Tag: narcissistic personality disorder
Posted on September 25, 2018
by Courage Coaching
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Those with Narcissistic Personality Disorder sadly lack empathy and don’t feel remorse. They are cold, calculating, manipulative and emotionally shallow. Narcissists don’t form relationships with others like healthy people do. They don’t seek out partners to love and share their life with in an…
Category: Adversity & support, complex ptsd, Domestic abuse, Dysfuntional relationships, Emotional abuse, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, UncategorizedTags: Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, narcissistic husband, narcissistic partner, narcissistic personality disorder, narcissistic relationships, narcissistic wife, npd, recovery from abuse, recovery from trauma
Posted on May 9, 2017
by Courage Coaching
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Ending the stigma of mental health is still proving to be a challenge, although in the UK we are getting ever closer to our goal of a deeper understanding, tolerance & acceptance of the importance of talking about our mental health. As somebody who…
Category: Adversity & support, anxiety, Child abuse, Cluster B disorders, Cluster C disorders, Compassion, complex ptsd, Depression, Domestic abuse, Dysfuntional relationships, Emotional abuse, mental health, Mental illness, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, People Pleaser Syndrome, recovery, Rejection, Resilience, self care, Self-reflection & self-awareness, Uncategorized, Youtube videosTags: anxiety, bipolar, Child abuse, cptsd, defence mechanisms, defence mechanisms used by narcissists, Depression, low self-esteem, mental health awareness, mental health week, narcissistic abuse in the family, narcissistic family, narcissistic parents, narcissistic partner, narcissistic personality disorder, personality disorders, ptsd, raising awareness on mental health, selfcare, the black dog
Dear friends I am hope you are enjoying your weekend and are generally doing ok. Before I fly off to Scotland tomorrow, I wanted to upload Monday’s Youtube video early, as I won’t be able to work on it when visiting family. This week’s…
Category: Adversity & support, Child abuse, Cluster B disorders, complex ptsd, Domestic abuse, Dysfuntional relationships, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, recovery, self care, Self-reflection & self-awareness, Youtube videosTags: blame shifting, defense mechanisms, narcissistic parents, narcissistic personality disorder, narcissistic projection, narcissistic traits, projection, psychological projection, vlog, vlogging, youtube video
Posted on March 13, 2017
by Courage Coaching
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In today’s video, I talk about another type of child abuse known as parentification. Parentification isn’t always through the known fault of a parent, as sometimes in single parent families or in families with a special needs child, the parent struggles to keep the…
Category: Adversity & support, Child abuse, complex ptsd, Depression, Disability in the family, Dysfuntional relationships, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, Youtube videosTags: alcoholic parent, Child abuse, chronically ill parent, emotional incest, mentally ill parent, Narcissistic abuse, narcissistic father, narcissistic mother, narcissistic parents, narcissistic personality disorder, parentification, single parent families, special needs child, special needs sibling, youtube video
Posted on February 27, 2017
by Courage Coaching
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Although this isn’t an actual diagnosis in the DSM, it is very real and it is very destructive. I have had first hand experience with someone who has this condition and I live with a very real mental illness that was caused by that…
Category: Adversity & support, complex ptsd, Depression, Domestic abuse, Dysfuntional relationships, Emotional abuse, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, self care, Shame, Uncategorized, Youtube videosTags: antisocial personality, malignant narcissism, malignant narcissist, malignant personalities, narcissistic personality disorder, psychopathy, sociopathy, vlog, youtube video
Posted on December 27, 2016
by Courage Coaching
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Hi everyone, This is my 2nd attempt to write this blog post, after the last one was unfortunately lost. 😦 I hope you all had a good Christmas weekend and managed to relax and enjoy time with your loved ones. For those of you…
Category: Adversity & support, Blogging, Boundaries, Child abuse, Coaching tips, codependency, complex ptsd, Disability in the family, Dysfuntional relationships, Emotional abuse, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, Resilience, self care, Self-reflection & self-awareness, Trauma Bonding & Love addiction, Uncategorized, Youtube videosTags: abuse survivors, abusive parents, Blogging, coaching, emotional detachment, letting of toxic people, Narcissistic abuse, narcissistic parents, narcissistic personality disorder, recovery from abuse, toxic relationships, vlog
Posted on November 14, 2016
by Courage Coaching
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Today I am starting off my series of Q & A videos, where my viewers and subscribers are able to get their questions answered by me, in a video each week. Please feel free to ask me questions on the following topics: Complex PTSD…
Category: anxiety, Boundaries, Coaching tips, Compassion, complex ptsd, Depression, Domestic abuse, Dysfuntional relationships, Loneliness, low self-esteem, mental health, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, Negativity, People Pleaser Syndrome, recovery, Rejection, Resilience, self care, Self-reflection & self-awareness, Shame, Trauma Bonding & Love addiction, Youtube videosTags: anxiety, Blogging, Boundaries, codependency, complex ptsd, confidence, Depression, emotional flashbacks, health, motivation, Narcissistic abuse, narcissistic parents, narcissistic personality disorder, negative thinking, q & a, questions & answers, recovery, Resilience, self compassion, toxic shame, trauma bonding, youtube videos-q & a
Posted on October 3, 2016
by Courage Coaching
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If you are currently considering ‘No contact’ with a narcissistic parent, then this video might be helpful. Love Athina ♥ © All blog posts and images are owned by me and Courage Coaching. Please don’t use without consent and only re-blog if you would…
Category: Adversity & support, anxiety, Child abuse, complex ptsd, Emotional abuse, Forgiveness in abuse, grief, mental health, Mental illness, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, Resilience, self careTags: anxiety, going no contact, healing from abuse, healing tips, narcissist, narcissistic abuse in the family, narcissistic parents, narcissistic personality disorder, narcissistic tips, no contact, recovery, self care, self-protection
Posted on July 6, 2016
by Courage Coaching
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As narcissists start ageing, things actually get much much worse.When they are no longer able to charm others with their good looks, good health & successful business, they start losing control over others and their mask starts to fall. Narcissistic people live their life…
Category: Boundaries, complex ptsd, Dysfuntional relationships, Emotional abuse, mental health, Mental illness, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, self care, UncategorizedTags: Child abuse, childhood trauma, complex trauma, cptsd, dysfunctional family, dysfunctional relationships, elderly family, elderly narcissists, elderly parents, Emotional abuse, mental health, narcissism in the family, narcissism in the workplace, Narcissistic abuse, narcissistic father, narcissistic mother, narcissistic personality disorder, self care, trauma
Posted on July 4, 2016
by Courage Coaching
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A lot of my posts recently are dedicated to dealing with dysfunctional relationships. I don’t want to lower your mood by any means, but feel it is important to talk about issues that are more common than people think. For those of you…
Category: Domestic abuse, Dysfuntional relationships, Emotional abuse, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, UncategorizedTags: bullies, change, Child abuse, childhood trauma, complex trauma, control, cptsd, dysfunctional family, dysfunctional relationships, hoovering by a narcissist, Narcissistic abuse, narcissistic father, narcissistic mother, narcissistic personality disorder, npd, self care, silent treatment, toxic, toxic parents, toxic relationships, trauma
