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Trauma & Narcissism Redefined

Survivor Stories with Devena Simon

Trauma & Narcissism Redefined

Caroline Strawson

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

4.8 • 701 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

In today’s episode, I hear Devena Simon’s story of how she navigated her healing journey from being in a relationship with a narcissist. In this new series, I will be having conversations with people who have survived narcissistic abuse. My hope is that I can bring you examples of what happens within narcissistic relationships so that you can know how to react and survive if you happen to experience the same things. 

What you will learn in this episode:

  • What reactive abuse is and how it played a part in Devena suffering from trauma
  • How to deal with financial abuse
  • Lessons to convert post narcissistic trauma to post-trauma growth 

Devena describes how her high school sweetheart turned into her narcissist. We’ll discover the warning signs that she wished she had seen when she first met her boyfriend, and she’ll share how she has managed to live a better life by healing from her narcissistic trauma. Devena hopes that her experience with a narcissist can help you avoid the same pitfalls, whilst mending bridges and rebuilding your life. 

 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the narcissistic trauma recovery podcast. I'm Caroline Strawson and I'll be sharing with you

0:09.6

awareness, understanding and education about the devastating effects of narcissistic abuse to help you thrive.

0:16.5

I want you to know that I've been exactly where you are and I believe you.

0:21.6

And this show is all about taking you from trauma to transformation.

0:27.1

Hi, my friends.

0:28.5

A massive warm welcome to our latest episode on the narcissistic trauma recovery podcast.

0:34.2

I am really, really excited about today's one.

0:37.1

You have to stay tuned for all of this

0:39.5

because I have got an incredible, incredible, you know, even calling her a survivor,

0:44.8

it's more of a driver. This incredible lady, Davina Simon, is a mum of three. And she knows

0:52.2

what it is like to bring unhealed trauma baggage into a marriage and deal

0:56.8

with narcissistic discard 23 years later. And you have to stay tuned so that you can learn about

1:05.8

what happened to her in her marriage, in her childhood, what she is doing now, because hearing her story will

1:13.1

give all of you hope, hope that where you are now does not mean it is where you will have

1:19.5

to stay. So a massive welcome, Davina, to our survivor stories. Thank you so much for joining

1:25.3

Ray. Thank you for having me. I'm really excited because I know

1:29.4

we've just been talking before we even hit that record button of the podcast a little bit. And I get

1:33.8

kind of say, this is going to be great. We need to tell everybody this because you are such an

1:38.3

inspiration hearing your story, which again is still ongoing and that healing process is still

1:43.7

ongoing. And there's so many different and that healing process is still ongoing.

1:45.2

And there's so many different areas that we could dive right into.

1:48.7

But initially, let's start with one of the reasons why obviously that you want here is

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