What ‘Drinking the Kool-Aid’ Really Means, And How To Avoid It
Many years ago, when I was still in contact with my abusive family and seeking help from several mental health
Transformation After Narcissistic and Emotional Abuse
Many years ago, when I was still in contact with my abusive family and seeking help from several mental health
Trauma survivors seem to worry more than most that they are being ‘lazy’ when they aren’t 100% productive. Let’s expose
A couple years ago, I hit a serious wall. I was emotionally and physically exhausted, but didn’t understand why. Sure,
Abuse survivors are usually wary of new relationships for extremely good reasons that are not their fault. Almost always, the
Healing from narcissistic and emotional abuse is a lifelong unraveling. One has to scrape through many layers of gunk made
Those who have survived abusive childhoods at some time or another have run into someone (or many people) making banal
Healing can be a long process, especially from complex trauma. There is an entire lifetime of coping mechanisms that survivors
I am one of many who struggle with the loud pops and bangs of the Fourth of July. I am
When I was a child, I had no tools or language to understand the abuse that was happening to me.
When I was thirteen, my father burst into my room while I was doing my homework, and demanded that