Photo by Elijah Hiett on Unsplash One common misconception about healing is the belief that you can or should return to how things were before the relationship, or to who you were before it. Healing isn’t about returning to who you…
Photo by Tyler Nix on Unsplash That’s a straightforward boundary that reflects your needs. Sometimes, enforcing such boundaries may require ‘lying’. This type of lie is often referred to as a compassionate lie. You understand that even if you provide your…
Photo by freestocks on Unsplash After leaving a toxic relationship, one thing that may certainly happen is your abusive ex may, at times, desperately contact you with great intensity. Assuming that you’ve gone ‘no contact’ for a couple of months now,…
Photo by Sergiu Vălenaș on Unsplash Today I’d like to answer this question “how I detach from my adult narcissistic, verbally abusive child who has my grandchildren and uses them as weapons when I try to set boundaries for myself. I…
Photo by Rajiv Perera on Unsplash Today I’d like to answer these questions of how you can address a toxic relationship between you and your parents without causing harm. By causing harm here, it means how you can resolve the issues…
Photo by Claudia Soraya on Unsplash Today, I’d like to address a common question: “If I’m exhibiting narcissistic tendencies, is it possible that I’ll become a full-blown narcissist?” This mostly happens when you’ve left a narcissistic relationship and then you start…
Photo by Amel Majanovic on Unsplash Today I’d like to answer this question of why your abusive partner, or your ex becomes so angered when you are happy? And when I say “happy,” I’m referring to even just a simple smile…
Photo by Mario Azzi on Unsplash Today, I am going to be answering a very interesting question where someone asked about their emotionally-abusive ex-partner who had discarded them, then even blocked them, but after some time, they have unblocked them but…
Photo by Clark Tibbs on Unsplash When you’ve been in a toxic relationship, sometimes you stop seeing the big picture of the impact of the relationship in your life. Sometimes you might get glued mostly on your emotions like being angry…
Photo by Matthew Henry on Unsplash Have you ever wondered if a narcissist regrets engaging in their manipulative behavior or just regrets some of their actions? As Melanie Thomas expresses it, there are two aspects of regret as a component in…
