The Impact of Special Occasions and Self-Gaslighting in Estranged Relationships

In this chapter, the hosts discuss how special occasions like Mother's Day and Christmas can trigger emotional turmoil for individuals who have cut ties with toxic parents, leading to questioning their own experiences of abuse and self-gaslighting. They provide techniques for identifying self-gaslighting and emphasize the importance of validating one's decision to remain estranged through memory examination and journaling.