by Sherry Gaba | Nov 25, 2025 | Codependency, Relationships, Trauma
If you’ve ever found yourself carrying the weight of everyone else’s emotions, responsibilities, or chaos – while quietly neglecting your own needs – you may be caught in the exhausting pattern of overfunctioning. Overfunctioning is when you do...
by Sherry Gaba | Nov 4, 2025 | Abuse, Codependency, Narcissism, Psychotherapy, Relationships, Trauma
When we start healing from trauma, codependency, or narcissistic abuse, it’s common to discover that parts of us automatically go into protection mode – the caretaker, the pleaser, the controller, the avoider, the one who shuts down, or the one who fights...
by Sherry Gaba | Oct 28, 2025 | Abuse, Codependency, Narcissism, Relationships, Trauma
In healthy relationships, accountability, empathy, and truth are the foundation of safety. But in toxic or manipulative dynamics, reality can become distorted – especially when one partner feigns abuse. Feigning abuse means pretending to be a victim of harm or...
by Sherry Gaba | Oct 21, 2025 | Codependency, Narcissism, Relationships
We’ve all seen it: someone hinting, sighing, or making indirect comments in hopes of getting help, attention, or resources – without ever asking outright. This is often called dry begging. On the surface, it may look the same whether it comes from a...
by Sherry Gaba | Oct 14, 2025 | Codependency, Obsessive Love, Psychotherapy, Relationships, Trauma
So many of us want to forget the past – the choices we made, the people we loved who hurt us, the mistakes that feel heavy with shame. Especially if those choices involved a toxic or codependent relationship, our instinct may be to cut off those versions of...
by Sherry Gaba | Sep 23, 2025 | Abuse, Codependency, Narcissism, Obsessive Love, Relationships, Trauma
Growing up with parents who never apologize isn’t just frustrating in the moment – it’s quietly shaping the way you see yourself, relationships, and conflict. In a healthy family, apologies teach children that mistakes are human, accountability...
