Narcissistic abuse is trauma and we really do need the right trauma-informed support to recover and heal.
I hold a Narcissistic Abuse Specialist™️ as a Certified Narcissist Trauma Recovery Coach and I am certified in working with Complex Trauma as a therapist.
As I am also a survivor of this insidious trauma, this recovery work really does hold a special place in my heart.
The emotional manipulation and coercive control we suffer with this kind of abuse can also result in physical, financial, sexual and spiritual abuse ~ it really can be a crushing experience.
Narcissistic abuse is a pattern of abuse perpetrated by people who have either high narcissistic traits, or Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). When perpetrated by someone we are in an intimate relationship with, or by a family member, it is also domestic abuse.
We can experience this abuse not just within an intimate or familial relationship, but also within a friendship and even within the workplace...in fact, any kind of relationship.
With the right trauma-informed support, along with a commitment to ourselves, we can break the addictive trauma bond, recover our sense of who we are, heal and thrive.
You are NOT responsible for what has happened to you.
Your kind, empathic nature will have been taken advantage of, and you likely have a pattern of putting everyone else's needs above your own.
We are extremely likely to experience Complex PTSD after being subjected to this kind of sustained abuse, in fact I haven't yet met someone who didn't have symptoms of this, including myself.
Healing will mean different things to different people, but time alone will not give us the nervous system level of recovery that we will need.
Being intentional with your healing and accessing body-mind therapies like Brainspotting, will allow you to process and release trauma, and step back into your power...it may not feel like it right now, but it really is possible.
Please hear me when I tell you that you are not going mad, despite what you may have been told by the person who has abused you.
I am living proof of this and I am here for you when you feel ready to take the next step towards reclaiming your self.
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