How to Overcome Dissociation & Narcissistic Toxic Relationships

Trauma & Narcissism Redefined

Caroline Strawson

Narcissisticabuse, Health & Fitness, Narcissist, Self-improvement, Education, Recovery, Mental Health, Trauma

4.8 • 701 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Are you living in a state of dissociation? If you have experienced long-term toxic or a narcissistic relationship you may find yourself disconnected from your body to numb out the emotional pain.

Dissociation is a protective mechanism, but it's not a healthy way to live. Dissociation can lead to chronic illness, difficulty engaging socially, and a lack of joy and connection. To shift out of this state, you must learn to reconnect with the body through somatic healing practices. This process is not easy, as we're often not taught to embrace our emotions, especially as women. However, by understanding the neuroscience behind dissociation and the importance of working with the nervous system, you can reclaim their sense of presence and groundedness, paving the way for true healing and growth.

Key topics covered in this episode:

Dissociation as a trauma response
Nervous system regulation for healing
Freeze response and physical impacts
Somatic healing for mind-body reconnection

0:00 Understanding Trauma and Dissociation
3:14 The Role of Neuroscience and Somatic Practices in Healing
4:11 The Freeze Response and Its Impact on the Body
6:59 Long-Term Effects of Dissociation on Health
8:52 Shifting Out of Dissociation and Reconnecting with the Body
11:07 The Importance of Somatic Healing
11:49 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

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0:00.0	Remember, trauma isn't the person. It's not the toxic person. It's not the narcissist. That's not the trauma.
0:05.0	The trauma is how you feel and interpret that other person. That's the trauma. I'm not good enough.
0:11.9	That's why they're behaving like this. That isn't true, but that is the trauma. So the beauty of that is, you can heal that.
0:18.6	You can work with that. Trauma doesn't have to be a life sentence. Do you ever feel like your face and voice is saying one thing, looking like you're
0:28.0	okay, but you feel totally numb and disconnected in your body? This could be what we call
0:34.6	dissociation and it's really common when you're in toxic and abusive
0:39.2	relationships and it's exactly what we're talking about on today's episode. Hi everybody. Welcome to
0:46.5	the trauma and narcissism redefine podcast. My name is Caroline Strawson and I am a somatic practitioner
0:53.1	specialising in all things nervous system, body related, and of course
0:58.4	narcissism. It's my honour and pleasure to have you to listen to you. I know there's lots and lots of
1:04.1	other podcasts and YouTube channels out there. So I just want to say if you're a new listener,
1:08.8	a massive, massive welcome, it could be literally
1:11.1	the start of an eye-opener into what you have experienced. And of course, if you're a regular
1:15.8	listener, massive, massive welcome back. I'm always thrilled to have lots and lots of you message
1:21.0	me to, whether it be on Instagram or email or anything else, because it's really great to hear
1:25.1	from you and your feedback about the podcast too.
1:28.4	So I want to talk about something that, again, I didn't even know about this stuff because a lot
1:33.5	of the stuff I share with you is stuff. I always bang on and say, this should be taught in schools.
1:38.0	And that is actually part of what I'm trying to do with my franchise and licensing company,
1:42.1	the mental well-being company, of training people to be
1:45.2	exceptional trauma coaches and then taking that work for individuals and also into schools and
1:51.1	workplaces. Because the stuff that I then learned when I was trying to heal from just talking
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