Narcissistic gaslighting 101. Explained by a diagnosed narcissist. #Narcissist #narcissisticabuse #gaslighting #gaslight101 | Steven Ingram

I get it. When I was trying to recover from narcissistic abuse, I thought if I could just understand it enough, I’d be free. I read all the books. I learned the terms. I tried to outthink the trauma. But nothing truly shifted — because trauma doesn’t live in your mind. It lives in your body. It lives in your reactions, your symptoms, your anxiety, your triggers. And that’s why no amount of learning brought real relief. Everything changed for me when I stopped trying to solve it mentally — and st