Have you ever encountered a dating partner who swept you off your feet, courted you persistently and made over-the-top declarations about the way they felt
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Photograph by Annie Spratt By Shahida Arabi This story is brought to you by Thought Catalog and Quote Catalog. Much of society associates the terms
This story is brought to you by Thought Catalog and Quote Catalog. If you’ve read my book Becoming the Narcissist’s Nightmare, you know I have a whole section in
By Shahida Arabi Imagine this: your entire reality has been warped and distorted. You have been mercilessly violated, manipulated, lied to, ridiculed, demeaned and gaslighted
Read on Thought Catalog: 5 Powerful Reality Checks for Survivors of Narcissistic Abuse Photo Credit: Hammonton Photography. Creative Commons License via Flickr. In my new article,
I am so honored and excited to have an article featured on The Meadows blog, a trusted name in trauma and addiction recovery. As one
20 Diversion Tactics Highly Manipulative Narcissists, Sociopaths And Psychopaths Use To Silence You By Shahida Arabi Photograph by Ollyy. By Shahida Arabi The following article
DANIEL ROCAL VIA FLICKR. Creative Commons License. “Forgiveness” is a bit of a controversial issue in the abuse survivor community. Some survivors feel that forgiveness is
Read the rest on Thought Catalog. Five Ways We Rationalize Abuse and Why We Need to Stop by Shahida Arabi: A common abusive tactic is
I want to challenge a common myth about abuse survivors: that they are all codependent. Some survivors find the idea of codependency helpful in better
Survivors may struggle with self-sabotage after experiencing a narcissist’s abusive bouts of envy, rage and verbal attacks. They may begin to fear speaking about their accomplishments or their happiness, lest they evoke their narcissist’s wrath. The cutting words of the narcissistic abuser may reverberate in their minds long after the relationship has ended, instilling in them a sense of pervasive self-doubt and worthlessness. Walking on eggshells and disowning your power, however, is no way to live. Survivors have to regain the certainty that the reason they experienced such a pathological reaction was because they were so powerful in the first place.
Pathological mind games. Covert and overt put-downs. Triangulation. Gaslighting. Projection. These are the manipulative tactics survivors of malignant narcissists are unfortunately all too familiar with.
Remember That Time You Emotionally Abused Me? Remember that time you gave me a black heart instead of black eyes Warped words instead of scraped
I am excited and honored to announce that my debut poetry collection for survivors of abuse and trauma, She Who Destroys the Light: Fairy Tales
I shared this on my Facebook page today and thought it might provide encouragement to survivors struggling with No Contact if I provided an extended
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