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Healing After Narcissistic Parents
Surviving Narcissistic Abuse
Thriving After Narcissistic Abuse
You Might Have Been Raised by a Narcissist
You Might Have Been Raised by a Narcissist
If you grew up with a parent who put their needs above yours, you might have been raised by a narcissist.
Cherilyn Christen Clough
May 22, 2018
How Losing Your Family’s Approval Might Improve Your Life
How Losing Your Family’s Approval Might Improve Your Life
There was a time I paid little attention to the years and hardly thought about how time flies, but not anymore. I guess that old saying…
Cherilyn Christen Clough
Oct 3, 2019
Narcissistic Abuse Survivor Terms
Narcissistic Abuse Survivor Terms
And Why You Need to Name It to Heal It
Cherilyn Christen Clough
Jan 18, 2020
How to Reparent Yourself After Narcissistic Abuse
How to Reparent Yourself After Narcissistic Abuse
A few years ago, I was describing my struggles to do self-care to my therapist friend, Lisa, when she asked, “How would you treat a…
Cherilyn Christen Clough
Nov 14, 2019
Not Sorry
Not Sorry
A manifesto about not walking on eggshells
Cherilyn Christen Clough
Aug 22, 2018
Narcissistic Mothers vs. Loving Mothers
Narcissistic Mothers vs. Loving Mothers
How to tell the difference
Cherilyn Christen Clough
May 22, 2018
F the Trauma Bond
F the Trauma Bond
A trauma bond is a relationship fallacy.
Cherilyn Christen Clough
Jan 31, 2019
My Child, My Mirror
My Child, My Mirror
A narcissistic parent’s dream
Cherilyn Christen Clough
Nov 17, 2019
You are Glorious Scapegoat
You are Glorious Scapegoat
Our first social task in life is to understand who we are in relation to other people, but how many survivors of narcissistic abuse feel…
Cherilyn Christen Clough
May 26, 2018
If My Wounds Were Visible
If My Wounds Were Visible
When I was seven years old, and all the letters had finally come together, I was reading my paper in church when my father took my stories…
Cherilyn Christen Clough
Jun 1, 2018
Narcissism and the Sound of Silence
Narcissism and the Sound of Silence
Silence is an old friend to me. I first met silence when I was a week old. I don’t remember it of course, but my parents told this story…
Cherilyn Christen Clough
Feb 24, 2019
How Narcissistic Abuse is Worse than Cancer
How Narcissistic Abuse is Worse than Cancer
Losing my sweet grandmother to cancer when I was ten, has given me a reason to love a poem circulating through social media for the last…
Cherilyn Christen Clough
Feb 19, 2019
’Twas the Night Before Freedom
’Twas the Night Before Freedom
’Twas the night before Freedom, when all through the house, siblings were arriving each bringing their spouse.
Cherilyn Christen Clough
Dec 26, 2018
My Least Favorite Things
My Least Favorite Things
A Dysfunctional Family Song for the Holidays
Cherilyn Christen Clough
Nov 23, 2019
Narc Shunning vs. No Contact
Narc Shunning vs. No Contact
Elyse grew up with a narcissistic mother and remembers how any time she questioned her mother’s choices about men, moving again, or being…
Cherilyn Christen Clough
Feb 24, 2019
Did Your Narcissistic Parent Program You?
Did Your Narcissistic Parent Program You?
Did they set you up to fail at love?
Cherilyn Christen Clough
Nov 4, 2019
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