narcissistic abuse
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7 Signs of a Narcissistic Father
I often wish I could erase my daughters’ memories of their narcissistic father. That my ex insisted on being called Daddy has always struck me as ironic because it connotes a closeness that did not exist. My daughters’ grew to dislike the title, Daddy, so much they eventually began to refer to him by his first name as they got older. This was, of course, long after we had left. Even now, they refer to my husband, their step-father, by his name. The synonyms for father leave a bad taste in their mouth. So if you are not sure whether you had a narcissistic father, here are some typical characteristics…
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Four Ways We Gaslight Ourselves after Abuse
By now, most people realize that to gaslight someone is to attempt to separate them from a core belief in themselves and their reality. In a genuine gaslighting situation, an abuser will often say things like Are you sure that is how it happened? I don’t remember it that way. Or perhaps it will go like this: I think you took my words just a little too seriously. You are just too sensitive and don’t know how to take a joke. In extreme situations, the abuser suggests that something is really wrong with the victim, that they need professional help. I am pretty familiar with this phenomenon because my narcissistic ex…
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Traits of Narcissists: 12 More According to Paul
The various traits of narcissists as told by Paul is so extensive it is taking two full blogs to cover the list. I am going to attempt to list twelve of the traits that I missed in my first post. I consider these traits of narcissists as important as the first list. ( see here) I suppose that the first time I read 2 Timothy 3, I was too enmeshed in an abusive system to really understand the moral weight of it. Later, I read it without really understanding the term, narcissist, but began to see the correlations between what I suffered at the hands of my ex and the…
