Why Do You Feel So Depressed After Narcissistic Abuse?

Is depression just sadness—or something deeper when you've survived a relationship with a narcissist?

In this episode, we explore the emotional aftermath so many survivors silently carry: the weight of depression that surfaces after the trauma ends. But this isn’t just about feeling down—it’s about everything that was taken, silenced, or distorted in the process.

Why does your mind feel foggy? Why does everything feel harder than it should be? Why does healing sometimes feel lonelier than the abuse itself?

Lynn guides you through the layered reasons behind post-abuse depression—without judgment, without shame. From emotional exhaustion and cognitive dissonance to identity loss, isolation, and C-PTSD, we look at why these feelings are not signs of weakness but indicators of what you’ve survived.

This isn’t just about naming the pain. It’s about helping you feel less alone in it.

Watch to explore:

• Why confusion and fatigue hit hardest after leaving
• How losing yourself in the relationship affects recovery
• Why isolation lingers even when you’re no longer being controlled
• How C-PTSD shows up long after the narcissist is gone
• What grief really looks like on the other side of emotional abuse

You’re not broken. You’re healing.

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