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Childhood Trauma, Narcissistic Abuse

Why Some Therapists Aren’t Trauma-Informed (And How I Realized It the Hard Way)

April 5, 2025
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For months, I sat in a therapist’s office, hoping for change. Session after session, I…

Tom Foster
technique to help CPTSD and trauma
Childhood Trauma, Healing

Rebuilding Your Nervous System After CPTSD: A Little-Known Solution

April 1, 2025
82 Views

For years, I wrestled with the overwhelming effects of Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD), feeling…

Tom Foster
flight fight freeze response and trauma
Childhood Trauma, Narcissistic Abuse

What It Feels Like to Be Stuck in Fight/Flight and Nothing Works

April 1, 2025
76 Views

For four days straight, I was trapped in fight-or-flight mode. My nervous system was completely…

Tom Foster
red flags of therapists
Healing, Narcissistic Abuse

The Red Flags of a Bad Therapist: How to Spot an Unsuitable Therapist Before It’s Too Late

March 28, 2025
74 Views

Therapy is meant to be a place of healing, understanding, and growth. But what happens…

Tom Foster
Childhood Trauma, Narcissistic Abuse

Breaking Free from the Fear That Happiness Leads to Disaster

March 17, 2025
79 Views

I never realized how much I feared happiness until I saw the pattern repeating over…

Tom Foster
how to overcome your fear
Childhood Trauma, Narcissistic Abuse, Self Esteem

How to Short-Circuit Fear

March 17, 2025
65 Views

I used to be the person who hesitated. At social gatherings, I’d see someone I’d…

Tom Foster
I was robbed by the narcissist
Childhood Trauma, Narcissistic Abuse, Uncategorized

The Core Wound: “I Was Robbed of a Normal Life”

February 24, 2025
70 Views

There’s a deep, painful truth I’ve had to come to terms with: I was robbed…

Tom Foster
victims of narcissistic abuse
Narcissistic Abuse, Uncategorized

Narcissistic Abuse: The Worst Advice You Could Get

February 13, 2025
72 Views

If you’re a victim of narcissistic abuse—especially if you grew up with a narcissistic parent—this…

Tom Foster
Childhood Trauma, Narcissistic Abuse, Self Esteem

I Was Always Told I Wasn’t Enough – And I Believed It

February 13, 2025
71 Views

I spent most of my life feeling like I was never enough. No matter what…

Tom Foster
parental interference and punishment
Childhood Trauma, Narcissistic Abuse

How Parental Control Can Lead to Learned Helplessness

February 8, 2025
78 Views

A Childhood Ruled by Fear Looking back, I can see the patterns so clearly now.…

Tom Foster

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scapegoat betrayal

When “Tolerance” Is a Trap: How Narcissistic Family Systems Train the Scapegoat to Abandon Themselves

December 11, 2025
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family systems and the scapegoat

10 Truths about Narcissistic Family Systems: How they turn the Scapegoat into the Sacrifice

December 10, 2025
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invalidation, lies and deny of siblings

Subtle Sibling Sabotage: How Denial, Lies, and Invalidation Keep You From Healing

November 10, 2025
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Toxic Siblings: Why the Golden Child Doesn’t Want You to Get Better

November 10, 2025
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