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.
Module Overview
- Journal Prompt: How has disengagement worked for you, what barriers have you faced, and where do you still need to disengage? (12/01/25) (2:31)
- Journal Prompt: Now that you've learned about narcissism and abuse, are you more discerning? What still makes discernment difficult? (12/03/25) (2:56)
- Journal Prompt: How did dissociation develop for you, how does it help, what toll has it taken, and is it holding you back from healing? (12/05/25) (3:51)
- Journal Prompt: What did devaluation look like in your relationship(s), how did the cycle unfold, and what lasting impact has it had on you? (12/08/25) (2:39)
- Journal Prompt: Have you experienced despair in your narcissistic relationships, and what were its long-term effects? What has healing from that despair involved? (12/10/25) (2:36)
- Journal Prompt: Have you felt defeat in your narcissistic relationship? What did it mean for you, how did it spill into other areas of life, and did institutions (like work or family court) make it worse? (12/12/25) (2:48)
- Journal Prompt: What has been most disappointing in your narcissistic relationship(s), and what feelings does that disappointment connect to? (12/15/25) (3:14)
- Journal Prompt: Have you been called dramatic in a narcissistic relationship? How did it affect your sense of self, your healing, and did it feel like gaslighting? (12/17/25) (2:45)
- Journal Prompt: Reflect on your experience of disgust in a narcissistic relationship—what caused it and how has it impacted your healing? (12/19/25) (3:08)
- Journal Prompt: How did depression or dysphoria affect you during the relationship and your healing afterward? (12/22/25) (3:12)
- Journal Prompt: How has dread stayed with you during the relationship, healing, or afterward? Where do you feel it in your body? (12/24/25) (2:22)
- Journal Prompt: How were your concerns minimized or dismissed in the relationship, and how has that experience affected your self-doubt since? (12/26/25) (2:12)