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Watch “It’s Okay to Not Be Okay” on YouTube

Apr 1, 2019adminCPTSD Recoveryacceptance, acon, awareness, childhood PTSD, complex ptsd, complex trauma, cptsd, developmental trauma, donm, narcissistic mother

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Can a Narcissist Do Better?

Nov 8, 2018admin1 Commentnarcissistic motheracceptance, acon, adult child of a narcissistic mother, cognitive dissonance, cptsd, daughter of narcissistic mother, donm, Narcissistic Abuse, no contact, npd mom

Trying to come to terms with this whole no contact thing. Am I in this for life, or am I waiting until I feel stronger? Was my mom doing the best that she could? You know the whole “when you know better you do better”? Was she doing the best she knew how? Was she […]

My Inner Child Wants to Play

Sep 25, 2018admin1 CommentCPTSD RecoveryCPTSD Recovery, creativity, crochet, donm, fiber art, inner child, meditation, mindfulness, narcissistic mother, needle felting

I’ve been creating again. I feel inspired and ready to play and make new things. I became inspired to become creative after being away from my narcissistic family for a few years. When I lived here before I moved away I used to always say that I am not crafty at all, and that I […]

Watch “CPTSD: Part of My Morning Routine” on YouTube

Apr 23, 2018adminCPTSD Recovery, Uncategorizedanxiety, anxiety relief, asmr, clean eating, complex ptsd, complex trauma, cptsd, CPTSD Recovery, crystals, decaf coffee, donm, essential oils, essential oils for cptsd, exercise, gemstones, healing, healthy eating, lava rock, nature

Just a bit of my morning routine. Earlier this morning I took a walk with the dog around a lot of nature. I took a pic and posted it on my new instagram account of some berry bushes budding. I made it the main image for this blog post. So pretty. The coffee is full […]

My Therapy Story

Apr 10, 2018adminCPTSD Recoveryacon, anxiety, complex post traumatic stress disorder, cptsd, cptsd symptoms, depression, donm, narcissistic mother, npd, ptsd, therapy

Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers: Identifying What We Are Feeling

Dec 5, 2017Poking Holes2 CommentsCPTSD Recovery, daughters of narcissistic motherscomplex ptsd, cptsd, daughter of a narcissistic mother, donm, emotional flashbacks, feelings, grieving, karyl mcbride, triggered, will i ever be good enough

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 […]

CPTSD Recovery: Creating My Authentic Life on The Sims 4

Nov 23, 2017Poking Holes3 CommentsCPTSD Recovery, daughters of narcissistic mothersacon, adult child of a narcissistic mother, adultchildofnpdmother, anxiety, authentic self, c-ptsd, complex post traumatic stress disorder, complex ptsd, complex trauma, donm, gamer, gaming, gaming for cptsd recovery, healing, live broadcast, Narcissism, Narcissistic Abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, npd, npd mom, playstation 4, ps4, recovery, social anxiety, socializing, sony, the sims 4, Video, youtube, youtube gaming, youtuber

I had this idea to create “My Authentic Life” on The Sims 4 where I would make a life based on choosing things I wouldn’t normally allow myself to choose. I’ve played the 2 player Sims games back when they still did that. I wish they still did that. Why don’t they still do that? Now, […]