When I first started getting into my healing journey – and I say really, because I had been on it for years prior, in a start-and-stop kind of way – the strangest thing started happening: conflicts started arising. Small things, too, like simple misunderstandings that I felt were being taken too seriously (often by myself too). I tried to fight…
If I had a cent for every time I heard someone use the term narcissist, I would probably be able to afford a library like the one on Beauty and the Beast – the one portrayed in the Disney edition, obviously. I feel like people are just throwing the word narcissist around like confetti, almost as if it were the…
“They had a hard day at work today”, “They’ve been stressed lately”, “They didn’t mean it like that” or ” They will, just haven’t had the opportunity” – do any of these sound familiar? Have you ever said any of these, or similar, sentences when your abuser does something? I know I did. A lot. When I was still together with…
If you ask me for particular instances of emotional abuse while I was a child, I will have a very hard time telling you some. Truth be told, I have a hard time remembering most of my childhood! Weird? Not as much as you may think! I don’t remember almost anything of my childhood. I can recall certain events, but…
One thing that makes it extremely difficult to identify an abuser is the way they hide in plain sight. Sometimes the people you expect the least, are the ones who are emotionally abusive. I find my mother to be the best example of this. She is not only a clinical psychologist, but she made it her life’s work to help…
