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…
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How Scapegoats Can Speak Their Voice After Narcissistic Abuse
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…
Feeling Like an Outcast After Being the Narcissist’s Scapegoat
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…
What a Scapegoat Sacrificed Is What Saves After Narcissistic Abuse
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…
The Scapegoat’s Instinct To Include Others
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…
Knowing You’re Adequate After Narcissistic Abuse
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…
Recover Your Status After Narcissistic Abuse
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…
Why a Narcissist Deceives the Public and Abuses in Private
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…
Journey of the Scapegoat Survivor of Narcissistic Abuse
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…
The Scapegoat’s Mental Frame After Narcissistic Abuse
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…