Jul 1 in Introductions
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Hi everyone! I’m Adriana from Toronto Canada and I’m a narcissistic abuse recovery coach. I’ll try to keep this short 😅
I was raised by a narcissistic mother and was involved in several romantic relationshits with narcissistic men. It wasn’t till my final breakup with a narcissist in 2014 that I went down a Google rabbit hole and learned that not only did I have a little pattern of dating narcs, but I was also raised by one. I broke the cycle and found my now husband, but wouldn’t have a clue about how to heal until 2019 when I had extreme chronic pain.
After a wisdom tooth extraction in 2015, I began having physical problems-tmj dysfunction, neck pain, migraines every day, shoulder pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, and more.
Then in 2018 I started a treatment to realign my jaw to maybe not get migraines anymore. Then in oct of 2018 I got shingles, in my mouth, while doing this jaw treatment. It was absolute hell and I ended up with something called trigeminal neuralgia which is nicknamed the suicide disease. I told my husband I’d try to give him another 10 years before he’d have to call himself a widower because if I was already in this much pain at 30 I was terrified of how much worse my pain would get as I aged.
In Jan 2019 I discovered the mindbody connection that my physical pain was connected to repressed emotions from childhood trauma. I thought it was bs but I had “the gift of desperation” so I did the inner work and sure enough was pain free within 4 months. This inspired me to become a coach and help others with chronic pain.
The more I shared my story about being raised by a narc the more it resonated with others so here we are today and I help survivors of narc abuse heal not just emotionally but also physically. I’ve been doing this since 2019 and love it, and my main goal is to have a consistent stream of clients without burning myself out.
Super excited to be in this group and learn from you all!
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