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Maddening and Bizarre Things Narcissists Do Explained

Listen to Julie discuss this article in detail in her interview on Narcissist Apocalypse Podcast.  Many of us are familiar… Read More

Welcome

The Narcissist Family Files Blog is an award-winning international resource for survivors of narcissistic abuse and trauma, founded by journalist… Read More

The Hidden Trauma of Neglect in the Narcissistic Family

Abuse in the narcissistic family is typically understood as a set of overbearing behaviors stemming from the narcissist's outsized self-importance… Read More

A Letter to My Readers

Happy September! I have a few things to tell you. For many months I have been in intensive recovery from… Read More

Enabling the Narcissist: How and Why It Happens

There is nearly always someone enabling the narcissist. Being fundamentally dependent on others for the self-assurance and definition they lack,… Read More

Breaking the Narcissistic Family Legacy: A Survivor’s Story

Growing up in a narcissistic family, Ava's first memory, at three years old, was being beaten across the face with… Read More

The Narcissism Disease Cluster in Families and How to End the Cycle

Estimates range about the prevalence of Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD), putting it between 0.5 percent and 6.2 percent of the… Read More

How to Get Out! of Your Narcissistic Relationship

Published on HuffPost 12/28/2017 at 7:53 pm ET Even if you don't do New Year's resolutions, if you are in… Read More

Why Narcissists Will Never Love You and It’s Dangerous to Love Them

Whether you're an adult child, partner/spouse, or other family member of a person with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), perhaps the… Read More

How Narcissists Torture Others and Believe They’re Right to Do It

As the saying goes, we often hurt the ones we love, but many narcissists torture others deliberately, whether to boost… Read More