What it’s like being estranged from my mom || NPD, No Contact, & Healing ||

I don’t believe anyone’s healing or recovery is the same or takes a predictable trajectory. Do your best to meet yourself where you are, accept every feeling as valid and allowed, and try to have patience. I know it’s hard to wake up day after day and feel stuck in anger or grief or wishing the past was different I know how hard it is to feel your own frustration and the frustrations of others that you’re “still thinking about that“. It’ll pass eventually... and then probably come back... only to move on again. Even though you’re in pain and grieving and angry, you can still feel moments joy and gratitude, though they may be small and fleeting. Be kind to yourself as you face these feelings; as kind as a loving parent should be. Remember that it’s your right and responsibility (once you’re an adult) to protect yourself from people who purposefully and consistently try to do you harm (physically or emotionally) or people who deny your perception or perspective.