I finally contacted my sister who was/is the family scapegoat. I was afraid to at first. I held back from doing it for a long time. I was worried about hurting her in some way, and also worried that I would end up getting hurt as well. I sent her a couple of links to webpages […]
I just spent a couple of days with my father in law and his girlfriend of a few years, along with my husband and our young son. She manipulated and controlled everything. I feel emotionally drained and beaten down. It was such a horrible time. I ended up with a migraine the first night after […]
I’m feeling confused. I feel this way when I try to sink back into the ignorance I’ve lived my life in before the discovery. The discovery that I am the daughter of a narcissistic mother. It’s a pretty big thing to wrap your head around. I’m afraid sometimes to continue because I’m afraid of what […]
I’ve been trying to remember what prompted me to look into my mother’s behaviour while I was growing up. I guess I’m looking for a way to mark the beginning of the big discovery. Here is a little background on the past few months. I’d been diagnosed with depression and anxiety (again) last March (2014). […]
I’m not really sure where to start. I am at the mere beginning of this long journey of discovery. I am the daughter of a narcissistic mother. From what I’ve read, my mother is a textbook case of narcissistic personality disorder. I come from a family of 6 children. I am the youngest of 5 […]