A great talk with Dana Morningstar of Thrive After Abuse on the topic of narcissistic abuse recovery, including Q&A. Dana has her own YouTube channel and a website Thrive After Abuse.

(00:44) Dana's Story

(11:54) Physical Symptoms of Emotional Abuse and Trauma

(14:47) Are We Facing a Narcissism Epidemic?

(20:01) Social Conditioning of Male/female Trauma Processing

(23:00) It's Important We See Behavior, Not Gender

(32:05) Dana Continues Her Story (Parental Influence)

(35:06) Modelling the Self-love We Crave for

(37:29) Narcissistic Abuse Syndrome

Q&A Section

(41:18) "How do we go about making the ruminations stop?"

(45:18) "How long narcissists can hide his narcissism?"

(48:59) The red flags are not seen, they're felt

(51:16) "How can I help in my date's recovery from narcissistic abuse?"

(54:21) "How do you teach a child to go through emotional flashbacks?"

(58:58) "What are your thoughts on how to decrease codependency?"

(1:03:08) "Trauma bonding and how to break it?"

(1:07:52) "Can you talk about NLP and how it helps to move forward?"

(1:10:07) Example use of NLP strategy, NLP is pictures inside your head 

(1:12:02) "Is there anything we can do to identify an abusive/toxic person?"

(1:15:39) Emotional starvation pulling us into relationships and fogging our judgment

(1:24:18) "How can I improve my self-esteem after the abuse?"

(1:36:23) On Louise L. Hay, affirmations, positivity