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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…

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  Adult Children of Narcissists - Adverse Childhood Experiences - Boundaries - cPTSD - cPTSD Healing - Generational Trauma - Invalidation - Narcissistic Abuse Recovery - Narcissistic Parent - No Contact - Recovery - Survivor - Trauma - Triggers

  Bless Your Heart — A Reflection on Invalidation

  November 18, 2025 - By Andrew Pumpelly

  There’s a moment from my daughter’s wedding that keeps resurfacing in my mind — not because it ruined the day, not because it carried malice, but because it revealed something deep about how invisible trauma can be to people who haven’t lived through it. During the rehearsal, I met the…