Chronic Pain & Narcissistic Abuse
No Visible Bruises
Caroline Strawson
4.7 • 732 Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2023
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
If you're experiencing physical pain, chronic illness, or fatigue, and you've suffered from narcissistic abuse, it's possible that your trauma is the root cause of these physical symptoms. In this episode, I'll discuss the connection between abuse and physical reactions, including how even mental abuse can lead to physical pain. Many individuals view chronic illness and narcissistic abuse as separate entities, but they often go hand in hand. To fully heal from chronic illness, it's necessary to address and heal from the narcissistic abuse as well.
What you will learn in this episode:
- How physical pain can indicate that our body is trying to protect us from trauma
- Why healing from narcissistic abuse can alleviate physical ailments
- The role cortisol plays in how we react to narcissistic abuse
I have observed a strong link between narcissistic abuse and chronic illness not only in the communities I serve but also in my own family. I'll share my mother's story of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and her lifelong struggle with it, and how I've come to understand that her arthritis was her body's way of protecting her from the inner pain caused by childhood abuse. I'll also delve into the connection between abuse and physical ailments such as alopecia, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, and IBS, and how cortisol can contribute to the development of these conditions.
Resources:
- Somatic Healing & Vagus Nerve Toning Programme: https://carolinestrawson.com/regulate
- 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 trauma recovery podcast. I'm Caroline Strawson and I'll be sharing with you |
| 0:09.6 | awareness, understanding and education about the devastating effects of narcissistic abuse to help you thrive. |
| 0:16.5 | I want you to know that I've been exactly where you are and I believe you. And this show is all |
| 0:22.8 | about taking you from trauma to transformation. So a massive warm welcome to the narcissistic |
| 0:29.9 | trauma recovery podcast. It's always really a bittersweet pleasure, isn't it, to have you here |
| 0:35.8 | on the podcast because, you know, we're in each |
| 0:38.4 | other's worlds for the most horrendous of reasons, having both of us experiencing narcissistic |
| 0:44.0 | abuse. And, you know, I just want you to know that there is a light at the end of that tunnel, |
| 0:48.9 | albeit it might seem really long and dark right now. And this is why I do these podcasts so that |
| 0:53.5 | you know that you're not on your own in any of this is why I do these podcasts so that you know that you're not |
| 0:55.3 | on your own in any of this, that I see you, I hear you, I've been where you are, and I want you to |
| 1:00.5 | know that there is light and there is hope. Now, in today's episode, I want to talk to you really |
| 1:05.6 | about something that's really a real passion of mine around narcissistic abuse and trauma in general. And that's really |
| 1:13.2 | chronic illness. Now, the first thing that I want to say is these are all my own opinions, |
| 1:18.1 | what I'm sharing with you. So if any doubt, then please see your own medical guidance and |
| 1:23.3 | advice here as well, because I'm not a medical doctor. And these are just things that I've learned along my own journey and things that I want to |
| 1:31.8 | share with you and some of the things that I know from a trauma-informed lens perspective |
| 1:35.4 | as well. |
| 1:36.8 | So when we talk about trauma, which narcissistic abuse is, I know because I see it in my |
| 1:43.3 | community all of the time. Many people are |
| 1:46.2 | suffering with these chronic illnesses and very few are actually culminating and integrating them |
| 1:55.1 | that they may have something to do with the abuse that they have endured with a narcissist. |
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