Are You A SELF Abandoning Codependent?

Trauma & Narcissism Redefined

Caroline Strawson

Narcissisticabuse, Health & Fitness, Narcissist, Self-improvement, Education, Recovery, Mental Health, Trauma

4.8 • 701 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

To become your own rescuer is the ultimate gift you can give yourself. In this episode, I'll share my personal experience of realizing this truth during my own healing journey. I’m sure that if I had known this earlier, my healing process would have been much quicker.

What you will learn in this episode:

• The importance of rescuing yourself and taking control of your own happiness.
• The negative consequences of solely relying on others to fulfill your happiness and sense of self-worth.
• How to empower yourself and prioritise self-love and care

I'll delve into how putting my happiness into the hands of others for decades led to a loss of self-worth. While helping and being kind to others absolutely brings me joy, I've come to understand that my own happiness cannot solely depend on the actions of others. My desire to please others had built up anger and resentment inside me, which is common in narcissistic relationships. I hope this episode serves as a catalyst in your own healing journey, guiding you towards realizing the importance of rescuing yourself.

Resources:

• Join my FREE Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/thriveafternarcissisticabuse
• Access my low cost Narcissistic Trauma Recovery Programme https://go.carolinestrawson.com/heal-the-trauma-of-narcissistic-abuse
• Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carolinestrawson/
• Find me on TikTok!: https://www.tiktok.com/@carolinestrawson
• My website: https://www.carolinestrawson.com/

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the narcissistic abused and trauma recovery podcast. I'm Caroline Stawson and I'll be sharing with you, awareness, understanding and education about the devastating effects of narcissistic abuse. I've been exactly where you are right now. And this podcast is a beacon of hope
0:23.1	for you to know that you are believed, you are seen, you are heard and you are not alone. And my hope
0:30.9	for listening to the podcast is it will help you move from post-traumatic stress to post-traumatic growth after the trauma of narcissistic abuse
0:40.1	because it is possible. You are enough and you deserve to thrive.
0:48.1	Hey my friends and a massive warm welcome to the narcissistic abuse and trauma recovery podcast.
0:55.5	It's your daily dose of inspiration, hope, education, and knowing that you can thrive after the trauma of narcissistic
1:03.5	abuse. Now, the first thing that I'm going to say is, you may find I'm talking a little bit
1:08.0	funny today because I've just started using my clear braces
1:12.3	last night. So I'm kind of just getting used to them at the moment as well. So I may be a bit more
1:18.1	lispy. I'm trying to open my mouth wider to speak. But I am 50 in June. And one of the
1:27.0	things that I have been looking at doing was I've got a tooth
1:29.6	on my bottom set of teeth that kind of, as I'm getting older, it's starting to shift a bit.
1:34.6	And I've been saying for ages, I must do that. But I had a couple of really bad experiences,
1:39.1	actually, as a child with a dentist. And it really puts me off, actually. Although I'm way
1:43.5	better than I was because
1:44.5	obviously I'm having to be nice and strong for when I take my children and they're both
1:48.2	absolutely fine. But it's something really I've been putting off and putting off and then I thought,
1:53.2	right, Caroline, big girl pants on, let's do that. So that's exactly what I'm doing. So for seven months,
1:59.3	I have, I think it's 21 sets, actually,
2:03.0	and I will be wearing them. So this is my kind of first time wearing them doing a podcast.
2:08.7	So if you notice I'm speaking a little bit lispia, it's because I'm really sort of making
2:14.2	sure that I get used to them as well. But hopefully it won't affect the content or
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