🕊️ Dove Recovery Art Series:

Recovery from Psychological Abuse & Emotional Healing

New posts released every Friday starting Friday June 20th 2025.

💻✨ Because healing is sacred—and Fridays are for freedom.

Welcome to our educational and healing-forward series dedicated to understanding, surviving, and transforming the impact of psychological abuse.

Whether you’re recovering from toxic relationships, family dysfunction, or simply trying to understand patterns that no longer serve you—this series is for you.

💬 Every topic will be explored through this educational and empowering format:

🧠 What it is

🔍 Why this is important to be aware of

🚩 Red flags to watch for

🛠️ Tools to respond in a way that is comprehended and respected

💖 How to recover—and protect yourself emotionally

This series covers essential topics, including:

💥 Manipulation & Abuse Tactics:

• Gaslighting

• Projection

• Triangulation

• Smear Campaigns

• Love Bombing

• Devaluation & Discard

• Silent Treatment

• Stonewalling

• Withholding Affection

• Guilt-Tripping

• Blame-Shifting

• Hoovering

• Future Faking

• Breadcrumbing

• Narcissistic Rage

• Sexual Coercion

• Financial / Medical / Housing Control

• Reactive Abuse

🧬 Generational & Family Dysfunction:

• Generational Trauma

• Parentification

• Enmeshment vs. Estrangement

• Golden Child / Scapegoat Dynamics

• Religious Trauma & Spiritual Abuse

• Breaking the Codependency Cycle

• Inherited Shame

• Generational Silence & Secrets

🧠 Personality & Mental Health Disorders:

(Understanding vs. Enabling)

• Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD)

• Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)

• Bipolar I & II Disorders

• Schizophrenia & Schizoaffective Disorders

• Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD)

• Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD)

• The DIFFERENCE between a toxic person vs. a mentally ill person:

  • Understanding the difference.

  • Compassion, and understanding of what these diagnosis mean.

  • Understanding the difference between someone struggling, and someone abusing.

  • Tools on how to communicate and honor yourself as well as compassion for the other party

  • Acknowledging the difference between abuse, and mental illness.

  • How to navigate relationships with compassion and boundaries

🧠 Psychological Concepts for Recovery:

• Trauma Bonding

• Cognitive Dissonance

• Gaslight Fog & Memory Distortion

• Fawning Response

• Trauma Cycles in Romantic Relationships

• Narcissistic Family Systems

• The Dark Triad: Narcissism, Machiavellianism, Psychopathy

🛡️ Healing, Boundaries & Recovery Tools:

• Setting Boundaries Without Guilt

• No Contact vs. Low Contact

• Nervous System Regulation

• Self-Validation & Inner Child Work

• Redefining Love After Abuse

💬 Every topic will be explored through this empowering format:

🧠 What it is

🔍 Why this is important to be aware of

🚩 Red flags to watch for

🛠️ Tools to respond in a way that is comprehended and respected

💖 How to recover—and protect yourself emotionally

This is more than just education—

It’s a lifeline, a mirror, and a map for anyone breaking cycles and reclaiming their peace.

🕊️ Join us every Friday for truth, tools, and transformation.

With Love,

Dana & Nicky