27. Grief After Narcissistic Abuse: Processing Loss, Identity and Trauma (Autism & ASD) - Letting Go For Your Custody Battle | Emotional Detachment as a Tactical Advantage for Family Court, Season 2
From Light in the Battle: Autism, Single Motherhood and Trauma Recovery by Faustina
April 13, 2026 · 27 min · Season 2 · Episode 15
About this episode
This episode explores the complexities of grief after narcissistic abuse, focusing on emotional detachment and its tactical advantages in family court during custody battles.
Grief After Narcissistic Abuse: Mourning What Was Lost Grief is what happens when you stop fighting reality — andfinally allow yourself to feel what it cost you. For a survivor of narcissistic abuse , those lossescan be significant, complex, and often invisible to others. 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. Emotional Detachment as a Tactical Advantage for FamilyCourt — Season 2 This season is a journey from the trauma bond toemotional freedom . We’ve covered trauma recovery through PTSD and CPTSD, EMDR, forgiveness without reconciliation, codependency, fellowship, gratitude, and surrender. In this episode, we arrive at a step that cannot be skipped: grief. In this episode, we explore: • Grieving the life you thought you were building • Grieving a reality that looks nothing like what you planned • The loss of personal belongings, stability, and shared history • Losing friendships, social circles, and cutting off “flying monkeys” • Grieving changes in your relationship with your children, including parental alienation • The…
People in this episode
Host: Faustina
Topics covered
- grief
- narcissistic abuse
- emotional detachment
- family court
- trauma recovery
- autism
- custody battle
Keywords
- grief
- narcissistic abuse
- emotional detachment
- family court
- custody battle
- trauma recovery
- autism
- PTSD
- CPTSD
- parental alienation
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