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Kimberly Weeks | Narcissistic Abuse Recovery for Women

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❤️‍🩹Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Coach
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What happens when a relationship slowly changes who you are?

Not all at once. Sometimes it’s so gradual that you don’t even notice how much of yourself you’ve given up.

Your opinions, your interests, the things that once made you feel like yourself.

In this conversation, Kimberly shares why one particular scene in I LOVE YOU MY NARCISSIST surprised her so much. It reflected something she had experienced personally.

And that’s what makes this part of the story so important. Emotional abuse isn’t always about obvious conflict. Sometimes it’s about slowly losing the freedom to be yourself.

Have you ever watched a scene that felt a little too familiar?

Watch I LOVE YOU MY NARCISSIST, streaming now through the link in our bio.

#ilymn #iloveyoumynarcissist #narcissisticabuse #coercivecontrol #emotionalabuse

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We should feel safe in our own homes.

Instead, we learn their footsteps. We watch their face. We choose every word to avoid another explosion.

Domestic violence includes threats, control, sexual pressure, and fear—even when there are no bruises.

When a narcissist hurts us, then blames us for their behavior, we are still not responsible for their abuse.

We deserve love we don’t have to survive. 🤍

#domesticviolenceawareness #narcissist #coercivecontrol #survivorvoices #healingtogether

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I was taught something by a fantastic tutor in Critical Psychopathology that has stayed with me: sometimes cinema teaches us more about the human psyche than any textbook ever could.

And sometimes, actors deserve far more credit for the psychological complexity they manage to communicate without saying a single word.

Glenn Close in Dangerous Liaisons (1988) is an extraordinary example. And I still think she deserved the Oscar for this performance.

What we’re watching in these final scenes can be understood through the lens of narcissistic collapse.

First comes the realisation that she’s been seen. Not admired. Not feared. Seen. The carefully constructed identity, maintained through manipulation, status and control, is no longer convincing anyone.

Then comes the public rejection. The booing. The humiliation. The unbearable experience of losing control over how other people perceive her.

Watch how she stumbles as she leaves. The woman who once commanded every room can barely hold herself together.

And finally, the removal of her makeup.

It’s one of the most powerful visual metaphors for the collapse of a constructed identity I’ve ever seen on screen.

Because when your entire sense of self depends on controlling what others believe about you, exposure doesn’t simply threaten your reputation. It threatens the identity you’ve built your life around.

And here’s the psychological distinction that matters:

Her suffering doesn’t necessarily mean remorse.

She may be devastated by what she’s lost, without being devastated by what she’s done.

That’s the painful paradox of narcissistic fragility. The collapse can be entirely genuine, even when accountability is absent.

Of course, this is a psychological interpretation of a fictional character, not a clinical diagnosis. But that’s what makes cinema such a brilliant tool for exploring psychopathology.

Glenn Close communicates all of this through her face, her posture, her movement and, finally, a cloth wiping away her makeup.

No monologue. No explanation. Just the devastating moment when the performance can no longer continue.

Oscar-worthy acting. #narcissist #mentalhealth #psychology #

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The core mission of Scott Ferrie Coaching is to provide life-saving, peer-to-peer trauma recovery coaching that helps survivors of narcissistic abuse, emotional trauma, and toxic relationships heal from radical dehumanization and rebuild their lives. Founded by Scott Ferrie, a professionally trained trauma recovery coach and educator based in Staten Island, NY, the practice acts as a safe, client-led space built on the core principle that no survivor should have to navigate the exhausting aftermath of relational trauma alone.

A foundational aspect of the mission is its strict delineation from traditional, clinical therapy. Scott Ferrie approaches coaching as a collaborative, horizontal partnership rather than an expert-to-patient dynamic. Because Ferrie is a fellow survivor of narcissistic abuse and toxic divorce, the mission is fueled by lived, empathetic experience. Sessions are intentionally 100% client-led, meaning the survivor remains the absolute author of their timeline, deciding when to share, when to process, and when to vent.

#narcissisticabuse #toxicrelationship #toxicfamily #abuserecovery #betrayalrecovery

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#BookGiveaway #NarcissisticAbuse #BreakingFree #narcissisticabuserecovery #relationshiphelp

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RENT & WATCH THE MOVIE NOW - Link in bio.

Practitioner @iamkimberlyweeks discusses her 14 year marriage during a recent Q&A after a screening of the documentary, with director @markvicente & actress Evan Rachel Wood.

NEXT THEATER SCREENING with Q&A 10/25 - Visit the link in bio

#documentary #whattowatch #filmscreening

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They tried to silence us. Make us question ourselves. Convince us that we would never be the same without them.

And in some ways, they were right.

We aren’t the same women we were before.

We’re wiser now. We recognize what we once overlooked. We understand that love should never require us to abandon ourselves.

We’ve cried the tears. We’ve questioned our worth. We’ve grieved the people we thought we knew and the futures we thought we had.

But somewhere along the way, something changed.

We stopped asking why we weren’t enough and started realizing how much of ourselves we’d given away.

And now?

We’re finding our voices again.
We’re laughing without guilt.
We’re choosing peace over chaos.
We’re becoming women we never knew we had the strength to be.

They may have changed our stories, but they don’t get to write our endings.

This is our healing era. And we’re walking into it together. ❤️

If you’re still finding your way back to yourself, there’s a place for you here.

We survived. Now we get to live.

❤️ Healing Together

#domesticviolenceawareness #NarcissisticAbuseRecovery #emotionalabuserecovery #survivorstrong #healingjourney

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THE @iamkimberlyweeks ALWAYS understands the assignment! 🩷✨ An enlightening session at the W.H.O.L.E. Woman Summit as she explored “The Spectrum of Violence,” sparking meaningful discussion and encouraging us to look beyond what we THINK we know. A necessary conversation with lasting impact! 💗

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Ask yourself, how many women, how many cases, how many victims never make it this far?

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🎙️ What happens when the childhood trauma you thought you’d worked through starts showing up again during perimenopause?

For many women who grew up with emotionally abusive or narcissistic mothers, perimenopause can bring more than hot flashes and sleepless nights.

It can also be a time when old wounds become harder to ignore.

In this powerful conversation on Beyond Mommy Dearest, we explore how the messages we heard as children can follow us into adulthood, shaping our relationships, confidence, careers, and even how we see ourselves.

When you’ve spent decades being told you’re not good enough, those words can become part of your inner dialogue.

And sometimes, hormonal changes, disrupted sleep, and increased emotional vulnerability can make those old beliefs feel louder than ever.

But here’s something important: Just because you were taught to believe something about yourself doesn’t make it true.

This is where reparenting can be so powerful. Learning to give yourself the compassion, validation, and emotional safety you may not have received growing up.

💗 You are not the person your mother told you that you were.

💗 You are allowed to challenge the beliefs you inherited.

💗 And it’s never too late to become the safe, loving voice you needed as a child.

Healing isn’t always about discovering something new. Sometimes it’s about finally questioning what you were taught to believe.

🎧 Listen to Beyond Mommy Dearest as we discuss the intersection of childhood trauma, perimenopause, and learning to reparent ourselves.

#BeyondMommyDearest #NarcissisticMothers #Perimenopause #ChildhoodTrauma #Reparenting

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Still ❤️,
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#godissovereign
#thefreemanshow

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