Ashok GuptaFounder of the Gupta Program and Neuroplasticity expert - Premium Version

Left And Right Hand Path In Recovery From Narcissistic Abuse | Ashok Gupta |

3 Nov 2021 · 1 min

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Ashok Gupta introduces a metaphorical crossroads presenting two paths in recovery from narcissistic abuse: remaining stuck in blame, shame, and conditioned emotional responses (the 'left' path), or choosing awareness, understanding, and personal responsibility to let go and heal (the 'right' path). He uses a knee-jerk reflex metaphor to explain how childhood-learned responses can persist unless consciously addressed.

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We are at a crossroads. So if some of this is chiming with you we are at a crossroads on that left and right path as we go through this presentation do we want to stay in that blame, that stencil, that center of blame to say I feel angry at what happened. I still hold on to that shame and guilt. This means we are stuck in that conditioned response that whatever we experience in our childhoods is still there stored as a learning conditioned response. Just like if you hit your knee, you know your doctor hits your knee when they're testing your knee or your reflexes and your knee immediately jerks out like that conditioned response. So in the same way if we stay stuck in anger or blame in the past those conditioned responses also stay stuck within us. But we have a choice. Do we choose to take the path of awareness, understanding and taking responsibility for ourselves and our reactions and understanding to be able to let go and heal.