What is Narcissistic Trauma?
The trauma experienced from Narcissitic Abuse can have a profound impact on your life, relationships, mental and physical health. It is often described as a feeling of overwhelm.
Having self worth is the core internal sense of knowing and accepting yourself for who you are and being your own source of strength. This isn’t a constant state as we all have self doubt and bad days from time to time, but it is a core belief.
The trauma of Narcissistic abuse shatters your self-worth, and leads instead to feelings such as:
FEELING UNHEARD
FEELINGS OF NEGLECT
FEELING UNAPPRECIATED
FEELING UNIMPORTANT
FEELING IGNORED
FEELING SIDE-LINED
FEELING DISREGARDED
FEELING VULNERABLE
FEELING POWERLESS
FEELING A DEEP SADNESS
These feelings lead people to tell themselves:
- I am not good enough
- I am worthless
- Nobody loves me for who I am
- I am stupid
- I am stuck where I am
- There’s no point in trying
- I am overwhelmed
In addition, some people experience Trauma Bonding. This is a misplaced loyalty, where a person experiencing abuse is emotionally bonded with their abuser and finds themselves unable to leave an unhealthy or dangerous relationship. They remain loyal to someone who has betrayed them time and time again – essentially addicted to the narcissist.
No-one deserves to feel like this, and it DOESN’T have to stay this way.
I can help you understand this feeling of overwhelm, lift the mask it creates and allow you to live your life as you want it to be (even if you don’t yet know how that will look).
