When a narcissist projects onto their victim, they may falsely accuse them of possessing the very qualities, flaws, or behaviours the narcissist displays themselves. For example, a narcissist who lies may accuse their partner of being dishonest. By doing so, they create confusion and doubt within the victim, making them question their own reality and fostering a sense of guilt or responsibility.
The Effectiveness of Talk Therapy
Why talk therapy is not for everyone. Complex trauma results in a range of symptoms that extend beyond cognitive understanding and verbal expression.
You could never express yourself. Why would you know how to now?
This expectation from others means they had the privilege of growing up being able to communicate. To express themselves. Someone listened to them. Their opinions and their feelings mattered.
Calming Box When Someone Breaks Your Boundaries
Sadly, it is a ruse with bad intentions where it will be used to control you as you continue to long for those initial feelings and resort to doing anything to feel them again. To shine under their spotlight that was so bright initially. It’s intoxicating. You start accepting behaviours directed at you that are harmful but you feel as though you have no other options.
Harnessing Eye Movement for Trauma Healing and Calming: A Therapeutic Approach
The efficacy of eye movement-based therapies are attributed to the complex neural pathways that connect eye movement, memory recall, and emotional processing. Horizontal eye movements are believed to engage both the left and right hemispheres of the brain, facilitating communication between logical and emotional centers. This cross-hemispheric communication might be integral to processing traumatic memories and transforming their emotional impact.
Procrastination and Its Connection to Trauma
Procrastination, often viewed through a lens of personal inadequacy or time mismanagement, can take on a deeper meaning when seen as a response to trauma trapped within the body. Understanding this intricate relationship shines a compassionate light on individuals struggling with procrastination, offering a fresh perspective that goes beyond surface-level judgments.
Calming Box The Devastating Impact of Trauma on Personal Agency:
Fear and irrational behaviour is often despair. Mocking others instead of considering what may have led to this situation,is not helpful for anyone. Being vulnerable is a privilege that is not possible for all. Some of us were raised in survival mode and not love.
Feeling Helpless Trying to Support a Friend in an Abusive Relationship?
Being a friend means doing your best in difficult times and fun times. But, not taking pieces of yourself and winding up feeling frustrated and annoyed with her.
Busyness as a Coping Mechanism
Did you know being busy is addictive? When we complete tasks, our brain releases the pleasure hormone dopamine, which makes us feel good. Your anxiety…
Navigating the Complex Terrain of Therapy:
Therapy for complex trauma is a challenging endeavor that requires both clients and therapists to navigate a minefield of potential pitfalls. By acknowledging and addressing re-traumatization, transference, countertransference, avoidance, resistance, both parties can work together to create a therapeutic relationship that fosters healing and growth.
Calming Box Silenced By a Narcissist
The problem with shutting down is that all the garbage stays in your body and has nowhere to go.
You can equate it to a dam with a filter or a grate on it.
To keep out the debris, to keep the garbage from being released. The toxic trash gets backed up. When we do not express ourselves, all the leftovers make us sick, physically and psychologically ill.