Narcissistic Abuse Awareness Day- 2022!
Today is finally here! I feel so privileged that you have taken the time to visit my site and I hope that this blog will be a blessing to you. Especially, on this day.
What is so special about today? It is a day of truth, knowledge, awareness, incredible strength and courage, and importantly, healing journeys embarked upon.
Have you experienced any of the following? Don’t worry, you are not alone.
Gaslighting
Love bombing
Manipulation
Breadcrumbing
Smear campaign
Devaluing
Trauma Bond
Triangulation
Coercive control
Discard
Hoovering
If you have experienced any of these amongst others, first let me say, that I am sorry if you have been triggered. Note though, being triggered is a natural human response. My hope is that by coming here and reading this blog that you are ready to embark on a healing journey.
When you have lived through experiences like the ones listed above, it can lead you to a very dark and very deep place: a place where you do not recognise yourself - who you are at your core. Within this maelstrom of your life, you become a shadow of your former self. Your mind manipulated, heart hijacked, and emotions, erratic. Constantly doubting yourself, second guessing your decisions, frequently questioning your reality. Your life feels like it has become a swirling whirlpool of dark waters ever moving towards its inevitable vortex. A life drained and heading down the drain.
It would appear as though there was no light in the darkness. That would be untrue.
Darkness cannot exist in the presence of light. Light can be symbolic of different things. Hope can be represented as light, truth and knowledge can also be symbolised as light.
When the dark deeds of a toxic individual or a person presenting with narcissistic traits comes to light (as it always does) the knowledge and awareness of what happened to you, can be the catalyst of your healing journey and the reclamation of you. Not how you were before the narcissist upended your life: no, the you that you were originally created to be. In my own experience, I have seen this to be true. John Chapter 8:32, Jesus states, “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” It is the truth of their abuse, but also the truth of who you truly are; it is this that becomes the key to your liberation from the darkness, desperation and despair.
In the twelfth chapter of the Gospel of Luke in the Scriptures, it is written, ‘For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known. 3 Therefore whatever you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.’ God, Himself, has declared that whatever happens in secret will be revealed. The Message Bible puts it even more clearly. ‘You can’t keep your true self hidden forever; before long you’ll be exposed…’ The usual modus operandi of a narcissist is to mistreat and abuse a person privately, but to the outside world, they appear to be wonderful! What the truth of God’s word says is that they will expose themselves eventually and that their lies, manipulations, coercive control, and other abuses will be exposed by the truth of knowledge. Their dark deeds will come to light!
My hope and prayer is that today, you will not sit and suffer in silence, but that you will stand up and say, “I have experienced narcissistic abuse and I want healing from the pain!” By owning what happened to you, you can own the healing moving forward. You may feel as though you do not matter, that no one will listen to you or that no one even cares. You do matter. Your voice is important. People do care. Please know that there are countless others standing with you. Others that have gone before you on this path to peace and are cheering you on.
Take that bold stand and step today!
Don’t forget to stop by the store where you can get your own copy of the Narcissist Abuse Recovery Guide! Also, sign up and be among one of the first to find out when the newest publication will drop!
Before you go, I recently came across this video of one of my favourite poems - it is by Marianne Williamson. As you listen, be encouraged and take courage.
Props to the creator of the video!
Until next time!
Love & Blessings
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