Healthy boundaries are essential in recovery from codependency.
Individuation: From Codependent Chameleon to Selfhood
I didn’t realize the price of being a chameleon until I started recovery and my journey of individuation. By then I was dead inside. I’d spent years adapting to abuse and belittling that I’d absorbed.
I didn’t realize the price of being a chameleon until I started recovery and my journey of individuation. By then I was dead inside. I’d spent years adapting to abuse and belittling that I’d absorbed.
How to Help Addicts Get Treatment
Living with an addict takes a toll on families and makes preoccupation with a loved one’s suffering inevitable.
Living with an addict takes a toll on families and makes preoccupation with a loved one’s suffering inevitable.
What Is a Trauma Bond?
You may be trauma-bonded and have become dependent on and addicted to your partner’s attention and validation.
You may be trauma-bonded and have become dependent on and addicted to your partner’s attention and validation.
DARVO: Abusers’ ‘Victim-Blaming’ Tactic
Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender.
Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender.
The Co-dependent False Self
Giving up a false self often involves facing one’s vulnerability, fears of dependency, and the loss of the illusion of self-sufficiency.
Giving up a false self often involves facing one’s vulnerability, fears of dependency, and the loss of the illusion of self-sufficiency.
Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers
A narcissistic mother who cannot empathize damages her children’s healthy psychological development. Like Narcissus in the Greek myth, she sees only a reflection of herself.
A narcissistic mother who cannot empathize damages her children’s healthy psychological development. Like Narcissus in the Greek myth, she sees only a reflection of herself.
How to Give Your Power to Narcissistic Abusers
The core problem in relationships with narcissists is that they prioritize power and sacrifice the relationship to get it, while their partners prioritize the relationship and sacrifice themselves to keep it.
The core problem in relationships with narcissists is that they prioritize power and sacrifice the relationship to get it, while their partners prioritize the relationship and sacrifice themselves to keep it.
Dealing With High Conflict People
Being around high-conflict people (HCP) is stressful and draining.
Being around high-conflict people (HCP) is stressful and draining.
The Narcissistic Parent
A narcissistic parent behaves as they imagine themselves to be—the king or queen of the family, or someone whose activities are more important than being part of the family.
A narcissistic parent behaves as they imagine themselves to be—the king or queen of the family, or someone whose activities are more important than being part of the family.
How Trauma Reactions Can Hi-Jack Your Life
When your nervous system has been primed by trauma, you can overreact to perceived “dangers” that aren’t life-threatening.
When your nervous system has been primed by trauma, you can overreact to perceived “dangers” that aren’t life-threatening.
Soul Alignment
We suffer when we don’t live our truth and our values. When we do, we illumine our authentic Self.
We suffer when we don’t live our truth and our values. When we do, we illumine our authentic Self.
Narcissists’ Dirty Little Secret
They hide it behind their abuse and bluster, their braggadocio, and their arrogance.
They hide it behind their abuse and bluster, their braggadocio, and their arrogance.
Steps of Codependency Recovery
Recovery from codependency requires ongoing maintenance in or out of a relationship.
Recovery from codependency requires ongoing maintenance in or out of a relationship.
Learned Helplessness Is Not a Life Sentence
Frequently, there are solutions and steps we can take to change our circumstances and alleviate pain, but with a hopeless outlook and “learned helplessness,” we don’t seek or accept help and can sink into depression.
Frequently, there are solutions and steps we can take to change our circumstances and alleviate pain, but with a hopeless outlook and “learned helplessness,” we don’t seek or accept help and can sink into depression.
6 Strategies When Narcissists Won’t Let Go
Remember that narcissism is a personality disorder. A narcissist will not change for you and certainly not without years of focused therapy. You need to put yourself first and Raise Your Self-esteem.
Remember that narcissism is a personality disorder. A narcissist will not change for you and certainly not without years of focused therapy. You need to put yourself first and Raise Your Self-esteem.