PinnedRejection Sensitivity: How Abandonment Wounds Distort Your Social Life And The Way You See YourselfImagine a moment when you walked into a room and it suddenly got quiet.May 23, 202349May 23, 202349
PinnedRumination: The Invisible Trauma Bond That Re-Attaches Us To ToxicityMy phone tells me how many hours I spend online. The weekly report offers comparisons from one week to the next; Was I up 33% from last…Sep 18, 202324Sep 18, 202324
PinnedWhen No One Believes You: Working Through The Injustice And Betrayal Of Narcissistic Family AbuseThere are truly no words to describe the agony of not being believed.Apr 9, 202339Apr 9, 202339
PinnedThe Dual-Edged Trauma of Family Estrangement“No one would choose this! Why would anyone choose this? Who would go out of their way to be disconnected from a family that is supposedly…Mar 27, 202343Mar 27, 202343
PinnedWhat is “Scapegoat Grief” and How Is It Different From Other Types of Grief?Grief is what we experience when we have a painful loss. Grief can be very “clean” when we’ve had things like closure after a relationship…Mar 10, 202345Mar 10, 202345
Narcissistic Sneak Attacks and Secret DARVOs: How They Work and What It Looks Like In ActionSubtle Narcissistic Tricks To Keep You Trauma Bonded and People PleasingAug 191Aug 191
Becoming Separate From The Narcissistic Regime: Detaching Yourself Psychologically and Rebuilding…There is a small but significant difference between the concepts of individuation and differentiation.Jul 3Jul 3
Learning To Trust Again After Narcissistic AbuseThe first thing children learn when they have a narcissistic parent is how to blame themselves.Apr 22Apr 22
Recovering From Self-Abandonment After Narcissistic and Scapegoat Abuse“Self-abandonment was my way of dealing with their abandonment.”Apr 82Apr 82