Codependency can have its roots in generations of dysfunctional relationships, passed on from parents to children. A narcissist, alcoholic mother who…
Codependency is complex, and therefore it’s sometimes difficult to define. Basically, we can say that one person enables another person’s dysfunctions. Typically,…
Are you surviving the holidays? Are you handling the stress? Are you holding up? Sometimes we talk so much about…
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I have a friend whose nickname for her former husband is Toxic Tom. He was just one of those people…
If you’ve been a victim of crazy-making, you need a good coping strategy. The problem is, it’s hard to identify gaslighting—the…
A few weeks back we talked about gaslighting, the term for mental abuse that makes you doubt your own reality.…
Harvey’s Childhood: Harvey grew up in a family where children were considered a nuisance. Harvey’s mother insisted that children should be…
The Lone Ranger and Tonto. Thelma and Louise. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. What…
Gaslighting is a colorful name for insidious mental abuse. It is perpetrated on victims with the deliberate attempt to make…