Adult Children of Narcissists

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  Adult Children of Narcissists - Boundaries - cPTSD - cPTSD Healing - Emotional Abuse - Gen X - Generational Trauma - Hypervigilance - Intimacy - Narcissistic Abuse Recovery - Recovery - Survivor - Trauma

  When Life Is Just… Being Life

  January 15, 2026 - By Andrew Pumpelly

  I didn’t post last Thursday.I didn’t post Tuesday, either. And for the first time since I started this blog, that absence felt noticeable. Not dramatic.Not catastrophic.Just… different. For months now, I’ve been writing on a steady rhythm — Tuesdays and Thursdays, like clockwork. That consistency mattered to me. It was…

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  Adult Children of Narcissists - Adverse Childhood Experiences - Boundaries - cPTSD - cPTSD Healing - Gen X - Gratitude - Narcissistic Abuse Recovery - Recovery - Survivor - Trauma

  What I’m Carrying Into the New Year (And What I’m Finally Setting Down)

  January 1, 2026 - By Andrew Pumpelly

  I’m not making resolutions this year. Not because I don’t believe in growth.Not because I’ve “given up.”But because resolutions assume the problem is insufficient effort. And that’s not what this past year taught me. 2025 wasn’t a year of self-improvement.It was a year of self-extraction. From lies.From roles that were…

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  Adult Children of Narcissists - Adverse Childhood Experiences - Boundaries - cPTSD - cPTSD Healing - Emotional Abuse - Financial Abuse - Gen X - Generational Trauma - Gratitude - Holiday Triggers - Holidays - Hypervigilance - Narcissistic Abuse Recovery - Narcissistic Parent - No Contact - Recovery - Survivor - Trauma

  A No Contact Christmas: What the Holidays Feel Like After Cutting Ties With a Narcissistic Parent

  December 25, 2025 - By Andrew Pumpelly

  For most of my life, Christmas came with a low-grade dread I didn’t have language for. On the surface, it looked like a normal holiday — lights, food, family photos. Underneath, my nervous system knew better. Holidays weren’t about joy or connection. They were tests. Performances. Emotional obstacle courses where…