Prelude to Unrealistic Expectations
When something is unrealistic, it means that there is not a successful way to achieve the desired outcome. Just because you hope to get what you want will not make it happen. On the contrary, you are in denial! A part of being in denial is believing a lie and accepting it as truth. Denial is a result of deep-seated fear, grief, and avoidance of emotional pain associated with having to change or accept change. Spending your energy anticipating an unworkable result will yield enduring frustration, exhaustion, and disappointment.
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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.