Developing and enforcing healthy boundaries is paramount to our daily emotional well being, and especially when it comes to dealing with a Narcissistic parent. Even the most experienced survivor, who’s been healing for decades, must…
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Third person journaling through an emotional roller coaster.
by Matt Pappasby Matt PappasIt’s no secret that journaling is extremely helpful in recovery from trauma because it helps us express and process our emotions in a healthy way. So on the topic, have you ever tried third person journaling?…
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Things are not always as they seem in recovery. What you think is an underlying cause of all that you strive to heal from, may not necessarily be as cut and dry, as black and…
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Gaining perspective by changing your focus in trauma recovery
by Matt Pappasby Matt PappasSometimes I need a little perspective in life to see how far I’ve come. That’s just human nature though, to be able to put things into perspective. We can’t always see that when we’re right…
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Feeling miserable doesn’t punish others, only ourselves.
by Matt Pappasby Matt PappasThis is a concept that I really had a bit of a light bulb moment with recently. On a side note, it sure would be nice to have more light bulb moments in healing wouldn’t…
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Was I a victim of religious abuse?
by Matt Pappasby Matt PappasThat may sound like an odd question, at least it does to me. I say that because I was raised in the church, so for me to sit here and have a realization that religion…
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The title of this post might seem a little odd, or “out there”, but if you’ll allow me to expand upon it a bit, I’d love to share this insight I discovered recently. As a…
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Too many of us never had a rescuer from abuse
by Matt Pappasby Matt PappasEverybody deserves to have a rescuer, but as survivors of childhood sexual abuse or any type of abuse, often times we had no such person to save us. Or, we had people in our lives…