@christie.heals: Psychological abuse undermines your trust in your judgment, memory, and perception of reality through gaslighting, mind games, and persistent lying. Emotional abuse tears down your self-esteem and sense of self-worth through shame, humiliation, insults, name-calling, rejection, and guilt-tripping. It can make you feel worthless, unlovable, or dependent on the abuser’s approval. The two often overlap. DARVO, smear campaigns, the lying, the lack of accountability… this can take you to a very dark place. You don’t have to keep listening to these people, and you don’t need their approval to protect yourself. You’re allowed to leave even if they never admit what they did. No contact isn’t selfish. Sometimes, it’s lifesaving! 🖤✨ #HealingJourney #higherself #darvo #CPTSD #toxicfamily