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Affiliations and Attachments

Post author:Magda Gee
Post published:July 26, 2020
Post category:dirty secrets Surviving Narcissistic Abuse Trauma

Because I was raised without healthy sustained connection with my care givers, I attempted to build an identity around attachments and affiliations- which would not ever satisfy my need for safe…

Gaslighting, Stonewalling, and the Machinery of Control

Post author:Magda Gee
Post published:July 1, 2020
Post category:dirty secrets Family Dynamics The Scapegoat's Perspective Trauma

Stonewalling and gaslighting feel like techniques intended to erase a person. To obliterate their spirit. Stonewalling is a tactic used to control, isolate, humiliate, and frustrate someone for attempting to…

When Victims Are Put on Trial

Post author:Magda Gee
Post published:June 23, 2020
Post category:Mindful Parenting Surviving Narcissistic Abuse

In their young efforts to comfort my despair over George Floyd, my boys offered this: “Mom, he did have meth in his system and had been previously arrested for armed assault…

I Refused the Illusion of Harmony

Post author:Magda Gee
Post published:June 17, 2020
Post category:Mindful Parenting The Scapegoat's Perspective Trauma

My steady refusal of gifts and staged harmony—in place of healing, repair, and honest connection—made something clear: I was no longer willing to bypass necessary mending. Real healing would have…