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Why You Believe You Cannot Be Happy After Emotional Abuse
We weren’t broken by narcissistic abuse; we were conditioned by it
After an abusive relationship, we spend a crapload of time wondering why we can’t just ‘snap out of it’ (like so many “helpful” people think we should). “You’re free of the abuser, now why can’t you just get over it already?”
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It’s so frustrating, and humiliating!
Just get over it. Ohhh if I had a dollar for every time some “helpful” person gave me this advice….
If you are reading this article, chances are you know how it feels. Nothing is thrilling anymore, fun isn’t actually fun, and I guess we must be depressed, right?
In this article I will explain why emotional abuse causes anhedonia (inability to experience joy) by conditioning your nervous system to fear happiness. At the end I’ll give you a Mindshift Micro-Meditation to help you retrain your nervous system to feel safe experiencing joy and happiness.
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