Author: Ray Freeman
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How to Stop Being Triggered by a Narcissist
If you feel like you get triggered easily in a relationship, especially with someone who shows narcissistic behaviours, you’re not alone. These emotional reactions are often part of a pattern, not a personal weakness. This article explains why narcissistic abuse triggers you and how you can begin to reduce your emotional responses and regain control.…
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Healing After Narcissistic Abuse: What Recovery Really Looks Like
Healing after narcissistic abuse involves rebuilding your sense of self, restoring boundaries, and learning to trust again. Recovery is not about returning to who you were, but developing the strength, awareness, and resilience to move forward safely. We do know that narcissistic abuse is a pattern of manipulation and emotional harm. We commonly call them…
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Toxic Family Events | Narcissistic Abuse at Holidays
Easter or family events leaving you anxious, drained, or on edge?You may be dealing with narcissistic behaviour—and it’s more common than you think. The toxic individual may be your partner or a member of the relations… not always family. Whoever they are, they will often try to claim the centre of attention—or make life difficult…
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Part 3, Gut Instincts: Listening to the Fear You Keep Explaining Away
So here we are at part 3… We have been talking about how not to ignore gut instinct. But that is something the abused or people pleaser has forgotten to listen to. In this final part of this article, I am going to suggest some practical ways to do that. You may think this is…
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Part 2, Gut Instincts: Listening to the Fear You Keep Explaining Away
In part one, I laid out some ideas on the three mind theory. I tried not to pull punches, and I may have appeared to be blaming you for your own abuse. This was/is not my intention. My intention was to be clear about the situation you may have found yourself in and to guide…