The Healing Power of Relationships

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As human beings, we naturally want to heal. You come out of a narcissistic relationship and let's say they found supply somewhere else for instance. So you naturally will gravitate then to relationships to fill the serotonin, the dopamine. To her nervous system, it was still less painful than sitting and feeling like an eight year old little girl who wasn't good enough. Our body is always working for us regardless of how we're showing up. That's why, you know, when we talk about things like even actual physical pain, so many people end up with auto immune disorders. And that makes so much sense to me. They done a research study on re-retoied arthritis, which

Trauma therapist (and survivor of marriage to a narcissist) Caroline Strawson joins us to discuss: how to know if someone’s really a narcissist; how to know if you’re more likely to get into a relationship with a narcissist (and avoid it); strategies for parallel parenting with a narcissist; how the brain and body respond to narcissists; and how to rebuild after ending a relationship with a narcissist.

CW: Abusive relationships, self harm

About Caroline:

Caroline Strawson is a Trauma Therapist and Coach specializing in helping others heal from the trauma and shame of narcissistic abuse. She hosts the Narcissistic Abuse & Trauma Recovery Podcast and is the #1 best selling author of Divorce Became My Superpower. Having been married to a covert narcissist herself, Caroline was in debt, lost her family home, and was at rock bottom with PTSD, depression, anxiety, and self-harm. Caroline integrates Internal Family Systems, Somatic Experiencing, Brainspotting and breath work with positive psychology, to help others move from post traumatic stress to post traumatic growth.

TW: @cstrawson11

IG: @carolinestrawson

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