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Watch "Childhood Responses to Trauma & Common Coping Strategies" on YouTube

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Watch "It is the Not Knowing…" on YouTube

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Narcissistic Abuse: Sometimes, it is the Not Knowing

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When it comes to narcissistic abuse, especially that of the covert variety, it can be hard for us to put a finger on what is happening to us. Your awareness is limited to the knowledge that there is an internal struggle within. The struggle is for your awareness. The innate response is to block it […]

Watch "A Weekend with my Narcissistic In-Laws" on YouTube

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https://youtu.be/vsm61jpIyk0 I just got back from a weekend with my narcissistic in-laws. My narcissistic father in-law married his narcissistic girlfriend. Once again, I am still realizing the shots they threw in their sick covert manner. I so wish I had recorded the toasts. All of her families’ toasts, including her own, were about what she/they […]

Watch "On Being Silenced By My Narcissistic Mother" on YouTube

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Watch "CPTSD: Is the Freeze Response an Indicator of Early Childhood Trauma?" on YouTube

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https://youtu.be/PQD4klK4Rvo This video was made on May 27th, 2017. I feel like I am stuck in a freeze state sometimes. That is my main response to trauma. I tend to freeze and dissociate by distracting myself or zoning out. When I’m feeling especially triggered I tend to be drawn to my bed and want […]

Corporal Punishment/ "SPANKING" is CHILD ABUSE

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In Canada, the country that I live in, the use of physical force on children is an exception to the Criminal Code of Canada. It is illegal to hit someone else, but if you are their parent or legal guardian you are allowed to hit your kids from ages 2 to a teenager. As long […]

Watch "CPTSD: Is the Freeze Response an Indicator of Early Childhood Trauma?" on YouTube

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https://youtu.be/PQD4klK4Rvo This video was made on May 27th, 2017. I feel like I am stuck in a freeze state sometimes. That is my main response to trauma. I tend to freeze and dissociate by distracting myself or zoning out. When I’m feeling especially triggered I tend to be drawn to my bed and want […]