Recovery Tips

If you’re struggling with a difficult relationship, you might be pondering what makes a narcissist panic – so that you can regain control of your own life, rather than them having the upper hand. The biggest thing that makes a narcissist panic is the loss of control. This threatens to expose the truth of their […]

In order for narcissists to continue getting away with their abusive behaviour, people must continue to allow it. The biggest tip on how to stop enabling a narcissist is to simply no longer engage in their disrespectful behaviour. That’s much easier said than done, I know! Nonetheless, while we keep granting the narcissist the space

Narcissists are slippery suckers. They can easily throw you off balance and shoulder their way into your world with the simple flick of a button. You might be trying to figure out how to respond to a narcissist’s text in a way that gets them off your back as well as keeps yourself protected. Without

Going ‘No Contact’ with a narcissist is an essential piece of the puzzle when trying to heal from the abuse they have put you through. But do narcissists come back after no contact, or will they leave you alone forever? Simply cutting a narcissist out of your life isn’t always a straightforward process. As we

Self-love and self-care after narcissistic abuse aren’t just about ‘treating’ yourself. They are vitally important pieces in the process of putting all the fragmented parts of yourself back together. From my own experience, one of the hardest things about narcissistic relationships is that the damage is invisible. Sometimes, during my recovery, I actually wished my

A year and a half after leaving my narcissistic husband, I felt like I was suffering PTSD from narcissistic abuse more than ever. I guess this was one of the hallmarks of leaving an abusive relationship versus separating from a healthy partner. To be honest, I didn’t even know that PTSD from narcissistic abuse existed

To be straight up with you, the stages of leaving a narcissist can feel like a version of hell. The narcissist will not go down without a fight. The ending of the relationship generates a massive narcissistic injury within them, which will cause them to explode and project their unhealed wounds all over you. If

It’s no accident that many of those who are on a conscious journey of coming home to their true, authentic self also have a tangled history with narcissists. This is by design. We live on a free-will planet where both light and dark exist. Yet, it’s often through darkness that we are able to find

It’s only natural to wonder, does a narcissist miss you after you left them (or they discarded you)? After giving everything you had to this person, you just want to know if you ever actually meant anything to them at all. They promised you the world, they said that they loved you… yet they also

Flying monkeys facilitate the narcissist’s abusive behaviour by buying into their warped reality, supporting them, and even doing their dirty work for them. Do flying monkeys ever see the truth of what they’re involved in and inadvertently cause? As the narcissist uses other people to collect information and spread false rumours for them, this enables