asking, “Why are you using birthday gifts as leverage with a child?” The narcissistic parent may deflect accountability and project the blame onto the parent who is confronting him or her. A narcissist has several extreme cognitive distortions...
Im really having a hard time with my 8 yrs old. She is strong-willed also has ADHD. But im struggling to parent her as I have ADHD myself. It is an everyday battle for me. I just want her to listen. She is taking medication. She is very bright but she think she is ugly. I...
with no rush to resolution. “What do you think you might like to try next?” is better thantellingyour child what they should do next. Even if you have a very good idea, it is still your idea, not their idea.
Narcissists, or people with narcissistic personality disorder, need very high amounts of attention, adulation, and praise from their romantic partners, and they are not very good at giving it to others. In the real world, the odds of two narcissists being in a long-term, committed relationsh...
The two also discussed buying the file of material about Trump kept by Pecker at AMI, the National Enquirer's parent company, in case Pecker left the company. “All the stuff. Because — here, you never know where that company, you never know what he’s —” Cohen says ...
Is there a professional way to tell a client they either need to up their hygiene game or lower their fragrance game because your olfactory senses go haywire whenever they’re within smelling distance? Because you were raised by a narcissist and married to a narcissist, you wonder if maybe yo...
My mother’s reaction to that news has truly solidified what many comments were telling me. I was raised by a narcissist. Her text back to my wife was “Oh, that’s great! That is actually is much better timing for me!” My wife’s response to my mother was: “Do not ...
system, “Is Jimm in your class?” “Yes, he is” “Could you send him down to the office, please?” I’m sure I marched down there with the biggest ready-to-brawl grin, ever. This was just the last in a laundry list of instances of being maligned and knowing I was in the ...
Here’s the truth: your child probably doesn’t feel like they owe you anything for all the great work you do as a parent. Most kids don’t, in part because they perceive the world very differently than we do. What Hurtful Words Really Mean Let me be clear: it’s very import...
But I also thought – ok, this is a bad virus but so is the flu, especially this year. The flu kills people all the time, even healthy people. The flu has killed many more people than this. Wash your hands, don’t go to work when you’re sick – things we should have been doi...