Category: narcissistic family
When a Narcissistic Parent Scapegoats the Other Parent: A.K.A. Parental Alienation
Was there a big disparity in power between your parents? Did one of your parents make the other parent seem disappointing, dangerous, or rejecting? Have…
Scapegoat Children Must Feel Weakened To Deserve Compassion
People-Pleasing Starts as Parent-Pleasing
Why It’s Harder To Leave a Narcissistic Parent Than a Loving Parent
Feeling Uninteresting to Oneself as the Scapegoat
Do you experience your ideas to be less captivating than others’ ideas? When you are alone, can you feel flat or lifeless? Do you find…
3 Ways the Narcissistic Parent Blocks the Scapegoat Child’s Growth
As a child, did you feel… …like everything you did was wrong? …like there was an aching hole inside that never seemed to fill up?…
Take off the Scapegoat Nametag at the Narcissistic Family’s Conference
I recently thought about the metaphor of a business conference for what happens when a narcissistic family puts a child in the role of scapegoat.…
Heal From Narcissistic Abuse by Taking Others’ Support for Granted
Did you work extremely hard to make your narcissistic partner or parent happy yet always seem to be falling behind? Was it especially dangerous to…
How Long Does It Take To Recover From Narcissistic Abuse?
This question comes up a lot in my experience with survivors of narcissistic abuse. And how can it not? If you have to live under…