When Language Gets Weird After Narcissistic Abuse
Do you know what it’s like for a parent to yell at you consistently then tell you they love you later in the day? Were…
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Reducing Social Anxiety for the Scapegoat Survivor of Narcissistic Abuse
Discover effective strategies for reducing social anxiety, empowering scapegoat survivors to reclaim their confidence and thrive.
When the Scapegoat Has To Deny Their Own Gifts
Being the scapegoat child to a narcissistic parent means feeling very unimportant. You may have even felt like you did not exist to this parent.…
“Yeah but…” How the Scapegoat Survivor Discounts Their Strengths
Do you add caveats to your strengths or accomplishments? Does it seem like you are not as mature, developed or confident as others? Have you…
Evacuating the Seat of Your Self: A Necessary Move for the Scapegoat Survivor
In most families, parents protect and respect their children. This protection and respect does not falter when the child needs something. Nor when the child…
Feeling Uninteresting to Oneself as the Scapegoat
Do you experience your ideas to be less captivating than others’ ideas? When you are alone, can you feel flat or lifeless? Do you find…
3 Ways the Narcissistic Parent Blocks the Scapegoat Child’s Growth
As a child, did you feel… …like everything you did was wrong? …like there was an aching hole inside that never seemed to fill up?…
Take off the Scapegoat Nametag at the Narcissistic Family’s Conference
I recently thought about the metaphor of a business conference for what happens when a narcissistic family puts a child in the role of scapegoat.…
Heal From Narcissistic Abuse by Taking Others’ Support for Granted
Did you work extremely hard to make your narcissistic partner or parent happy yet always seem to be falling behind? Was it especially dangerous to…
Dealing With Regret for Scapegoat Survivors of Narcissistic Abuse
In the comments from an earlier Youtube Video, someone posted this: Jay, could you do a video about REGRET?? Not living to full potential [in…