Have you ever felt like your mother’s needs have become your own? Do you struggle to differentiate between your identity and hers, feeling as though you’ve merged into one person? This is called enmeshment trauma. In an enmeshed family, there is too much closeness between family members. The roles are blurred and instead of a daughter you ...
If your mother is narcissistic, she’ll disrespect your limits, treat you as an extension of herself, turn you and your siblings against each other, and switch between being kind one day and evil the next. She’ll set expectations that are impossible to meet because she keeps changing the goalposts. She’ll rage if you question her and use the ...
If you’ve grown up being told that you’re best friends with your mom and that this is a good thing, you are not alone. You might have grown up with people around you envying your relationship with your mom saying things like “wow you’re so lucky, I wish me and my mom were that close”. Being close to your mom isn’t a bad thing, but if this closeness ...
Have you ever felt as if you’re not just dating your partner, but his mother too? You’re not alone. When your partner is too close to his mom, it can feel like she’s the third wheel in your relationship. In this article, we will examine the signs indicating that your partner is enmeshed with his mother and how this affects your relationship. ...
What does misogynistic mean? In Dr. Susan Forward’s book “Men Who Hate Women and Women Who Love Them,” she defines a misogynist as someone who deeply dislikes and distrusts women. According to Dr. Forward, misogynists feel entitled and lack empathy toward women.
Do you recognize yourself in any of the following thoughts? “My parents had a tough upbringing themselves, so I can’t blame them for how they treated me.”
Have you ever felt like you were at war with yourself? Do you have different parts of yourself that seem to be in a constant battle? Maybe there’s a part of yourself that you wish you could just get rid of, but no matter how hard you try, it just won’t go away. Internal family systems therapy helps you to find internal calm and heal past trauma.
The cycle of abuse is a pattern of behavior that you’ll see in abusive relationships. It is a pattern of behavior that can occur in any type of relationship where one person uses power and control to harm their partner.
Dealing with a psychopath or a person with psychopathic traits can lead to feelings of severe depression, loneliness, uncontrollable rage and can plunge you into a place of emotional darkness and despair. Wounds that you never knew you had can surface all at once from being with a psychopath because they so easily (and happily) will use your ...
Trauma bonding is when you’re attached to a person (abuser) who consistently betrays you in one way or another. This could be emotionally, physically, financially, mentally or verbally. Yet, you feel addicted to the abuser and panic at the mere thought of leaving.
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