by Greatexpectations » Tue Sep 06, 2011 3:14 pm
I've read this before and I think its excellent. It describes my ex Histrionic NPD husband exactly. The way narcs fail to live in reality, but are the star in a film of their own making.
They lie, rewrite history, pit siblings against each other by having favorites *Golden Children* who they adore and can do no wrong, a *Scapegoat* who is despised and reviled and can do no right. They gaslight until you start to feel you're going crazy.
They drain, crush, destroy any personality you might (try to) have and replace it with their own, they do not acknowledge YOU. YOU do not, will NOT DARE to exist as a individual.
They are you, they own you, your soul is their soul, you think as they think (projection) you act as they want or else, narcissistic rage can come suddenly from nowhere a reaction to a real, or more likely imagined slight.
She says often Ns look young for their age, I think this is true, my ex narcissistic husband looks almost boyish (he's 57) My narcissistic mother is remarkable for her age very fit, still very tough.
She says this is because they are out of touch with reality and real time. They believe whatever they want to.
My mother believes my sis *golden child* is wonderful myself and my elder sis are rubbish, unimportant.
Really we are, of course, just as important as each other, and similar.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Lao Tzu