These powerful comebacks can be used as affirmations or as responses to shut down gaslighting conversations before you exit.
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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
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. By Shahida Arabi Flowers after days of the silent treatment. Crocodile tears after weeks of brutal
By Shahida Arabi Originally published on WITCH magazine. Here is a truth you often don’t hear: traumatized women have the potential to become the most powerful
By Shahida Arabi Previously titled “30 Kickass Affirmations for Going No Contact with an Abusive Narcissist” No Contact from a narcissistic or otherwise abusive, toxic ex-partner can be
Covert narcissists, on the other hand, present new challenges; they can appear meek, innocent, charitable, even humble at first glance.
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,
By Shahida Arabi A common abusive tactic is gaslighting the victim into thinking the abuse they are suffering isn’t real. By casting doubt onto the victim’s
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
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.
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