Unhinged approaches to healing

Being around a narcissistic parent can be quite complicated. First, you notice the difficulties, then you might try to confront them. Over time, you may realize there's little you can do about it. Eventually, you have to prioritize yourself and handle the hurt and challenges along the way.

After being the bravest soldier, you rebuild yourself into a whole human again.

I'm a big supporter of therapy and know it works, but this post isn't about that.

I want to start a thread on unorthodox ways to heal from life. Maybe what you did helps someone else. No judgment. I will start:

• Magnesium helped me sleep better, and ashwagandha helped calm my nervous system when I first moved out of the situation, and my body was already braced for impact. I recommend a doctor here, ok?

• Writing about what happened to me was crucial to gaining sovereignty over my own story, to be able to look at it in a detached way, and it also kept me grounded when I shook about my decision. I did some research on expressive writing, and it is really a thing. We've been fogged our whole lives, so organizing our mind house is something we must do.

• Endurance sport: running has been such a therapy; it has this domino effect on my brain that says, "it is hard, but I can do it."

• Trying to have a routine: it turns out, as we've lived our whole lives in "unpredictable mode", our body craves a peaceful, boring routine.... it helps a lot to signal peace.

• But for me, the most unhinged way was astrology. Not horoscope bullshit, but real traditional astrology. It was a great help in understanding the question of "this is actually who I am" and strengthened that in me. But of course, it is not for everyone.

Please, please, share here what you've done with the community :)