Gaining Distance From a Narcissist Is Not Avoidance
Bernard was another fictionalized client who came to therapy in his mid-twenties to find relief from the constant anxiety he experienced in his life. We…
Bernard was another fictionalized client who came to therapy in his mid-twenties to find relief from the constant anxiety he experienced in his life. We…
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…
Have you found yourself in friendships or relationships where you always seemed to be the butt of the joke? Has it seemed impossible to you…
Do you fear that if you listen to what you’re unhappy about in a relationship that it will be impossible to be happy with anyone?…
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…
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…