Blog - Healing from CPTSD

CPTSD Recovery & Emotional Flashbacks

Oct 26, 2016Poking HolesCPTSD Recovery

https://youtu.be/6121LobEXZY It’s been one year of no contact between myself and the narcissistic mother. I have only had contact in the past year with one sister, but sadly that also ended last month. I have basically been mourning for a family that lives in the same small town that I do. Weird, but also necessary. […]

Watch "Mother's Day Open Letter to my Narcissistic Mother" on YouTube

May 5, 2016Poking HolesNarcissistic Abuse, Videochild abuse, childhood trauma, complex post traumatic stress disorder, cptsd, daughters of narcissistic mothers, mother's day, narcissistic mothers, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, psycho mom, toxic mom

This is an open letter to my narcissistic mother for Mother’s Day. I have found all of the Mother’s Day advertising this past week to be really triggering. Writing this and making this video was very cathartic for me. I have been no contact with most of my family of origin for 7 months now. […]

Watch "Mother's Day Open Letter to my Narcissistic Mother" on YouTube

May 4, 2016Poking Holeschild abuse, childhood trauma, complex post traumatic stress disorder, cptsd, daughters of narcissistic mothers, mother's day, Narcissistic Abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, psycho mom, toxic mom, Video

https://youtu.be/7m7790il2GkThis is an open letter to my narcissistic mother for Mother’s Day. I have found all of the Mother’s Day advertising this past week to be really triggering. Writing this and making this video was very cathartic for me. I have been no contact with most of my family of origin for 7 months now. […]

Symptoms of CPTSD

Apr 22, 2016Poking HolesCPTSD Recoveryasmr, child abuse, childhood trauma, complex post traumatic stress disorder, cptsd, craft therapy, crochet, crochet therapy, daughters of narcissistic mothers, mental health, Narcissism, narcissistic moms, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Symptoms of CPTSD

I had a lot of fun making this video. I hope you learn something new and enjoy. 🙂 Symptoms of CPTSD (click the link for a downloadable word document of the video Transcript) Symptoms of CPTSD: Emotional Flashbacks (typically do not have a visual component): These involve negative feelings such as Anger, Shame, Humiliation, Abandonment, […]

I'm the Daughter of a Narcissistic Mother

Apr 22, 2016Poking HolesNarcissistic Abuse, Videoasmr, child abuse, childhood trauma, complex post traumatic stress disorder, cptsd, craft therapy, crochet, crochet therapy, daughters of narcissistic mothers, mental health, my story, Narcissism, narcissistic moms, Narcissistic Personality Disorder

I recently started a YouTube channel. I am going to post the video transcripts and a link to the videos on this blog. The following is the first video I uploaded to YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6T8XeRzTfk Video Transcript: Welcome to my Channel: I’m the Daughter of a Narcissistic Mother Hi Everybody, Welcome to my channel. I’m a […]

Symptoms of CPTSD

Apr 21, 2016Poking Holesasmr, child abuse, childhood trauma, complex post traumatic stress disorder, cptsd, CPTSD Recovery, crochet, crochet therapy, daughters of narcissistic mothers, mental health, Narcissism, narcissistic moms, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Symptoms of CPTSD, Video

I had a lot of fun making this video. I hope you learn something new and enjoy. 🙂 https://youtu.be/8quQTkcctks Symptoms of CPTSD (click the link for a downloadable word document of the video Transcript) Symptoms of CPTSD: Emotional Flashbacks (typically do not have a visual component): These involve negative feelings such as Anger, Shame, Humiliation, […]

I'm the Daughter of a Narcissistic Mother

Apr 21, 2016Poking Holesasmr, child abuse, childhood trauma, complex post traumatic stress disorder, cptsd, crochet, crochet therapy, daughters of narcissistic mothers, mental health, my story, Narcissism, Narcissistic Abuse, narcissistic moms, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Video

Struggling with CPTSD

Jan 6, 2016Poking Holescptsdcomplex post traumatic stress disorder

Struggling with CPTSD

Jan 5, 2016Poking Holescomplex post traumatic stress disorder, cptsd

Why do I feel so crazy???!!!

Jan 5, 2016Poking Holescptsd, Narcissistic Abuseanxiety, childhood trauma, complex post traumatic stress disorder, depression, hopelessness

I misinterpret. I overreact. I feel guilty. I feel ashamed. I feel so lost because I feel like I’ve lost my family. I don’t know if I can continue with no contact. I don’t think I can have contact with my narc mom because I come undone with even a text message from her. I’m […]