D is for December and for Disengaging, Discernment, Dissociation, Devaluation, Despair, and Defeat (and a lot more D’s)

Healing from Narcissistic Relationships

December 2025

Month Overview:

The holidays are a mixed bag and so too is this month (a grab back to bring 2025 – which I personally found to be the worst year of my life) to a close.  While all of these topics are important, none of them on their own seemed to qualify as their own month.  So, it may feel like a hodgepodge, but this month brings together this year, and many of the key threads of healing.     (and we can dig into our minds and find some other “D’s) – AND also use this month as a place to talk about the unique pressures of December – the holidays, the DISAPPOINTMENT (there is another D!), and the looking back at the year (which we inevitably do at the end of a calendar year) – the progress you made, the setbacks, the wins.   The turn of the year isn’t always about starting over. When we’ve faced grief, trauma, or loss, December becomes a place to recognize things happened to us and integrate them.