug 11, 2026 00:11:55 Diagnosed narcissist Lee Hammock explains why narcissistic, toxic, or abusive partners rarely change, even when they promise therapy, growth, or a fresh start. I break down front-loading and love bombing, why rewarded behavior never stops, and why hoping they'll improve keeps survivors stuck in narcissistic paralysis. I also share my own rock-bottom story and explains why change only happens w
Why Narcissists Hate Seeing You Happy Without Them
Why Narcissists Hate Seeing You Happy Without Them Aug 9, 2026 00:12:35 Why do narcissists get angry when you move on even if they cheated, left, or appear happy in a new relationship? In this video, Lee Hammock explains how ego, jealousy, control, narcissistic rage, and the need to maintain the upper hand can fuel that reaction. You’ll learn why some toxic exes lash out, interfere with new relationships, or suddenly love-bomb a new partner after seeing you happy. Thi
Narcissists Love When You’re Trauma Bonded To Them!
Narcissists Love When You’re Trauma Bonded To Them! Aug 8, 2026 00:15:28 What does a narcissist really think when you are trauma bonded to them and cannot let them go? As a clinically diagnosed, self-aware narcissist, I explain why they may not care about your trauma bond, but can still take full advantage of it through repeated forgiveness, access, attention, sex, money, and control. We’ll talk about why asking them to block you usually does not work, why they may int
Surviving a Narcissistic Gambling Addict: Taylor’s 14-Year Escape Story
Surviving a Narcissistic Gambling Addict: Taylor’s 14-Year Escape Story Aug 7, 2026 01:25:46 In this powerful Mental Healness Podcast interview, Taylor Stevens shares how she survived 14 years with a narcissistic gambling addict and reclaimed her life through no contact. She opens up about love bombing, financial abuse, gambling debts, alcoholism, isolation, gaslighting, physical abuse, stalking, and being pushed to doubt her own reality. Taylor describes spending more than half a million
Narcissists Are Toxic No Matter Who They’re With (It’s NOT You)
Narcissists Are Toxic No Matter Who They’re With (It’s NOT You) Aug 5, 2026 00:27:49 In this video, I break down why narcissists are going to be toxic no matter who they’re with and why their abuse is not proof that you weren’t “enough.” Research shows that narcissistic people repeat the same relationship patterns over and over, cycling through love bombing, devaluation and discard with each new partner instead of actually changing. I’ll explain how they adapt their mask to differ

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