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Dysregulated Nervous System: Top 9 Signs & How to Heal

When your nervous system is dysregulated, it means your body is stuck in survival mode—either hyperaroused (fight-or-flight) or hypoaroused (freeze/shutdown). This state makes it hard to feel safe, think clearly, or connect to yourself and others. Many people live in this state for years without realizing it. Healing starts with recognition and gentle, consistent support. […]

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How to Deal with Toxic Adult Children? Top 9 Tips

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Dealing with toxic adult children can be one of the most painful and complex emotional experiences a parent can face. When your own child is disrespectful, manipulative, or emotionally abusive, the guilt, confusion, and heartbreak can feel unbearable. But love does not mean allowing mistreatment. You can care for them while caring for yourself. In

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How to Master the Pause Before Reacting?

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Reacting in the heat of the moment — with anger, defensiveness, or panic — can often make situations worse and leave you feeling regretful or emotionally drained. But between a trigger and your response, there’s a powerful space: the pause. Learning to pause doesn’t mean suppressing your feelings — it means creating space to respond

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Betrayal Trauma Test: Do I Have Betrayal Trauma?

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What Is Betrayal Trauma? We experience feelings of betrayal when someone close breaks our trust. The pain of betrayal can leave deep wounds and can sometimes be traumatic, especially when the person who broke our trust is a parent (or childhood caregiver) or a romantic partner. People often respond to betrayal by pulling away from

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Recovering From A Narcissistic Relationship: 21 Practical Steps to Heal After Narcissistic Abuse

21 Stages of a Narcissist Relationship (+ FREE Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Worksheets PDF)

2 Comments / Divorce/Breakup, Narcissism / Hadiah

If you’ve survived a narcissistic relationship, this post contains 21 stages of a narcissist relationship that will make you feel seen along with narcissitic abuse recovery worksheets PDF. Narcissism as a Coping Mechanism versus Narcissism as a Personality Disorder Today, the words narcissism and narcissistic are widely used in everyday conversation to refer to someone

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How do Narcissists Treat Their Exes? Top 6 Ways (+FREE Worksheets PDF)

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In this post, you’ll learn how narcissists treat their exes and how to spot a narcissist so you can avoid finding yourself with one in the future. Who Is The Narcissist? According to the DSM-5 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, narcissistic personality disorder is “A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior),

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