Whether you are concerned about yourself or a friend or family member, it’s helpful to understand what narcissistic victim syndrome can look like in the real world.
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.
Narcissistic Abuse Survival: Narcissistic Victim Syndrome and C-PTSD
Survivors of narcissistic abuse often suffer from Complex PTSD, commonly termed C-PTSD and defined by prolonged, sustained traumatic grief. Symptoms include the manifestations of traditional PTSD at an amplified level, coupled with a subconscious guilt-ridden refusal to reclaim one’s sense of self and inability to enter into healthy, meaningful relationships with others – intimate or otherwise. […]
Getting Away with a Getaway: Temporarily Leaving Your Worries Behind
Sometimes getting away from the day to day is the only cure for the blues. Often, we allow ourselves to get carried away with work and caught up in our daily obligations, and we become so overwhelmed it’s difficult to shake anxious and worrisome feelings. The thought of dropping everything and running may sound appealing […]
Managing Depression: Healing from the Inside Out
Clinical depression is all-consuming. It affects us physically, mentally, and emotionally, causing body aches and pains, racing thoughts, feelings of being extremely overwhelmed and makes us want to lash out in anger or respond with tears. Depression can cause us to become completely disinterested in the things we once loved to do. We can disassociate […]
Toxic Relationships: Stop Justifying Away Emotional Hell and Heartbreak
So, how do you know that a relationship has become toxic? How much is enough? When should you walk away? Everyone is different. Every situation is different. Everyone has a unique set of values, morals, ideologies and a certain tolerance threshold that makes up one’s individual identity. Therefore, in considering when it’s appropriate to leave […]