“Happiness is a choice” and “everything happens for a reason” are two of the most damaging pop-psychology tropes, forcing victims of abuse to retraumatize themselves and recasting them as the problem rather than acknowledging the catastrophic wounds. #Aphantasia #MentalHealthStudies #SuicidalIdeation #Trauma #PanicDisorder #HumanSuffering #AIinResearch https://cristinagherghel.substack.com/p/this-is-not-a-story-of-survival?r=6bmg7x

Why do some mental health therapies fail? If a person's trauma does not flashbacks and berating introjects, traditional treatments that rely on narrative and imagery will not work. Not all suffering from narcissistic abuse is the same. Not all victims become survivors. Some will remain endurers. #TraumaRecovery #EmotionalAbuse #MentalHealth #NeurodevelopmentalPsychology #aphantasia https://open.substack.com/pub/cristinagherghel/p/narcissistic-abuse-c-ptsd-and-the?r=6bmg7x&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true