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Corporal Punishment/ "SPANKING" is CHILD ABUSE

Jul 19, 2017Poking Holes1 Commentchildren of narcissistic mothers, Children of Narcissistic parents, corporal punishment, cptsd, CPTSD Recovery, dysfunctional families, family dysfunction, Narcissistic Abuse, narcissistic families, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, physical assaultchild abuse, childhood trauma, complex post traumatic stress disorder, daughters of narcissistic mothers, discipline, force, hitting, my story, narcissistic moms, physical abuse, physical violence, spanking

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 […]

On Being Silenced by Narcissistic Mother

Jul 19, 2017Poking Holes3 Commentschildren of narcissistic mothers, CPTSD Recovery, dissociation, Narcissistic Abuse, narcissistic abuse recovery, The Lost Childcomplex post traumatic stress disorder, cptsd, daughters of narcissistic mothers, developmental delays, Narcissism, narcissistic moms, Narcissistic Personality Disorder

As a young child, I was silenced. Anything that could cause my narcissistic mother to feel bad would invoke a psychotic shriek fest and physical assault, which was enough to traumatize anybody into silence. I became that shy quiet kid that would play quietly with her dolls and try not to make mommy angry. I […]

Watch "Accepting the Truth That Your Mom is a Narcissist" on YouTube

May 26, 2017Poking HolesCPTSD Recoverycomplex post traumatic stress disorder, complex ptsd, cptsd, daughters of narcissistic mothers, narcissistic moms, Symptoms of CPTSD

I have been struggling with recovery even after being 20 months no contact with my narcissistic mother. I have been doing some research, which has led me to my problem. Acceptance. Meredith’s Video on her youtube channel, Inner Integration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oGdY9MqISw Skip ahead to 10:36 to get to the part I am referring to. Resources:This is […]

My Scapegoat Sister – "It isn't just the golden children that become narcissists"

Apr 5, 2017Poking Holesc-ptsd, children of narcissistic mothers, Children of Narcissistic parents, complex post traumatic stress disorder, cptsd, CPTSD Recovery, daughters of narcissistic mothers, denial, dysfunctional families, family dysfunction, golden child, Narcissism, Narcissistic Abuse, narcissistic families, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, No Contact, The Lost Child, The Scapegoat Childborderline personality disorder, bpd, golden child sister, lost child, my story, narc mom, narcissistic mom, narcissistic moms, narcissistic mother, narcissistic mothers, narcissistic parent, scapegoat sister, the truth

Growing up, we were close, both in age, and emotionally. We have always been mistaken as twins, and still to this day somebody will call one of us by the other’s name. I noticed things changing when she became a teenager and was drinking a lot and getting into trouble. Contrary to what you hear about […]

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 […]

Narcissism: My suspicions were validated by my scapegoat sister

Nov 2, 2015Poking Holesdaughters of narcissistic mothersacon, child abuse, childhood trauma, cptsd, donm, narcissistic mom, narcissistic moms, narcissisticabuse, narcmom, npd, ptsd, scapegoat, validation

I finally contacted my sister who was/is the family scapegoat. I was afraid to at first. I held back from doing it for a long time. I was worried about hurting her in some way, and also worried that I would end up getting hurt as well. I sent her a couple of links to webpages […]

Narcissism: Denial???

Oct 8, 2015Poking Holes1 Commentcptsd, Narcissistic Abusedaughters of narcissistic mothers, denial, depression, golden child, grief, grieving, hoarder, narcissistic moms, postpartum depression, scape goat

I’m so lost and confused. I keep going back and forth between believing that my mom and golden child sister are narcissists, and maybe I’m just being too sensitive, or I’m acting like a spoiled baby. I’m used to being the one to apologize to make things better between mom and I after a disagreement. […]

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