Photo by julien Tromeur on Unsplash After experiencing narcissistic abuse, there will be times when you feel like a ‘zombie.’ You’ll be emotionally drained, fatigued, and lack excitement even in enjoyable activities. Even if you meet a nice person who treats…
Photo by Pablo Heimplatz on Unsplash One thing we often love doing, especially when we start self-educating or learning about psychological jargon, is wanting to classify our partners or our friends. One of the main culprits for this is attachment styles.…
Photo by Kenny Eliason on Unsplash Today, we continue our exploration of this series of articles on boundaries, and today we’re going to talk about the power of anticipating potential reactions to your new way of life of setting and upholding…
Photo by Sander Sammy on Unsplash When we think about our mind, we often assume it’s there to keep us safe, but we forget to understand what that safety truly means. One question that is frequently asked is, “Why does your…
Photo by Jordan Madrid on Unsplash When you’ve experienced an abusive relationship, one inevitable outcome is the distortion of your inner belief system, leading to a plethora of negative beliefs about yourself. These may range from feeling unworthy of love, thinking…
Photo by Thomas Bormans on Unsplash Once your abusive ex finds a new supply after discarding you, they won’t just keep quiet and enjoy the new relationship; instead, what they will do is flaunt their new catch. While you’re struggling to…
Photo by Jon Butterworth on Unsplash A twist that often occurs in an abusive relationship is when you, the one who’s being subjected to abuse, becomes the target of a harassment report by the abuser. They bait you into calling them…
Photo by Landis Brown on Unsplash Let’s say you now understand your boundaries on a superficial level, to say the least. You know about your physical, material, emotional boundaries, mental boundaries, and all those kinds of boundaries, or you simply understand…
When you’ve left an abusive relationship, if there’s something that will seem like a long and distant dream, it will be loving yourself or treating yourself with kindness. You will find yourself talking ill about yourself, berating yourself, emotionally abusing…
Once you’ve broken up with your ex, you may, at times, experience that initial burst of freedom or happiness that had long eluded you. You might start going back to the hobbies you had abandoned, working out, or simply taking…
Today, we continue our discussion on some of the myths around setting and upholding healthy boundaries. Most of these myths are from the amazing book ‘Boundaries’ by Cloud Henry and John Townsend. When you initially set boundaries, the initial reaction…
A toxic relationship is where an abuser will go the extra mile to make you meet their needs, and one of those things they might do is make threats. They might threaten to do something harmful to themselves, especially if…
