No one had a perfect childhood or perfect parents. But some, unfortunately, grew up with a narcissistic parent—a person so focused on themselves that they warped their kids's whole identity and sense ...
"Many of my clients have used the term 'Jekyll and Hyde' to describe what it was like to grow up with a communal narcissist," ...
Narcissists are often manipulative and lack empathy. If someone in your life is one, don't take their behavior personally and ...
Read, write, go to the gym, play a sport, join a class—anything that gives you joy and helps you disconnect is good. Not only ...
Good parenting requires empathy, compassion and the willingness to make some of your needs secondary — essentially, many of the traits that you wouldn't find in a narcissist. But as a psychologist who ...
It’s impossible to not cross paths with a narcissist at least once in life. We have all been there, dealt with them, worked with them, been in relationships with them. It has become relatively ...
Narcissistic personality disorder is relatively rare, affecting just 1-2% of Americans by some estimates. But having some form of a relationship with someone who has narcissism is not uncommon. The ...
Source: Syda Productions / Adobe Stock As the end of the school year approaches, co-parenting with a narcissist can become even more difficult. Summer custody plans often include camps, vacations, and ...
This research, the first-ever longitudinal study on the effects of parental personality disorders on child mental health and development, found that parental narcissism was linked with “later child ...
Abuse comes in many forms when you are dealing with a narcissist. They do it in interpersonal romantic relationships, ...
No one had a perfect childhood or perfect parents. But some, unfortunately, grew up with a narcissistic parent—a person so focused on themselves that they warped their kids's whole identity and sense ...