No one had a perfect childhood or perfect parents. But some, unfortunately, grew up with a narcissistic parent—a person so focused on themselves that they warped their kids's whole identity and sense ...

Narcissists are often manipulative and lack empathy. If someone in your life is one, don't take their behavior personally and ...

Navigating a relationship with narcissistic parents can be a lifelong challenge. Whether you're just starting to recognize the patterns or have been dealing with them for years, the strategies you ...

Good parenting requires empathy, compassion and the willingness to make some of your needs secondary — essentially, many of the traits that you wouldn't find in a narcissist. But as a psychologist who ...

It’s impossible to not cross paths with a narcissist at least once in life. We have all been there, dealt with them, worked ...

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The concept that adults go to therapy to complain about their parents messing them up is a tale as old as time. And yet? It's ...

This is Part 1 of a two-part series. This post covers five of the nine key tasks of moving on from a narcissistic family system. (A link to Part 2 is at the end of this article.) Relationships with ...

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Narcissistic personality disorder is relatively rare, affecting just 1-2% of Americans by some estimates. But having some form of a relationship with someone who has narcissism is not uncommon. The ...

No one had a perfect childhood or perfect parents. But some, unfortunately, grew up with a narcissistic parent—a person so focused on themselves that they warped their kids's whole identity and sense ...