CPTSD

One of the most devastating aspects of narcissistic abuse is that it doesn’t always look like abuse to outside observers. Only the victims see the extent of the deceit and the gaslighting and the manipulation that the abuser and their network of flying monkeys are really committing. and this further isolate the victims

In a dysfunctional family abuse is acceptable. It's the talking about it that's not.

cPTSD isn’t from one traumatic moment that tipped a person over to an unhealthy place. It’s the lack of a foundation and resources that could sustain a person living with the constant unknowns of new trauma.

People who deny what they’ve done to you will never offer you peace. Peace is your goal. Not their approval. Not their affirmation. Not their permission for you to heal. Peace...with or without them-in you.

REACTIVE ABUSE Is when someone pushes you until you act out of character. Then, they shame you for your reaction. If you hold a match to a candle, sooner or later, it will start to burn.

I just realized people who overexplain themselves aren’t looking for validation. They’re just used to not being believed - forced to prove their memories, their pain, their worth, their truth - until they’re exhausted from just existing.