I’m gonna start audio recording my dads tantrums in the house
I’m starting to get a hunch that he may be a narcissist.
I’m not a psychologist so I don’t wanna say for sure but my father has multiple characteristics of a narcissist.
The way he talks to us, he just got done telling my sister that she doesn’t want her “hogging” the kitchen. She hasn’t. She was cooking for a little over an hour but it’s because she was cooking some real tasty chicken tenders.
My dad just doesn’t like that my sister had her boyfriend over. And no, it’s not a protective dad thing. She’s 24 years old and he’s 23. He would’ve thrown a temper tantrum if I had brought over a friend. He just doesn’t like it when he can’t be his narcissistic self around these people.
Yesterday, someone thought it was a good idea to play a game of Monopoly with my dad. My dad, my sister, my sisters boyfriend and my little brother were playing. Not even 5 minutes into the game and my dad is already starting to get offended over the fact that my little brother landed on one of my sisters boyfriend’s space on the board, causing my little brother to pay him a few hundred Monopoly dollars.
He started talking about how her boyfriend was screwing over my little brother. He then started lecturing my little brother on how the way he plays that game could translate to how he’ll lose money in real life if he’s not careful. He started raising his voice and making that ugly frown that seems to show up on his face every few seconds. At this point I think his face is starting to get stuck like that. Everyone was having fun except him, at least until he started giving everyone dirty looks and ranting.
I notice he acts very different around people who aren’t part of my immediate family. He won’t bark as much. He’ll put on an act like he’s nice to us.
He often makes a scene in public places over the pettiest of reasons. If some customer service employee makes an honest mistake on something he ordered, he’ll start making that ugly face and start berating them and cussing them out. It’s super embarrassing.
Back in the day, when I was in little leagues football, he used to do the same from the sidelines. He’d scream and yell at me about how I should’ve done this or that on that play. I remember sometimes he used to say, “I’m sorry that I can’t stay for the game, I gotta take care of some work things”. Anytime he said this I’d pretend to be sad but I was really cheering inside. He’d also always say: “You’re making me look bad out there!” It was always about how I damaged his image.
I just recorded my first audio recording tonight. I intend to create a collection of these and have a psychologist examine them to get their professional opinion.
I’m not a psychologist so I don’t wanna say for sure but my father has multiple characteristics of a narcissist.
The way he talks to us, he just got done telling my sister that she doesn’t want her “hogging” the kitchen. She hasn’t. She was cooking for a little over an hour but it’s because she was cooking some real tasty chicken tenders.
My dad just doesn’t like that my sister had her boyfriend over. And no, it’s not a protective dad thing. She’s 24 years old and he’s 23. He would’ve thrown a temper tantrum if I had brought over a friend. He just doesn’t like it when he can’t be his narcissistic self around these people.
Yesterday, someone thought it was a good idea to play a game of Monopoly with my dad. My dad, my sister, my sisters boyfriend and my little brother were playing. Not even 5 minutes into the game and my dad is already starting to get offended over the fact that my little brother landed on one of my sisters boyfriend’s space on the board, causing my little brother to pay him a few hundred Monopoly dollars.
He started talking about how her boyfriend was screwing over my little brother. He then started lecturing my little brother on how the way he plays that game could translate to how he’ll lose money in real life if he’s not careful. He started raising his voice and making that ugly frown that seems to show up on his face every few seconds. At this point I think his face is starting to get stuck like that. Everyone was having fun except him, at least until he started giving everyone dirty looks and ranting.
I notice he acts very different around people who aren’t part of my immediate family. He won’t bark as much. He’ll put on an act like he’s nice to us.
He often makes a scene in public places over the pettiest of reasons. If some customer service employee makes an honest mistake on something he ordered, he’ll start making that ugly face and start berating them and cussing them out. It’s super embarrassing.
Back in the day, when I was in little leagues football, he used to do the same from the sidelines. He’d scream and yell at me about how I should’ve done this or that on that play. I remember sometimes he used to say, “I’m sorry that I can’t stay for the game, I gotta take care of some work things”. Anytime he said this I’d pretend to be sad but I was really cheering inside. He’d also always say: “You’re making me look bad out there!” It was always about how I damaged his image.
I just recorded my first audio recording tonight. I intend to create a collection of these and have a psychologist examine them to get their professional opinion.
26-30, M
