101. When Your Whole Life Was a Lie: Healing from Gaslighting, Isolation, and Betrayal

What happens when you find out the story your mother told you about your life… wasn’t true?

Today we’re talking to about:

• How gaslighting from a parent distorts a child’s reality

• What betrayal trauma feels like when the gaslighter is your mother

• Why self-trust gets severed after emotional manipulation and medical abuse

• How trauma teaches you not to believe yourself

• The grief, rage, and confusion that surface when you start to see clearly

• Gentle, actionable steps to start rebuilding your sense of self and truth
  

  Whether your mother lied outright, withheld the truth, or used concern as a disguise for control, this episode will help you name what happened and take the first steps toward reclaiming your life.

You’ll learn:

• How to recognize the subtle forms of gaslighting in families

• What it means to anchor in the present when the past feels blurry

• How to begin healing identity confusion and chronic self-doubt

• Questions that gently guide you back to your own knowing

This episode is for you if:

• You were made to feel like you were the problem

• You’re struggling to trust yourself or your memories

• You’re tired of shrinking, performing, or questioning everything you feel

• You want to start healing from emotional abuse, parental control, and betrayal

Resources Mentioned:

• Join the Mayhem Daughters Community : A therapeutic space for daughters of narcissistic and emotionally limited mothers.

• Tuesday & Thursday Support Groups — Live peer support groups with Heather

  Simple Scripts for Saying Hard Things