Perhaps the single best way to cope in the aftermath of narcissistic abuse is to get help. Support is required to have someone else to validate your feelings, restore your sense of self-worth, and take meaningful steps toward a better future.
Life After Abuse: Rebuilding and Restarting to Live Your Best Life
Change your life now: seek therapy, meditate regularly, exercise daily, stay connected with loved ones, and consider switching to a new job. You can do this!
How to Successfully Break Up With a Narcissist
It can be hard to break up with a narcissist, even if you are sure that the relationship should be over. Preparing for a breakup with a toxic person should happen well before you start to talk to your partner about what you’ve decided to do.
Substance Use & Addictions in the Aftermath of Trauma
Sometimes knowing that we’ve been forever changed, assumingly for the worse, is enough to make us feel so discontented we want to turn off our emotions altogether.
The Difficult Decision of Divorce
Divorce is never an easy decision to make. When we vow to spend the rest of our lives with someone, divorce can make us feel as if we lied about our commitment to the other person – or that we failed. Even when we realize a separation is entirely necessary, mitigating the waters of this […]
The Aftermath of Infidelity: Developing PTSD
Infidelity breaks trust, and once trust is broken it is very difficult to repair. In fact, infidelity is a form of relational abuse.