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In this podcast, I'll be revisiting some of the topics I've covered in my YouTube videos. I'll talk about how I feel about these things now, and how I handle them. I'll also share some of the things I've learned along the way.I hope this podcast will be a resource for people who are struggling with BPD and NPD. It's my goal to create a space where people can feel safe and supported. I want to help people understand that they're not alone, and that there is hope for recovery.

If you're interested in learning more about BPD and NPD, or if you just want to hear someone else's story, I encourage you to listen to my podcast. I'm always happy to answer questions and offer support.Thank you for listening!]]>enMental HealthCopyright Early Morning Barkinghttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f0e72511e9787de7e6a1964fff6cddf1.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/show/early-morning-barking_2Thu, 28 Aug 2025 18:28:06 +0000Early Morning BarkingEarly Morning Barkingrichardsmith@earlymorningbarking.comEarly Morning Barking. Talking about BPD and NPD by somebody that has both. Join me to talk about what it's like to live with two Cluster B personality disorders, and what I do to manage them.
In this podcast, I'll be revisiting some of the topics I've covered in my YouTube videos. I'll talk about how I feel about these things now, and how I handle them. I'll also share some of the things I've learned along the way.I hope this podcast will be a resource for people who are struggling with BPD and NPD. It's my goal to create a space where people can feel safe and supported. I want to help people understand that they're not alone, and that there is hope for recovery.

If you're interested in learning more about BPD and NPD, or if you just want to hear someone else's story, I encourage you to listen to my podcast. I'm always happy to answer questions and offer support.Thank you for listening!]]>trueepisodichttps://youtu.be/4B8rfS7BwFAhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/59499196Wed, 17 Apr 2024 10:47:48 +0000Early Morning BarkingNPD and denial, it helps us deal with so many problems, but it's also what keeps us getting better.828bpd,denial,mentalhealth,narcissism,npdfalse6fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/21-bpd-and-age-regression--59370622https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59370622Tue, 09 Apr 2024 16:44:36 +0000Early Morning BarkingAge regression with BPD isn't a marker, but it is something that comes as a result of markers. Most of us will exhibit it in some way. It's all about needing emotional support, and we need to do better in ourselves to make it go away.828ageregression,borderlinepersonalitydisorder,bpdfalse21fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/20-npd-and-exploitative-behaviour--59261606
Dont forget you can support me on Patreon, and book one to one sessions at earlymorningbarking.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59261606Tue, 02 Apr 2024 14:14:56 +0000Early Morning BarkingI this episode I talk about the hows and why of the NPD person and their exploititive behaviour. As usual this episode is paired with a YouTube video you can find at https://youtu.be/eRcbrzoiZ90 Dont forget you can support me on Patreon, and book one...
Dont forget you can support me on Patreon, and book one to one sessions at earlymorningbarking.com]]>943bpd,mentalhealthfalse20fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/19-bpd-and-the-shifting-sense-of-self--59181301https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59181301Tue, 26 Mar 2024 15:19:10 +0000Early Morning BarkingAn unclear or shifting sense of self is a problem faced by a lot of people with BPD, but it's not something that people without BPD ever think about. We're running on manual with our personality, and that means we sometimes make some wrong choices.995borderlinepersonalitydisorder,bpd,mentalhealth,wellnessfalse19fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/18-npd-s-sense-of-entitlement--57834880https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57834880Tue, 28 Nov 2023 19:25:34 +0000Early Morning BarkingThe sense of entitlement part of Narcissistic Personality Disorder is perhaps the most famous, and one of the most visible parts of NPD. We see it all over social media, and often use it as a basis for an accusation of being a narcissist. But is it...667bpd,npd,npdentitlementtruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/17-bpd-s-self-destructive-and-impulsive-behaviour--56778117
Be sure to watch the original YouTube video that this episode is based on here - https://youtu.be/IhsN3MYsf48]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56778117Tue, 12 Sep 2023 16:35:17 +0000Early Morning BarkingIn this episiode I talk about the BPD marker of self destructive and impuslive behaviour. I also look at how I'm coping with those behaviours almost a year after ending therapy. Have I improved? Be sure to watch the original YouTube video that this...
Be sure to watch the original YouTube video that this episode is based on here - https://youtu.be/IhsN3MYsf48]]>955bpd,clusterb,mentalhealthfalse17fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/16-arrogant-and-haughty-behaviour--53644746
I originally covered this topic on YouTube back in August of 2020 - https://youtu.be/JIC7ecUMGBE]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53644746Tue, 25 Apr 2023 18:54:34 +0000Early Morning BarkingOne of the markers of NPD is arrogant behaviour. It permiates through everything we do, and just like most other NPD markers, it's a defence mechanism to protect us from our feelings of failure and inadequacy. I originally covered this topic on...
I originally covered this topic on YouTube back in August of 2020 - https://youtu.be/JIC7ecUMGBE]]>727mentalhealth,narcissism,npdtrue16fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/15-bpd-and-unstable-relationships--53571406
I first talked about this topic in the YouTube video that you can find here - https://youtu.be/YZ2pYa5ETzc]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53571406Tue, 18 Apr 2023 14:42:39 +0000Early Morning BarkingOne of the markers of BPD is Unstable Relationships. It's a very vague term that covers many destructive behavious that we display as people with BPD. I first talked about this topic in the YouTube video that you can find here -...
I first talked about this topic in the YouTube video that you can find here - https://youtu.be/YZ2pYa5ETzc]]>975borderlinepersonalitydisorder,bpd,mentalhealthtrue15fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/14-forgiveness--53225533
The ability to forgive ourselves isn't something that comes easily. However, if we're to get better, we have to allow slipups from time to time.

Visit http://earlymorningbarking.com to find links to all my content, including my YouTube channel.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53225533Thu, 16 Mar 2023 15:41:43 +0000Early Morning BarkingThis episode of the podcast actually covers several videos from my YouTube channel. The videos were originally published around the time I had my last major breakdown, and covered the breakdown, and my quest for forgiveness, from myself and others....
The ability to forgive ourselves isn't something that comes easily. However, if we're to get better, we have to allow slipups from time to time.

Visit http://earlymorningbarking.com to find links to all my content, including my YouTube channel.]]>745borderlineperosnalitydisorder,bpd,mentalhealth,npdfalse14fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/13-npd-and-the-need-for-excessive-admiration--52464634
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🔔🔔NEW MERCH AVAILABLE! 🔔🔔 🛒Spreadshirt - https://earlymorningbarking.myspreadshop.co.uk/ 🛒RedBubble - https://www.redbubble.com/people/earlybarking 🚨🚨LIVE STREAMS ON MONDAY'S AT 7PM EST/ MIDNIGHT BST🚨🚨 🙏🙏Thank you to everyone supporting the channel🙏🙏 Patreon - https://patreon.com/earlymorningbarking YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCecHZXozczzZ5FBSXismyQA/join 👂Podcasts - https://www.spreaker.com/user/earlymorningbarking 📸Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/earlymorningbarking 🐤Twitter - https://twitter.com/barking 😁Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/earlymorningbarking 🕸️Website - https://www.earlymorningbarking.com/ 📖Blog Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLYEVTXj01dDW14wEx79y0Q]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52351634Wed, 04 Jan 2023 14:24:07 +0000Early Morning BarkingTalking about the BPD marker of explosive anger. One of the nastier makers, to say the least. The topic from today's podcast is taken from the video you'll find here - https://youtu.be/fzNrvViTMj0 🔔🔔NEW MERCH AVAILABLE! 🔔🔔 🛒Spreadshirt -...
🔔🔔NEW MERCH AVAILABLE! 🔔🔔 🛒Spreadshirt - https://earlymorningbarking.myspreadshop.co.uk/ 🛒RedBubble - https://www.redbubble.com/people/earlybarking 🚨🚨LIVE STREAMS ON MONDAY'S AT 7PM EST/ MIDNIGHT BST🚨🚨 🙏🙏Thank you to everyone supporting the channel🙏🙏 Patreon - https://patreon.com/earlymorningbarking YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCecHZXozczzZ5FBSXismyQA/join 👂Podcasts - https://www.spreaker.com/user/earlymorningbarking 📸Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/earlymorningbarking 🐤Twitter - https://twitter.com/barking 😁Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/earlymorningbarking 🕸️Website - https://www.earlymorningbarking.com/ 📖Blog Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLYEVTXj01dDW14wEx79y0Q]]>573angermanagement,borderlinepersonalitydisorder,bpd,bpdanger,bpdmarkers,bpdrecovery,bpdsupport,explosiveanger,mentalhealth,podcastfalse12fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/11-my-best-advice--52237046
The best advice I could give you is in this podcast. It's something that I've repeated as much as possible, and even put on a t-shirt - https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/112029300

Living with BPD or any other personality disorder is a difficult thing at the best of times, and often, we're our own worst enemy. We act in anger, or panic, and we end up doing and saying things we'll later regret. Hopefully this advice will help you handle those situations a little better.

For more discussion of BPD and NPD, check out the Early Morning Barking YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCecHZXozczzZ5FBSXismyQA]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52237046Tue, 20 Dec 2022 14:31:58 +0000Early Morning BarkingThis subject is taken from the Early Morning Barking video that you'll find here - https://youtu.be/N7HY-XEC-NI The best advice I could give you is in this podcast. It's something that I've repeated as much as possible, and even put on a t-shirt -...
The best advice I could give you is in this podcast. It's something that I've repeated as much as possible, and even put on a t-shirt - https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/112029300

Living with BPD or any other personality disorder is a difficult thing at the best of times, and often, we're our own worst enemy. We act in anger, or panic, and we end up doing and saying things we'll later regret. Hopefully this advice will help you handle those situations a little better.

For more discussion of BPD and NPD, check out the Early Morning Barking YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCecHZXozczzZ5FBSXismyQA]]>539borderlinepersonalitydisorder,bpd,bpdrecovery,clusterb,mentalhealth,mentalhealthsupportfalse11fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/10-npd-and-fantasies-of-power--51899810https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51899810Tue, 15 Nov 2022 16:32:47 +0000Early Morning BarkingA common marker of Narcissistic Personality Disorder, is fantasies of power. It ties in with many other markers, such as lack of empathy. Of course, it makes for some terrible behaviour from the person suffering from NPD, but it's something that can...801clusterb,mentalhealth,narcissism,narcissist,npd,npdrecovery,npdsupportfalse10fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/9-bpd-mood-swings-and-splitting--51753508
Be sure to follow youtube.com/earlymorningbarking for videos that explain everything to do with BPD and NPD.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51753508Tue, 01 Nov 2022 15:51:53 +0000Early Morning BarkingFor people suffering from BPD massive mood swings are often a problem. We can go from one extreme to the other in the blink of an eye, and it's usually towards the down side. It's all based around our black and white view of the world. Everything and...
Be sure to follow youtube.com/earlymorningbarking for videos that explain everything to do with BPD and NPD.]]>1245borderlinepersonalitydisorder,bpd,bpdlife,bpdmoodswings,bpdrecovery,bpdsplitting,bpdsupport,clusterb,earlymorningbarking,mentalhealth,personalitydisorder,splittingtrue9fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/8-bpd-and-dissociation--51609416
This episode of the podcast accompanies the original YouTube video which can be found at https://youtu.be/PioZ6nMfNMU]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51609416Tue, 18 Oct 2022 14:41:44 +0000Early Morning BarkingFor people with BPD, dissociation is a very common problem, which is difficult to put into words. It affects so many of us, but we all experience it differently. This episode of the podcast accompanies the original YouTube video which can be found...
This episode of the podcast accompanies the original YouTube video which can be found at https://youtu.be/PioZ6nMfNMU]]>759aspd,borderlinepersonalitydisorder,bpd,bpddissociation,bpdrecovery,clusterb,dissociation,mentalhealth,mentalhealthawareness,npdfalse8fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/7-the-narcissist-s-grandiose-self-importance-and-feeling-special--51538623https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51538623Tue, 11 Oct 2022 15:47:41 +0000Early Morning BarkingTwo common NPD markers are a grandiose sense of self importance, and a feeling of being special and better than others. I take a look at how these markers are experienced, where they come from, and how that effects the mental health of the person with...932borderlinepersonalitydisorder,bpd,clusterb,mentalhealth,narcissist,npdtrue7fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/6-npd-and-projection--48540068https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48540068Tue, 01 Feb 2022 16:07:07 +0000Early Morning BarkingProjecting your feelings, emotions, motivations, and version of reality on to another person is a form of gaslighting, and very common for narcissists in relationships.957borderline,bpd,mentalhealth,narcissist,npdtruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/5-suicidal-ideation--48440133https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48440133Tue, 25 Jan 2022 17:34:10 +0000Early Morning BarkingSuicidal ideation is, in my opinion, the lowest a human can feel. It's a feeling we need to stop as soon as we can before it destroys everything.1492bpd,mentalhealthtruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/4-fear-of-abandonment--48356013https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48356013Wed, 19 Jan 2022 02:10:19 +0000Early Morning BarkingOne of the more common markers of BPD is fear of abandonment. It's the one I hate the most, and one that I've still not managed to work my way through. As it happens, I'm in the thick of it at the time of recording.1030borderline,bpd,eupd,mentalhealthtruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/3-npd-and-empathy--48251931
NPD and empathy are two things I thought I knew all about when I first made a video about them. Turns out I couldn't have been more wrong. Things have changed significantly over the last year and a half, and I now have a very different perspective on things.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48251931Tue, 11 Jan 2022 16:14:23 +0000Early Morning BarkingI've come up with a new format for the podcast, so now it's just me talking, and doesn't include any of my old YouTube videos. I think that'll make the podcast easier to produce, so hopefully there'll be a new episode every week from now on. NPD...
NPD and empathy are two things I thought I knew all about when I first made a video about them. Turns out I couldn't have been more wrong. Things have changed significantly over the last year and a half, and I now have a very different perspective on things.]]>1112truefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/2-bpd-and-favourite-people--46815848
This episode is based around the video from the Early Morning Barking YouTube channel, and you can find it here - https://youtu.be/mcszePktSwM

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This episode is based around the video from the Early Morning Barking YouTube channel, and you can find it here - https://youtu.be/mcszePktSwM

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