Emotional Invalidation: When the Introvert’s Feelings Don’t Count
Your emotional reality doesn’t require external approval to be valid. For those who process feelings internally and express them carefully,…
Your emotional reality doesn’t require external approval to be valid. For those who process feelings internally and express them carefully,…
The silence after narcissistic abuse feels different when you’re an introvert. You’ve spent months or years accommodating someone else’s reality,…
The quiet patterns you notice aren’t paranoia. They’re data. Three months into managing a high-profile client relationship, I realized something…
The email from my mother sat in my inbox for three days. “Everyone thinks you’re being rude by leaving family…
Your ex denied what you saw with your own eyes. Months later, you’re still doing it to yourself. “Maybe I…
Your colleague mentions they’ll “circle back” on something, and your stomach drops. A friend cancels plans at the last minute,…
The first employee review where I had to address a toxic team dynamic taught me something unexpected about recovery. One…
The project manager insisted the meeting never happened. You remember every detail from that conference room, the whiteboard notes, the…
Building a strong relationship with yourself as an introvert isn’t just about self-care or positive thinking. It’s about systematically developing…