daughter of a narcissistic mother

Partial Memory of Child Sexual Abuse

*Potential Trigger* I have a partial memory, which I dismissed from my mind the first few times I had it.  In this memory, I am small and wearing a nightgown. That’s what us girls wore to bed to sleep in when we were little. It is like a long sleeved flannel dress.  In this memory

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Growing Up With A Narcissistic Sibling

The memories I have of my early childhood are very few and far between. All I have are my gut feelings. I’ve learned to trust those. You may call it your instincts or your intuition, but it’s all the same. I was alway afraid of my 2nd eldest sister. She was 8 when I was

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Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers: Identifying What We Are Feeling

It is 2:58 am. I am in my office. I came in here to write a blog post, but I keep shuffling papers and journals around and can’t shake this feeling of an impending emotional flashback. I am extremely irritable. I am sad. My self esteem is very low. I feel like I am a

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Creating Conflict because of my CPTSD

I was reading an article about PTSD. It was called “21 Things People Don’t Realize You’re Doing Because of Your PTSD”. (Link below) I was reading through the list, which consisted of survivors sharing things they do because of their PTSD. I was identifying with most of them. Then, I got to #17 and I

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My Memory Fails Me

My brain is trying to protect me. That’s what my research tells me. I want desperately to remember. I continue to look for the key. I don’t know what I would do if I quit looking. Perish? Fall into a depressive state even worse than the one I am in now? I try so hard

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