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Why Narcissistic Abuse Unlike Any Other (Lecture in University of Applied Sciences, Elbląg, Poland)

The speaker described narcissistic abuse as a specific form of interpersonal trauma caused by individuals with narcissistic personality disorder who attempt to negate victims’ autonomy and identity through idealization, devaluation, and a shared fantasy that entrains and internalizes the victim. He outlined the mechanisms (snapshotting, entrainment, dual mothership, lovebombing, devaluation, hoovering) and common victim responses (dissociation, trauma bonding, prolonged grief, victimhood identity), and emphasized the serious psychological impacts including complex trauma and loss of reality testing. Recovery is possible through a nine-fold path addressing body, mind, and functioning—emphasizing self-mothering, authenticity, evidence-based vigilance, therapy, and restoring agency—along with signs of healing to watch for. Why Narcissistic Abuse Unlike Any Other (Lecture in University of Applied Sciences, Elbląg, Poland)

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