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CPTSD Recovery: Managing Emotional Flashbacks

Mar 15, 2017Poking HolesCPTSD Recovery, daughters of narcissistic mothers, dysfunctional families, family dysfunction, Narcissism, Narcissistic Abuse, narcissistic abuse recovery, narcissistic families, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Videochild abuse, childhood trauma, complex post traumatic stress disorder, complex ptsd, cptsd, cptsd symptoms, daughter of a narcissistic mother, dissociation, emotional flashbacks, physical abuse, splitting

In this vlog I discuss the importance of being able to recognize when you are having an emotional flashback. I discuss a little more about the kinds of abuse I endured as a child. I also discuss dissociation and the fact that I may have dissociated as a small child to block out the times […]

My First Period Story as the Daughter of a Narcissistic Mother

Mar 1, 2017Poking Holesc-ptsd, children of narcissistic mothers, Children of Narcissistic parents, complex post traumatic stress disorder, CPTSD Recovery, daughters of narcissistic mothers, dysfunctional families, Narcissistic Abuse, narcissistic abuse recovery, narcissistic families, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, perimenopause, psychological disorders, psychology, ptsd, The Lost Child, Videoanxiety, complex ptsd, complex trauma, cptsd, daughters, embarrassment, enabling father, first period story, fishing story, humiliation, mental health, my story, Narcissism, narcissistic mother, narcissistic parent, recovery, shame, story time, toxic mom, vlog

https://youtu.be/VJ6C86HMRxU

Antidepressants for CPTSD – Controversial Subject?

Feb 22, 2017Poking HolesCPTSD Recoveryantidepressants, anxiety, complex post traumatic stress disorder, complex ptsd, complex trauma, cptsd, cptst symptoms, daughter of narcissistic mother, depression, donm, emotional flashbacks, golden child, mental health, Narcissistic Abuse, narcissistic mothers, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, social anxiety, ssris, therapy, trigger, Video, vlog, youtube

I recently posted a video on my youtube channel that was a catch up video, and in that video I talked about the latest hoovering attempt by my golden child sister, self care, and future video content ideas. Link to the video is located at the end of blog post. I also talk about antidepressants […]

Privacy Compromised by Instagram & Facebook

Jan 18, 2017Poking HolesCPTSD Recoverychildhood trauma, complex ptsd, complex trauma, cptsd, donm, facebook, instagram, Narcissistic Abuse, narcissistic mother, privacy compromised, privacy concern, social media

My Body Remembers – Somatic Flashbacks

Dec 6, 2016Poking HolesCPTSD Recoveryanxiety, anxiety attack, baby girl, complex post traumatic stress disorder, complex ptsd, complex trauma, cptsd, daughter of narcissistic mother, daughters, depression, dissociation, donm, emotional abuse, emotional flashback, emotional injury, emotional manipulation, golden child sister, lost child, malignant narcissist, mental health, my story, Narcissism, Narcissistic Abuse, panic attack, recovery, scapegoat sister, sisters, somatic flashback, somatic memory, somatic pain, trigger

I think somebody hurt me really bad when I was little…too little to remember. I can’t be sure who, but at such a young age it can only be somebody from my immediate family of origin. I think it was either my narcissistic mother, or my 2nd eldest sister who I believe is a malignant […]

Blog Under Construction…lol not really

Nov 28, 2016Poking HolesCPTSD Recovery, No Contactc-ptsd, child abuse, childhood trauma, complex ptsd, complex trauma, cptsd, daughter of a narcissistic mother, donm, flying monkeys, narc mom, Narcissism, Narcissistic Abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, no contact, npd, toxic people

Remember the good old days when your website was “under construction” while you were editing it. Now, you can edit away while your readers continue reading like nothing was happening. I wanted to inform you all that I just finished importing blog posts from my original blog to this one. It is a blog I started when I […]

What is CPTSD & Can I Recover From it?

Nov 27, 2016Poking Holeschildren of narcissistic mothers, Children of Narcissistic parents, CPTSD Recovery, mindfulness, Narcissistic Abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Videoc-ptsd, child abuse, childhood trauma, complex post traumatic stress disorder, complex ptsd, cptsd, daughters of narcissistic mothers, healing, mental health, my story, Narcissism, narcissistic abuse recovery, narcissistic abuse victim syndrome, recovery, Symptoms of CPTSD, youtube

This is episode 2 in the series: “CPTSD Recovery” by Poking Holes on Youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5onCtcEU_pEJXVq3huH_Pw

Narcissistic Abuse: My Golden Child Sister

Nov 24, 2016Poking Holesgolden child, narcissistic abuse recovery, No Contactcomplex post traumatic stress disorder, complex ptsd, cptsd, daughters of narcissistic mothers, discard, hoovering, lost child, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, npd, scapegoat, sisters

I always looked up to her. I always sought her opinion on important matters. I always looked forward to sharing things with her, and having long talks with her about whatever. I always had her best interests at heart. That was until, I realized the truth. When my golden child sister and narcissistic mother discarded […]

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