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Category: Narcissistic Abuse
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When the Narcissist Plays the Victim If you’ve lived through narcissistic abuse, you know how disorienting it feels when the narcissist plays the victim. After enduring manipulation, control, and emotional harm, you suddenly find yourself cast as the villain in a story you never wrote. The very person who gaslighted you, smeared your name, and…
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#narcissisticabuse #sexualassault #consentmatters #nomoreexcuses In healthy relationships, sexual intimacy is always based on mutual consent — freely given, without pressure, guilt, manipulation, or fear of retaliation. In relationships affected by narcissistic abuse sexual boundaries are often pushed, ignored, or broken entirely. If you’ve ever said no — verbally, through body language, or by physically pushing…
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What Are Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and How Does Physical Abuse Fit In? Adverse childhood experiences, physical abuse, and parental alienation are increasingly recognised as critical factors in childhood trauma—and they don’t just affect a child in the moment. The ripple effect continues into adult life, often manifesting as mental health struggles, emotional instability, chronic…
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Emotional Abuse Is a Silent Epidemic — Especially in Parental Alienation Emotional abuse is one of the most harmful yet invisible forms of trauma a child can experience. When it takes the shape of parental alienation, where one parent manipulates a child into rejecting the other, it leaves long-lasting wounds that shape everything from identity…
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Adverse Childhood Experiences and Emotional Abuse: From World War II to Narcissistic Parenting Today
What do children who survived the chaos of World War II and D-Day have in common with children growing up today in emotionally abusive homes? More than we often realise. Whether it’s bombs overhead or psychological warfare at the dinner table, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) shape the lives of children — and echo for generations.…