psychological abuse – I Have Something To Say

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

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Trauma survivors seem to worry more than most that they are being ‘lazy’ when they aren’t 100% productive. Let’s expose

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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

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

Conversations with narcissists often start out like this. You make a statement about something that matters to you. It doesn’t

Narcissistic abuse is a strange phenomenon to experience. Because of the very nature of the abuse, victims get sucked in

I mentor a group of young adults, and was recently handling a situation where another mentor systematically tore down much