26. Surrender After Narcissistic Abuse: Letting Go of Control, Outcomes and Fear (Trauma Recovery, Autism & ASD) | Emotional Detachment as a

About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of surrendering control in the recovery from narcissistic abuse, particularly for autistic women.

Let’s now learn to let go of what we cannot control, so we can fully focus on what we can. For a survivor of narcissistic abuse, this can feel counterintuitive. And yet it’s a crucial step in performing better in family court.Welcome back to Season 2 of Light in the Battle— a podcast for autistic women healing from narcissistic abuse, where we become clearer, calmer, and spiritually and legally harder to mess with.This season is a journey from the trauma bond to emotional freedom. So far, we’ve covered trauma recovery through understanding the trauma bond, PTSD and CPTSD, EMDR, forgiveness without reconciliation, codependency, fellowship and mentorship, and gratitude. It was all presented in an ASD-friendly way, for women and single mothers on the spectrum.In this episode, we move into one of the most misunderstood— and most powerful — steps in narcissistic abuse recovery:surrender.In the face of injustice, and of feeling like people are walking all over you, we’re not trying to give up on our goals to protect the kids from harm. Surrender is: letting go of what you cannot control, so you save your energy to fully act on what you can control.For a survivor of narcissistic abuse…

People in this episode

Host: Faustina

Topics covered

• narcissistic abuse
• trauma recovery
• emotional detachment
• surrender
• autism
• family court

Keywords

• narcissistic abuse
• surrender
• trauma recovery
• autism
• emotional freedom
• family court
• PTSD
• CPTSD

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Light in the Battle

Books & works: Season 2

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