Photo by Li Yang on Unsplash Being stuck in a toxic relationship can feel incredibly confusing and soul-sucking. You might feel like you can’t live without the person, even though they cause you constant pain and stress. Despite all the trauma…
Photo by Giorgio Trovato on Unsplash Ever felt bad for feeling happy and liberated after leaving a toxic situation? Like you’re being disloyal or betraying someone by finally experiencing a better life without them? That unreasonable guilt sneaks in when things…
Photo by Europeana on Unsplash Abuse is abuse, and the object or justification for the abuse doesn’t warrant the abuse. When you’ve lived most of your life at the hands of a mother who claims to be a saint and wants…
Photo by Christian Erfurt on Unsplash If you’ve been experiencing narcissistic abuse from a partner, parent, or in a toxic workplace, your body has likely been under intense stress. Even if you’re still trying to understand the emotional manipulation, your body…
Photo by Kenny Eliason on Unsplash When you are in the company of a narcissist, it can be quite easy to unintentionally make mistakes that increase their power over you. Their manipulations have the power to undermine your self-worth, cause you…
Photo by S’well on Unsplash When you’re in a toxic relationship, sometimes it reaches a pointer where you know deep inside that this relationship is bad for you. You feel hurt and controlled, and those feelings stick with you. You realize…
Photo by Lukas Blazek on Unsplash It can be one of the most painful feelings when you look back at all the years, months, or even decades you poured into a toxic relationship and asking yourself, “Why did I waste so…
Photo by Tingey Injury Law Firm on Unsplash It’s hard enough leaving a toxic relationship, but it’s even worse when your ex treated you unfairly and got away with it. Maybe they bullied you into a bad divorce settlement and took…
Photo by Nik Shuliahin 💛💙 on Unsplash Today, I’d like to answer this question of “Why won’t my narcissistic ex leave me alone? It was them who ended it 6 months ago.” They were supposed to leave you alone. They made…
Photo by Hannah Xu on Unsplash Manipulation can take many forms in relationships, and today I’d like to talk about the sneaky, soul-sapping manipulation technique where your achievements or successes are consistently undermined, minimized, or outright dismissed by the other person.…
