Do you find your moment to moment experience to hinge on what thought you’re thinking right now? Do you carry around a feeling of inner pain, malaise, or otherwise suffering? Do you find that the more you learn about and think about narcissistic abuse, the less free from it you feel? Do you find yourself having to operate more like …
Healing from narcissistic abuse by ‘showing off’
I remember that my favorite school days in elementary school were when we got to do ‘show and tell’. These were days where the teacher would devote 30 minutes for our class to sit in a circle and around so that each student got a turn to show some thing or skill that they wanted to tell the class about. …
What is psychotherapy and how does it work?
Does psychotherapy seem like something that only certain people need? Do you feel intimidated to talk to a stranger about your problems? Do you wonder how talking to someone can make any difference in how you feel? Psychotherapy – in my opinion – can be useful to nearly everyone. It is not just for those who are profoundly depressed, anxious, …
What causes nightmares in PTSD?
Is this familiar to you? John woke with a startle. His stomach was knotted in dread. He felt like something beyond terrible was still about to happen. Gradually he realized he was awake but felt punctured. His nightmare was all too familiar to him: he is taken captive by a terrorist group and forced to undergo torturous treatments. “John” has dreams …