Narcissistic Abuse and Ayahuasca
Meredith Miller is a YouTuber who is the child of a narcissistic mother. Her channel is Inner Integration.In this video she speaks about an ayahuasca trip she took at a…
Prisoners and Dissociation
The following is taken from The Journal of Traumatic Stress Volume 5, No. 3, 1992.https://www.myptsd.com/gallery/-pdf/1-90.pdfby Judith Lewis HermanHerman is Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Director of Training at the…
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The International Trauma Questionnaire
Symptoms of PTSD and Complex PTSD The International Trauma Questionnaire focuses on defining whether a person has Post Traumatic Stress Disorder which consists of:Re-experiencing in the here and nowAvoidanceSense of…
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The Narcissistic Family System
A person with Narcissistic Personality Disorder will generally have come from a background where there was a parent with NPD (there are differing theories as to the cause of NPD…
Addictions
What is an Addiction?An addiction is a repetitive or compulsive behaviour that people use to regulate and manage their emotions. These can be emotions we are aware of or they…
Trauma and Spiritual Growth
Peter Levine is a doctor and an expert in how the memory works during times of trauma. Thomas Huebl is a spiritual teacher who specialises in trauma. In this talk,…
Symptoms of Trauma
Trauma survivors have symptoms of the trauma in their behaviours and thoughts, these are not their personality or character but are echoes of trauma. Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is…
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The Brain and Trauma
Swollen AmygdalaA child living under traumatic conditions will develop a brain that is very biased to danger. This will last into adulthood. This is done through the amygdala which is…
Triggers and Triggering
A child who has lived in a situation of stress and abuse for a prolonged time will usually develop Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. This is an elaborate system of…
How We Become Our Own Abuser
Children of narcissists will often ‘internalise the narcissist’. This means to develop part of the brain/personality which mirrors/copies the narcissist’s critical voice. This defence mechanism ensures that the child can…
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Black and White Thinking
Black and white, all or nothing or dichotomous thinking is a pattern of thinking that develops in early childhood.It develops in children who have come from difficult backgrounds where there…
Fear of the Self
How the Fear of the Self Develops A child of a narcissist will often develop a fear of their own self. Beliefs develop in the early years which become deeply…
