If you were raised by a narcissistic parent, this legacy may affect you in multiple ways. The following list contains behaviors common among narcissistic parents. As you read this list, you can decide which ones apply to your childhood. When…
The narcissistic mother uses her children. It controls them, starves them of love. In The Manchurian Candidate (1962), that is Eleanor Shaw Eslin, Raymond Shaw’s mother. Raymond is deeply convinced that he is unlovable. No wonder he has enough hatred…
Narcissistic love is almost a relationship. Judge me if you will, but I loved him, despite his professed player persona, and he loved me—or at least loved me enough to suggest that I was a woman like no other, the…
Narcissists attract you with their charm and flattery. I needed love. But your partner didn’t give it. Now you are suffering, whether you are inside or outside. You feel the confusion and hurt of being involved in a narcissistic relationship.…
As the narcissistic personality has become more prominent in our culture, some misconceptions about narcissists have also emerged. One belief is that narcissists only target vulnerable or insecure people to refill their “narcissistic stock.” This common trope often appears in…
If you are in a relationship with someone who has narcissistic tendencies, you know that leaving a narcissist is an especially difficult decision to make. This decision may have little to do with your feelings for your partner, and more…
When you are in a relationship with a narcissist, they may make you fall in love with them so hard that you feel like you are giving up a part of your heart to let them go. What a narcissist…
What is marital counseling with a narcissistic person like? Little or no empathy, an incredible sense of entitlement, manipulation, lies – these are just some of your partner’s behaviors that may make you think you are involved with a narcissist.…
Breaking up with a narcissist can leave you with trauma that takes years to resolve. This shock can happen again when you least expect it. As I watched America suffer the devastating attack on the US Capitol on January 6th,…
Most people encounter a difficult person and call them “crazy” or “terrible,” but there are actually medical terms that therapists use to describe them. If someone shows a pattern of difficult and frustrating behavior over time, there is a good…
