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The Awful Myth of Complicity in Trauma and How to Heal
To tell someone who has endured trauma to “take full responsibility” for bringing on the abuse is insensitive and wrong. But it happens to people who have endured sexual abuse, physical violence, and emotional torment. What you need to know.
For the Ashamed, Humiliated Parent: How to Forgive Yourself
“When I dip in my toe; I’m up to my neck.”
—heard at parent recovery meetings
Narcissists are exhausting. And terrifying.
Narcissists are exhausting. And terrifying. Limiting your exposure may save your life.
The Self-Compassion Scale
Tara Parker-Pope’s self-compassion quiz titled “How Self-Compassionate Are You?” featured in the New York Times in 2019 is a helpful and insightful tool. Self-compassion impacts our behaviors, actions, and outlook.
Covert Sexual Trauma Is Real
An article by Anna Maxted offers insight into situations of indecent exposure. Maxted dispels myths about “flashing” and how these assaults often have traumatic, distressing repercussions.
Regret About an Aging Parent
Who doesn’t search for that familiar place when life is stressful and everything happening is totally unfamiliar?
When the Enabler Is Really the Disabler
Enabling disables whomever you’ve decided to “help.”
How to Give Back Your Narcissist’s Emotional Baggage
Because the feelings belong to the parent, the child cannot heal, fix, or change them. So stop carrying them.
Breaking Up With a Malignant Narcissist
How the narcissist perceives rejection is outlined in new reserearch. Science proves what you likely already know—that narcissists react poorly to the slightest hint of rejection. Read about what you can do to help yourself if you’re dealing with such a person.
Ways to Lessen Hurt the Narcissist Inflicted
You can’t heal the narcissist but you can tend to your life and, in the process, heal from the suffering you’ve endured.
Understanding Your Self-Defeating Behaviors
Deep, unconscious patterns can get us in trouble, mostly with ourselves.
Parenting a Highly Dependent Child
The media is flooded with stories of highly dependent adult children who fail to launch. Many find these stories highly entertaining; they mock and stigmatize the kids and their parents. The problem is misunderstood.
5 Things You Should Do If You’ve Been Burned by a Narcissist
Narcissism is an illness that is too big for me to fix no matter how much I try, care, hurt, or love. What to do instead.
Trauma-Informed Books
by Meredith Resnick, LCSW
Meredith's books offer distilled and powerful suggestions to aid in recovery from narcissistic abuse, toxic families, sexual assault, and other personal topics. The books she has written have sold and helped tens of thousands in their recovery from the damaging effects of abuse and trauma. Maybe they can help you, too.
