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Lying is another tactic your narcissistic mother will use as part of her emotional abuse. She will lie to anyone in your life as a matter...

Gaslighting is the most common tactic that a narcissist uses to abuse you. It involves telling you that your perception of reality is...

Your narcissistic mother has no appreciation or regard for your feelings or for anything you might do for her. She simply judges,...

Narcissist thrive on excitement and drama, and they love creating drama and watching how everyone around them responds. It makes them...

Not all abuse is explosive and obvious. In fact, some of the most damaging abuse is the kind that is not all that obvious. It eats away...

Sometimes I don’t know how I continue To live, to love, and to laugh too… I don’t know how I got this far, I don’t know if I’ll get...

I had to step away from the relationships – at least for a while. What is most important to realize is that I was not to blame for the...

Coming to the realization that your family member is not available or open to fully and completely loving you and discovering the fact...

Manipulative people often shift the criteria that people have to meet in order to satisfy them. It’s very uncomfortable, because just...

This may seem like the most obvious sign of a toxic relationship, but not if it's always been normalized as part of your family dynamic....

A parent, sibling, or other family member may often place blame for anything that’s wrong on someone else—possibly you, included. While...

In a well-adjusted family dynamic, there's usually no such thing as "taking sides." But when someone learns poor relationship patterns...

You didn’t choose the family you were raised in, but you can make sure you don't invite new toxic influences into your life by assuming...

Gaslighting is a type of emotional abuse in which someone causes the victim to doubt their own understanding of reality. “They deny that...

This can include guilt trips and backhanded compliments, along with nonverbal communication such as rolled eyes and sighs. #toxicfamily...

Enter your mother, who's spilled your tale with someone else. It’s not uncommon for a toxic family member to breach your confidence....

Friendship is a lot like food. We need it to survive. What is more, we seem to have a basic drive for it. Psychologists find that human...

Coming to the realization that your family member is not available or open to fully and completely loving you and discovering the fact...

No one's known you longer than your family has, which means they've got a rich back catalog of personal failures to draw from when...

I myself cannot comprehend a toxic parent’s intentional manipulation, lying and inflicting pain upon their own child. Trust me when I say...