Welcome To The Narcissistic Abuse & Trauma Recovery Podcast
Trauma & Narcissism Redefined
Caroline Strawson
4.8 • 701 Ratings
🗓️ 10 August 2020
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Narcissistic abuse is abuse to the very core of who you are. It leaves you feeling broken, lost, shameful and guilty.
How many of you wake up each morning feeling like you just don't want to get out of bed and face the world, like you are stuck in the freeze trauma response, not knowing what to do?
How many of you are maybe still in a relationship with a narcissist, whether it’s your parent, your partner, a co-worker or a friend, and you're desperately trying to please them every day, but you feel like you are not good enough, like it's your fault and you need to try harder?
I know what it’s like because that was me.
I’m Caroline Strawson and I want this podcast to support and educate you to know that where you are right now does not need to be where you will be in the future.
The journey of self-healing my own trauma of narcissistic abuse has led me to create a multi-award winning business. I use a unique integration of therapies such as EMDR, Brainspotting, Rapid Transformational Therapy and Positive Psychology to help women like you recover from narcissistic abuse.
Every week I will be delivering snapshots of education, support and inspiration, so you can slowly start to see the light at the end of the tunnel and heal the trauma of narcissistic abuse.
Thank you for listening and see you in the next episode!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the narcissistic abuse recovery podcast. I'm Caroline Stawson and I'll be sharing with you |
| 0:09.2 | awareness, understanding and education about the devastating effects of narcissistic abuse to help you thrive. |
| 0:16.8 | I want you to know that I've been exactly where you are now and I believe you. |
| 0:21.4 | And this show is all about taking you from trauma to transformation. |
| 0:30.7 | Narcissist is a word that we use so much in our society today. |
| 0:35.4 | And it's an overused word. |
| 0:37.4 | And it's overused because it actually does |
| 0:39.9 | so much damage to those genuine victims of narcissistic abuse. Narcissistic abuse is an |
| 0:47.0 | insidious form of psychological abuse. It is vastly misunderstood. And how many times have you told somebody that you might have a narcissist in your life and you see their eyeballs rolling thinking, not again, not somebody else saying that their ex is a narcissist or their mother is a narcissist. And it's an overused word. And there is a clear difference between having narcissistic traits, |
| 1:11.7 | of which we all have and narcissistic personality disorder. |
| 1:16.4 | Narcissistic personality disorder is a mental health personality disorder. |
| 1:21.3 | It is listed in the DSM, which is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, and it's what the |
| 1:27.1 | American Psychological Association |
| 1:28.7 | used to diagnose personality disorders. Now, to be diagnosed as a narcissist, as in having |
| 1:35.0 | narcissistic personality disorder, you have to have five of the nine traits that are listed. |
| 1:40.8 | So that means you can have somebody in your life that has five or equally somebody that has nine |
| 1:46.1 | and it's on a spectrum. But just because somebody is very grandiose doesn't necessarily mean that |
| 1:51.9 | they are a narcissist. And sadly, how many people do you know that when you tell them your ex is a |
| 1:57.6 | narcissist, you kind of feel like they are stepping back thinking, |
| 2:07.0 | oh, here we go again. Because narcissistic abuse is abuse to the very core of who you are. |
| 2:15.3 | It leaves you broken. It leaves you lost, feeling shameful, alone, guilty. How many of you wake up each morning feeling like you just don't want to get out of bed, |
| 2:19.4 | feeling like you don't want to face the world, feeling like you are just stuck in this freeze, |
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