When Language Gets Weird After Narcissistic Abuse
Do you find it difficult to know your own opinion in life? Do you tend to regard others as the ‘experts’ and defer to their…
Do you find it difficult to know your own opinion in life? Do you tend to regard others as the ‘experts’ and defer to their…
Do you have difficulty knowing what you want for yourself? Do relationships seem to be all about what the other person wants and needs? Do…
Have you often felt different from everyone else in group settings? Has it seemed like a matter of when, not if others will see you…
Most scapegoat survivors of narcissistic abuse struggle to know they can safely experience themselves as they actually are. They’ve had to don a costume of…
In my work with individuals who have survived being the scapegoat in their family of origin I am almost always struck by their deep capacity…
Do you notice that you find yourself to be inadequate almost without cause? Do you perceive yourself to be inadequate in comparison to others? Are…
If you have survived narcissistic abuse then you likely felt singled out and treated with unbridled contempt and devaluation. I think that one of the…
Did you have a narcissistic parent who showered people outside the home with deference, respect and charm? Did that same parent have no trouble turning…
Being the scapegoat in a narcissistic family is to be saddled with all of the narcissistic parent’s problems and sent into exile. The scapegoat child…
Someone who had survived narcissistic abuse as the scapegoat in his family of origin recently described what it was like for him to play his…