• spiritual narcissist
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    Five Signs of a Spiritual Narcissist

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    While the spiritual narcissist has much in common with your regular garden variety narcissist, a spiritual narcissist tends to hold sway over more people. You can find them in just about any religion and denomination. Religion is often a big draw for narcissists. Spiritual authority is nebulous; many people who claim to have it, do not. But with enough bluster and authoritarian posturing, it can sure seem like others have spiritual authority. Pastors are not the only ones who often qualify as spiritual narcissists. I have seen many Bible studies putter out as a member stage a takeover. Often church…

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    Gratitude - healing - PTSD - Trauma

    Mass Trauma: 5 Steps to Protecting Your Mental Health

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    We are currently suffering a global mass trauma. Even if we don’t come down with COVID 19, we live under the threat of it. Living in fear is one of the primary precursors to PTSD.  I did a little research and quickly found that primary and secondary stressors can cause significant challenges to one’s mental health. For many of us, the daily news tally of the dead and the enforced quarantine is a primary stressor. For others, add to this contracting the disease or watching a loved one struggle and perhaps die, is an even greater primary stressor. The secondary…

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    Attracting Controlling People? Here’s Why.

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    I both attract and repel controlling people. My entire life, I have gravitated towards people who wanted to dedicate themselves to controlling my life. I did not understand why until much later. Nowadays, I am pretty cautious around people, especially charmers and smooth talkers. I warm slowly to charismatic leaders, and I now listen to what people say, rather than what I think they mean. Taking people’s words at face value saves me a lot of heartaches. For a long time, I considered myself a magnet for anyone with narcissistic traits, and in reality, I was. Not until I recognized…