Life with a narcissist is like being in a fun house without the fun: Narcissistic mirroring and projection meet you at every turn. At first you may feel dazzled, seduced by what the narcissist is showing you about yourself and…
Terminology relating to narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) has been developed by psychologists and therapists over decades of research as well as by survivors of narcissistic abuse seeking a vocabulary to understand and talk about their experience. This list…
Published in The HuffPost 5/09/2017 at 7:21 p.m. E.T. Lacking a moral compass or the ability to act selflessly, narcissist parents create devastating havoc and damage in the lives of their kids. Unlike emotionally mature parents whose priority is to meet…
Published on The Huffington Post April 22, 10:59 p.m. ET. When she went to college, Ali of Portland, Oregon, was surprised to find herself telling a friend that she hated her father. The friend asked if her father had abused her,…
Published on The Huffington Post on 4/16/2017 You’ve figured out that one or more of your parents are narcissists. They may be hardcore, with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), they may have narcissistic traits, or they may be a complex collection…
Published in The Huffington Post 02/27/2017 11:49 p.m. ET. Narcissists are practiced at hiding their true face to the world and initially can be quite charming and skilled at honing in on targets for seduction. But careful observation and an understanding of…
A child of narcissists, Charlotte was seven years old when she became in her words the “death dealer” on her family’s makeshift farm. At her mother’s insistence, the family moved from D.C. to acreage in rural Virginia and embarked on…
Published on The Huffington Post May 25, 2016 This is the second of a two-part series about the role of the so-called golden child in the narcissistic family. (Read Part 1.) The Narcissist’s Idealized Mirror Image Those familiar with narcissistic…
Published on The Huffington Post May 23, 2016 If you are familiar with the narcissistic family system you know there is typically a scapegoat and a golden child. Both are projections of the narcissistic parent (or parents), false identities assigned…
As an adult child of narcissistic parents, I am vomitously sick of that word narcissist. No One Knows What It Means 1. For starters, no one knows what it means. Is it your everyday air-glossed Facebook or Instagram preening? Twenty-something…