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Prajinta Pesqueda
Prajinta Pesqueda

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Recovering from Trauma While the World Burns

The Added Challenges of Recovery Amidst an Ongoing Pandemic, a Genocidal War, Dangerous Climate Changes, Home-Grown Terror, and Economic Disaster — 2019 was the tipping point — my husband abandoned our lengthy marriage, and the world began to unravel at an alarming pace. It was June 18th, 2019 when it all began, this descent into hell, and it has continued ever since. Things will never return to “that kind of normal”…

Narcissistic Abuse

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Recovering from Trauma While the World Burns
Recovering from Trauma While the World Burns
Narcissistic Abuse

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Re-write Your Story with a Happy Ending

After the Narcissist Abandons and Deletes All Memory of You, You Can Reimagine a New Life — Tabula Rasa — Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run And there’s still time to change the road you’re on- Stairway to Heaven Some aspects of life are beyond your control, and I am reminded of that once again as a friend recently drew this card…

Love

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Re-write Your Story with a Happy Ending
Re-write Your Story with a Happy Ending
Love

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Published in Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Collaborators

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The Scrambled Brain of the Narcissist

The Structural Integrity of the Brain with NPD is Compromised — The cognitive dissonance in a relationship with an NPD partner is substantial, but perhaps it’s all in their head. Literally. In recent years, we can actually see narcissism in the brain shown in imaging tests like MRIs and CT scans. People who suffer from narcissistic personality disorder have structural abnormalities…

Narcissism

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The Scrambled Brain of the Narcissist
The Scrambled Brain of the Narcissist
Narcissism

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Stuck in the Badlands

The Black Hole After Narcissistic Abuse — “Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep if I should die before I wake I pray the Lord my soul to take.” It’s been almost 2 years since the end of my marriage to a narcissistic psychopath. In the aftermath of his…

Recovery

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Stuck in the Badlands
Stuck in the Badlands
Recovery

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Published in About Me Stories

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About Me — Prajinta Pesqueda

We are the sum total of our experiences and define ourselves by what we do and who we love. — My identity has been forged by a number of things. Life was not kind to me as a bi-racial female growing up in the Texas Panhandle in the 60’s and ’70s. Not only was the environment inhospitable to say the least, but my family was also plagued with mental illness…

Narcissism

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About Me — Prajinta Pesqueda
About Me — Prajinta Pesqueda
Narcissism

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Published in Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Collaborators

·Jan 27

The Power of Imagery in Healing Trauma and Archaic Wounds

Katathym Imaginative Psychotherapy, Hallucinogens, and Light-Work Visualizations — “If you can imagine it, then it exists” due to the infinite nature of reality. You have probably heard this expression or one like it. The process of visualizing directs the subconscious to be aware of the end goal you have in mind. It reminds you on a consistent basis…

Narcissism

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The Power of Imagery in Healing Trauma and Archaic Wounds
The Power of Imagery in Healing Trauma and Archaic Wounds
Narcissism

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Published in New Choices

·Jan 17

Something Wicked This Way Comes, and it’s Not the Narcissist

Recovering from Covert Abuse While the World Unravels Demands a Special Kind of Grit — D is for Damn it, the narcissist has wrecked your life! You are decimated, destroyed, dismembered. They are delusional, defiant, dangerous. And in the midst of all of the anguish and despair as you try to reimagine a new life and reconstruct a stronger, healthier version of yourself, the world…

Narcissism

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Something Wicked This Way Comes. . . And It’s Not the Narcissist
Something Wicked This Way Comes. . . And It’s Not the Narcissist
Narcissism

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Jan 13

Mental Illness is Contagious

Personality Disorders are Positive Adaptations in a World Where Survival is the End Game — The deeply ingrained survival instinct is hardwired in human beings. And throughout time, we have adapted to circumstances in ways that would ensure our survival. Positive adaptation, sometimes called psychological resilience, is a psychological system of coping skills employed by people who are faced with traumatic events. …

Narcissism

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Mental Illness is Contagious
Mental Illness is Contagious
Narcissism

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Published in Relationships Rules

·Jan 6

Time is Marked by Memories, but Not for the Disordered

The Narcissist is Incapable of Remembering the Past As we welcome 2023, we reflect on the passage of time and revisit the multitude of memories over the past year. We do this to measure our triumphs and failures and to reassess where we want to go as we move forward into a new year. We do it to…

Narcissism

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Time is Marked by Memories, but Not for the Disordered
Time is Marked by Memories, but Not for the Disordered
Narcissism

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Dec 30, 2022

The Narcissist’s Role in the Great Awakening

The Transformation is Happening — Time to Pack Up and Get Ready for What is to Come — Three Perspectives about the Hollow Core from the Past Century I. “A considerable percentage of the people we meet on the street are people who are empty inside, that is, they are actually already dead. It is fortunate for us that we do not see and do not know it. If we knew what a number of people are actually…

Narcissism

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The Narcissist’s Role in the Great Awakening
The Narcissist’s Role in the Great Awakening
Narcissism

9 min read

Prajinta Pesqueda

Prajinta Pesqueda

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Educator, aspiring humanist, composer of words. Survivor, warrior, healer, believer. Contact me at Narc2Thrive@gmail.com

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