Here are some great resources if you are a highly sensitive person struggling with a narcissist.
I find that sometimes, in the online spiritual community, some ideas are taken to the extreme. Although I am a believer in keeping our energy high and also that the energy surrounding us viscerally affects us as empaths, I don’t think that only thinking positive thoughts get us the things we want. We also need to act.
One website I find really helpful and clear-headed is Caroline Van Kimmenade’s The Happy Sensitive. While Caroline believes in energy, she also believes in differentiating between what’s an energetic piece and what’s something we need to take care of on a practical level. Check out this great piece on Three Big Problems with Ungrounded Spirituality and Why Awareness won’t Solve Your Overwhelm Problems.
Another video you must watch in this context is by the wonderful Lee Harris in which he talks about what intuition is and what it isn’t. Lee has amazing energy and has lots and lots of helpful videos for Highly Sensitive People.
Another truly amazing YouTube channel specifically for Highly Sensitive People and empaths struggling with narcissists is Permission to Exist. Check out these videos about Top 10 Narcissistic Red Flags to Watch Out For and The Base Model Narcissist: Standard Features to Expect. This amazing channel is a gold mine if you want to learn about dealing with narcissists as a Highly Sensitive Person or empath.
Another really interesting channel for learning defensive strategies with narcissists is Radhika B’s Narcissistic Recovery Healing for Empaths. A year or more back, I was thinking about whether patriarchal cultures promote narcissism and that led me to Radhika’s channel.
Check out her videos on how to recognize narcissists as well as how to deal with your own shattered sense of self after a narcissistic encounter. I like this video on the Heart chakra and this video on following our heart’s guidance.
If you are looking for more self-awareness as an empath, these wonderful resources are a great place to begin. The point of power is in remembering that we have choices and that we can orient ourselves better in the world when we become more discerning about who to let into our inner circle and who to keep out. Here’s to finding more positive power as Highly Sensitive People!
Ritu Kaushal is the author of the memoir The Empath’s Journey, which combines personal experiences from her own life as an emotional empath with insights from different psychological theories to give empaths more tools and resources to connect with themselves.
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