by Paul Michael Marinello | Jul 13, 2022 | 12 Step Programs, CPTSD, Gaslighting, Grief, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Parental Alienation
“I will admit, in my darkest moments my hope for others is much clearer than my hope for myself.” Anna-Maija Lee For the purposes of understanding this post, please review the following terms as it comes to parental alienation, alienating parent (a parent or loved one...
by Jamie Donmoyer | May 31, 2022 | Guest Contributor, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Self Care, Uncategorized
This article was previously posted on Medium.com 9/6/2021* Sunday, August 15th 2021. It has been two days since my first EMDR session. Two days since the flashback that caused immediate fear instead of anger (progress!). Two days of aftershocks and focusing on the...
by Victoria Hardy | Apr 15, 2022 | CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse
It’s been a tough week for me. I found out about my brother’s illness and the surgery to remove a kidney from a third party on social media, and then my favorite chicken, my pet, died. I was trying to write this article, but those events sure took my focus away....
by Dani Caaway | Apr 14, 2022 | CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Last January 2021, I was diagnosed with CPTSD–a month after I experienced my first CPTSD episode caused by my parents a week before Christmas. Since then, my life has never been the same. It did not occur to me that I had been living with the condition for 29...
by Rita Louise | Jun 1, 2021 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Healthy Relationships
If you find that you have fallen in love with an abuse or trauma survivor, understand right up front that healing is possible. Sometimes by understanding what your partner has been through can help you to better support them as they work through their tangled...
