Growing Up With a Narcissistic Parent: How It Creates Codependency
Grew up with a parent whose moods, needs, and image came first? You may have learned to read every room, keep the peace, and put everyone else’s feelings before your own. In this blog, I break down the difference between a narcissistic and an emotionally immature parent, how growing up with one can lead to codependency, and how healing actually starts, from a trauma therapist who works with these patterns every day.
The Drama Triangle: Why Enmeshed Families Run on Chaos (And How to Step Out)
In enmeshed families, a crisis is often when everyone feels most connected. Here’s how the drama triangle keeps you stuck as the rescuer, and how to step out without cutting everyone off.
Why You're Addicted to Stress, Chaos, and Drama - and How to Heal
If stillness makes you uneasy, if urgency feels safer than rest, or if you’re always bracing for the next crisis - this blog unpacks how trauma can create an addiction to stress and chaos, and how to begin healing. You’re not “too much” - you’re just in survival mode.