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

Original investigations into the architecture of mind, cognition, affect and beyond. It is research born from both lived reality and decades of inquiry, providing a perspective unavailable in traditional psychology or neuroscience. https://cristinagherghel.substack.com/p/panmodal-aphantasia