It's Out!!! How To Heal After Narcissistic Abuse
Trauma & Narcissism Redefined
Caroline Strawson
4.8 • 701 Ratings
🗓️ 23 July 2024
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Order my NEW book here: http://carolinestrawson.com/pre-order
It’s official – my new book has launched, and I’m absolutely thrilled to share it with you all! Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that I would be writing about my journey through a relationship with a covert narcissist. Eleven years ago, I hit rock bottom, both mentally and financially. Each day was a struggle to stave off panic attacks as I battled complex PTSD, feeling trapped in an endless nightmare.
In my book, I open up about the darkest period of my life and share how I managed to overcome these seemingly insurmountable obstacles. My hope is that my story will inspire and offer support to those facing similar struggles - because even in our darkest moments, there is always a path to recovery and renewal.
In this episode, we will explore:
- The Journey of Healing
- Recognising Covert Narcissism
- Surviving and Thriving After Abuse
- Raising Children Amidst Chaos
Resources:
- Join my FREE Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/thriveafternarcissisticabuse
- Access my low cost Narcissistic Trauma Recovery Programme https://go.carolinestrawson.com/heal-the-trauma-of-narcissistic-abuse
- Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carolinestrawson/
- Find me on TikTok!: https://www.tiktok.com/@carolinestrawson
- My website: https://www.carolinestrawson.com/
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I'm so excited in this podcast and I'd love you to join me for the next 15 or so minutes |
| 0:06.6 | to celebrate with me because literally if you feel like you are at rock bottom right now, |
| 0:12.3 | you need to stay tuned because I am now officially a Hayhouse author. |
| 0:21.7 | Massive welcome to trauma and narcissism redefined, your weekly dose of education, a bit of |
| 0:28.1 | inspiration, hope and of course a little bit of humor thrown in. |
| 0:31.8 | And I'm so excited to share with you that my book launched last week on July the 16th, How to |
| 0:38.7 | Heal After Narcissistic Abuse with Hay House and it is doing incredibly well. |
| 0:45.3 | It's been in the charts. It's honestly I have to pinch myself. And one of the reasons |
| 0:50.9 | why I wanted to do this podcast and it's certainly isn't to impress you or to say all of these things, it's really to impress upon you where your life could be in X amount of years. |
| 1:02.0 | You know, 11 years ago, I was literally at rock bottom. I'd start my day, sitting on my bathroom floor, desperately trying not to have a panic attack, self-harming, suffering |
| 1:11.3 | with anxiety, depression and PTSD, although I know now it was complex PTSD. |
| 1:17.4 | And I could not see a light at the end of the tunnel. I'd come out of an abusive marriage that I |
| 1:21.7 | realized he was a covert narcissist. My mum had died very, very suddenly and I had no money. I was a single mom with this |
| 1:30.1 | broken home and I didn't know what to do. I felt like a failure. I felt like I was getting older, |
| 1:37.4 | but my life was going downhill and in April 2013, my house got repossessed. So I was made homeless |
| 1:42.7 | with my two children. a really low point in my |
| 1:46.0 | life because I felt this complete failure that I was older, but I was going backwards. And this |
| 1:53.0 | set me off on this journey of learning about narcissism, trauma, all of the things that I speak |
| 1:58.6 | about right now, because a lot of the things that I was trying to |
| 2:01.3 | heal myself, they worked in the moment and I felt marginally better. And this was really counseling, |
| 2:09.3 | psychotherapy, therapy, talking therapy. And this is not about saying that there is no worth |
| 2:15.7 | in that. And it can work for some people but for me it |
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