How to Help Family and Friends Understand Narcissistic Abuse What to say, what not to say, and how to stop retraumatizing survivors For survivors of narcissistic abuse, one of the hardest parts of healing is
Why Narcissists Love "Low-Maintenance" Women and Why We Love Animals So Much In my work with survivors of narcissistic abuse, I hear some version of this all the time: "I am really low maintenance. I
How smart, capable women end up living in their heads with an imaginary prince while staying in very real pain If you are an emotionally intelligent, self-supporting woman who has survived narcissistic abuse, you
When Their Post-Split Glow-Up Makes You Doubt Yourself When they finally “change” after you are gone You cut contact or pull way back. You are exhausted, grieving, trying to remember how to breathe. Then you hear:
If you grew up with a narcissistic parent, you probably spent most of your childhood doing emotional gymnastics to survive. You tried to be: good enough helpful enough quiet enough impressive enough You kept hoping that
Trauma bonding can feel like a magic trick you did not sign up for. Your brain grabs onto crumbs and calls it a meal. Your body mistakes adrenaline for love. Hope feels like proof. None
I was chatting with a friend who, like me, has been in a relationship with a narcissistic partner. We were laughing about how our kids like to comment on our choices in partners and how maybe
Many survivors of narcissistic abuse ask me a version of the same question: “Why does my partner seem like the best friend to everyone else, always there for coworkers, neighbors, or buddies but when I was
When you’ve lived through narcissistic abuse, the word love often feels complicated. Survivors describe early relationships with narcissists as intoxicating like nothing they’ve ever felt before. But in psychology, we have a name for this kind
Do You Consider Yourself an Empath? You Probably Aren’t Just Attracting Narcissists. If you’ve ever identified as an empath, chances are you’ve been told some version of this: “Empaths attract narcissists.” And while there’s some
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