Trust Your Inner Self
We all need to be loved, accepted, and feel like we have family and friendships in which to belong. This is one of the reasons it is so hard to believe it when those you hold close and dear to your heart, treat you like they don’t love you. Rather than trust the warning screams coming from your inner self, cautioning you to disregard the words of the narcissist, you start self-gaslighting; denying the reality of what is happening directly in front of your face. You would be smart to accept the wise words of Maya Angelou, “When someone shows you who they are, believe them!”
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More about Sherrie L. King, M.S, LPC, GC-C
Sherrie L. King is part of the Flourishing Hope Counseling team. She is an excellent clinician. Mrs. King is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Grief Counselor with over eight years of experience has transformed her life after enduring narcissistic abuse. Thriving in her recovery, she has helped countless children, adolescents, spouses, and adult children of narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) parents.
Sherrie understands the heightened levels of distress, grief, PTSD, family estrangement, and abandonment these individuals face due to the complexities of the NPD family dynamic. She is dedicated to healing the mother wound and, as a post-trauma thriver with 15 years of no contact, she knows firsthand the importance of being heard and understood on the healing journey.