In this episode, I’m sharing my personal story of being gaslit by my entire family & how journaling saved my life.

When everyone around you is invalidating your experiences, your feelings, and your reality….you really do start to feel like you’re going crazy.

Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation in which the abuser attempts to sow self-doubt and confusion in their victim's mind. Typically, gaslighters are seeking to gain power and control over the other person, by distorting reality and forcing them to question their own judgment and intuition.

“It's making someone seem or feel unstable, irrational and not credible, making them feel like what they're seeing or experiencing isn't real, that they're making it up, that no one else will believe them.”

Being raised by a narcissist, that was ALL I KNEW. I was often invalidated in my experiences, my feelings, and my reality. My basic needs were unmet & if I didn’t validate myself and my experiences, I probably would’ve never learned how to validate myself which would have me unconsciously looking for validation from others, which would lead me to being gaslit again.

Being able to validate myself, my experiences, and my reality helped me connect with my true authentic self, my soul, my intuition. This deep knowing inside of myself. It help connect me to my needs, my desires, and how I can create and give what I need, to myself.

Feeling connected to my true authentic self supported me to establish & reinforce boundaries for myself. What Am I going to allow into my life? Who am I going to allow to have access to me? What do I need & how can I give that to myself?

Journaling helped me validate myself, my reality, my truth, and that’s something that nobody can ever take from me again.

Truly life changing.

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(5.) Surviving Gaslighting Abuse: How Journaling Saved My Life