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34 | Why Small Decisions Feel So Overwhelming After Narcissistic Abuse
Have you ever spent more time choosing a coffee, a shampoo, or a paint color than you did making one of the biggest decisions of your life?
If you've left a controlling, manipulative, or narcissistic relationship, you're not imagining it. Those tiny everyday decisions can feel surprisingly overwhelming - and it isn't because you're bad at making choices.
In this episode, we explore why survivors often lose trust in their own judgment, how years of criticism and gaslighting condition your nervous system to see even small decisions as dangerous, and why the hardest part of recovery isn't always…
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