Someone brought up in another topic that a long time ago there was a count done on this forum of how many people have narcissists for parents. Let's do it again?
How many of you have at least one narcissist for a parent?
Oh damn a chance to talk about me, you are so lovely! I had a malignant narcissistic mother with sadistic traits that used me as a physical and emotional punching bag (she would come randomly to slap me because she was butthurt about something, and that probably releived her anger and made her feel better) after me starting to rebel against her at the age of 6.
Narcissism runs in my family, there are about 5 males and 1 female (not me), uncles, brother, aunt, cousins... my mom says my dad is a narcissist, but I actually think he's got arrested development due to having been abandoned as a child...
All of them are super smart hardworking people, however, their personalities make it very difficult for the rest to relate with them. They are very rigid in their ways.
Not me. My mom was psychotic due to a physical illness, tho. Her deterioration didn't start till I was in late elementary school, or I may have turned out a bit more messed up than I am.
Her crazy speak may have addled my ADD a bit. Chicken and the egg, ya know?
My dad was more or less normal, but showed a few symptoms of ADHD. He was very popular and charming, and a gifted musician. Unfortunately, he had a terrible time staying on task and trying to hold down a permanent job. According to my mom, he'd been through 8 or 10 different jobs in the time she knew him (12 years.)