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Trauma & Narcissism Redefined

Judgement From Others And Narcissistic Abuse

Trauma & Narcissism Redefined

Caroline Strawson

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

4.8 • 701 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Receiving judgement from others about the narcissistic abuse you have experienced is unfortunately common, and it can be emotionally draining to try to explain yourself to people who may not understand the dynamics of a narcissistic relationship. Narcissistic abusers often manipulate and gaslight their victims, causing them to behave in ways that may seem unnatural in a healthy relationship. This can make it challenging to communicate to others what happened and how it feels to be judged for it. In this episode, I will share strategies to effectively communicate your experience in narcissistic relationships and navigate the judgment from others with empathy and self-care in mind.

What you will learn in this episode:

  • How to communicate your narcissistic abuse to others
  • The ways in which narcissists gaslight and manipulate
  • Why people are quick to cast judgement over your behaviour during narcissistic abuse

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To highlight the challenges of judgment and gaslighting in narcissistic abuse, I'll share a story in this episode about my ex-husband, who worked as an air steward, and went missing for over 8 hours after I expected him home. When he finally returned, he spun a fabricated story about saving a life to deflect from his absence. He used this to gaslight me, making me feel like I was the problem for being worried. It left me feeling confused and invalidated, a stark reminder of how narcissistic abusers distort reality and avoid accountability, leaving their victims dismissed.

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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.

0:48.4

Hey my friends and a massive warm welcome to the narcissistic abuse and trauma recovery podcast.

0:54.1

As always it's my pleasure to be here

0:56.6

with you, really hoping to inspire, educate you and give you hope that you can heal and thrive

1:03.7

after the trauma of narcissistic abuse. And the reason I know that is because I have been

1:08.0

exactly where you are. So in today's episode, I'm coming to you actually

1:13.1

from Florida, would you believe? I've just been on the most amazing vacation with my family

1:18.9

that literally I have wanted to do since I was a little girl and I have to have to keep pinching

1:25.7

myself. Normally I'd actually be at home recording this now,

1:29.5

but when we arrived at the airport,

1:31.4

the captain took sick and we all had to go and stay in a hotel locally

1:36.3

to the airport for another 48 hours.

1:38.9

So I'm here literally a few days before the podcast will be coming out.

1:43.8

So you'll be listening to this on the Tuesday.

1:45.7

And I would be still in Florida on the Saturday night as I'm sat here doing this podcast for you.

1:52.8

And I'd known about what to do for this podcast, really for the last week. And I'm literally sat here on my phone.

2:00.3

I have a little microphone as opposed to all my

2:02.5

equipment at home. So hopefully the sound is okay for you. And you can hear this loud and clear.

2:08.6

And I really wanted to do this podcast on something that happened actually with my husband,

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