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I Am Fascinated By Human Behavior

[c=#BF0000]The Narcissist Parent [/c]
What the narcissist parent lacks is the ability to imagine or care about what her children feel. A parent without empathy is like a surgeon operating with dull tools in poor lighting. The results are likely to produce scarring.

They play favorites and often find at least one of their children a disappointment. But the one child who reflects them well, by being handsome or pretty or athletic or intelligent, is the “anointed one” and enjoys a special relationship with narcissist mommy or daddy.

The child can feel as if they’re trapped in their parent’s mirror. And will struggle to see themselves through their own eyes.
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TeresaRudolph71 · 51-55, F
This is very well said. I always tried to be good and do what I was supposed to do when I was growing up, but I was still the black sheep of the family. I was the disappointment. It took me a long time to finally realize that I wasn't really seeing myself through my own eyes, and longer still to do it. Sometimes I think I'm still learning.