5. The Hypervigilance Highway: Life After Narcissistic Abuse

A childhood marked by maternal narcissistic abuse and emotional abandonment often leads to an adulthood marked by trauma triggers, hypervigilance, and anxiety. Gaining control over your trauma responses and getting yourself out of fight, flight, or freeze is an important piece of narcissistic abuse recovery. I start this conversation with a brief reminder of grounding techniques that we discussed in earlier episodes. Follow this link for a worksheet you can use in your recovery toolbox. Our conversation continues with a discussion of how anxiety has functioned in your life and offers new insights about its role with ways for recovery. Struggling to get a grip on your triggers? I would love to learn and understand more. Share your questions in an email or recorded voice memo to: [email protected] If you value Mother Mayhem and have found the show helpful in your trauma recovery, consider becoming a sponsor by purchasing 'Simple Scripts for Saying Hard Things.' This resource provides the right words for difficult conversations, covering all aspects of life, love, and work The grounding techniques worksheet