Is there ever a good reason to stay with a narcissist? Is healing even possible during the invalidation and difficulties that come with a narcissist in a relationship? Can you heal while staying with a narcissist? Angie Atkinson and Kim Saeed from Let Me Reach offer their thoughts on whether or not it’s possible to heal while staying with a narcissist – PLUS: the hard truth about how a narcissistic relationship will affect your kids and what Kim says you can do to get out.
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Angela Atkinson is a Certified Life Coach and the author of more than 20 books on narcissism, narcissistic abuse recovery and related topics. A recognized expert on narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder who has studied and written extensively on narcissistic relationships since 2006, Atkinson was inspired to begin her work as a result of having survived toxic relationships of her own.
Atkinson offers trauma-informed coaching and has certifications in life coaching, level 2 therapeutic model, CBT coaching, integrative wellness coaching, and NLP. She is a certified trauma support coach and certified family trauma professional. She also has a professional PTSD counseling certification. Her mission is to help those who have experienced the emotional and mental devastation that comes with narcissistic abuse in these incredibly toxic relationships to (re)discover their true selves, stop the gaslighting and manipulation and move forward into their genuine desires – into a life that is exactly what they choose for themselves.
Along with her solution-focused life coaching experience, Atkinson’s previous career in journalism and research helps her to offer both accurate and understandable information for survivors of abuse in a simple-to-understand way that helps to increase awareness in the narcissistic abuse recovery community. Atkinson founded QueenBeeing.com Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Support, the SPANily Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Support Groups and the Life Makeover Academy. In her life coaching practice, Atkinson’s clients enjoy her personalized approach that allows and encourages them to become the best possible versions of themselves and to succeed in doing what they love most. She offers individual and group coaching for victims and survivors of narcissistic abuse at NarcissisticAbuseRecovery.Online and NarcissismSupportCoach.com.
This is a side note on the subject but it was something that was on my mind the whole time that I was watching the video: church. I was raised in church my whole childhood. Part of that upbringing was the mantra of tough love and not getting a divorce at all costs. My wife and I went to a lot of counseling through various pastors (of which everything was my fault of course). I know that some of my staying with her was just my fear of not being loved by God or even being looked down on by other people in the church. I know that there are times when you just have to work through things, but after 20 years I realized that I wasn’t all wrong. In fact, I often had a correct view of a problem and that I was just getting bullied. Once I started assertively standing for myself the relationship deteriorated rapidly. 6 years ago I decided to leave the relationship and I wish I had done it waaaay sooner. But I know that my fear of church and disobeying God was something that kept me in a very unhealthy relationship. As far as healing from the relationship, leaving was the best thing for me. I would have to say that most people in my church really turned away from me, and that hurts. But, some didn’t, and that’s just part of the process of learning who your friends really are. And I also know that God loves me no matter what, so we’re good. Thanks for the videos and articles. It has helped me and my daughters very much.
The tricky part is that here at the end of hope
I’m so broken outwardly -and internally
It’s hard to function to figure out the broken car , finances , face , children with a broken heart
I feel so tired
I’m overwhelmed at how much it will take
And for what to meet more greedy people who don’t notice to care and will run over anything to get what they want ?
I’ve been told I’m ugly literally and figuritvley