The Challenge of Creativity for Scapegoat Survivors of Narcissistic Parents

In today's video I explain how the scapegoat child and survivor learns to associate being creative with three punishments. The first punishment is their parent's vindictive attack for "showing off". The second punishment is feeling like nobody to no one. The third punishment is feeling psychologically lost because creativity does not seem like a real part of their identity. To recover, t
In today's video I explain how the scapegoat child and survivor learns to associate being creative with three punishments. The first punishment is their parent's vindictive attack for "showing off". The second punishment is feeling like nobody to no one. The third punishment is feeling psychologically lost because creativity does not seem like a real part of their identity. To recover, the scapegoat survivor needs to turn inward towards their creative impulses. They also need to be in relationships that support them. Last, I will explain how therapy can offer such a relationship and how scapegoat survivors can make use of it to restore their creativity.

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