Category Archives: Adult Children of Narcissists
Everyone likes Stages
Hello Internet People, I hope the weather where ever you are is bursting forth with life and is very Spring-like. Portland feels delightful today. So of course I decide to go back inside and finish a post I have been … Continue reading
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Tagged Easter, fight or flight, stress, therapy, Therapy is Dandy
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Shame and Patience
Picking right up with the last post on the Shame Sandwich, I just wanted to leave a brief note about shame and patience. I have been thinking about patience a lot and noticing our collective lack of patience pretty much … Continue reading
Reading List Update.
Okay, so it’s just one book this time, but one I think will be very useful for anyone who is or who has struggled with emotionally abusive relationships. The name of it, no surprise here, is The Emotionally Abusive Relationship … Continue reading
Throw out all your psychic armor.
The Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 23. An ongoing survival guide. Throw out all your psychic armor. This entry is partially inspired by this, currently at the Portland Art Museum. It’s pretty easy … Continue reading
So what are my needs, anyway?
The Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 22. An ongoing survival guide. So what are my needs, anyway? (because there are no guarantees anybody else will tell you). So here we are then: aware … Continue reading
The Entitlement Gambit
The Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 21 (now legal in 50 states and Puerto Rico). An ongoing survival guide. Entitlement—what is it? Well, for me, entitlement should be the new 4-letter word not … Continue reading
The Wound
The Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 20. An ongoing survival guide. In Chapter 19, I brought up the idea of the repair. I feel it needs more discussion. So, here it comes. I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged adult children of narcissists, awareness, books on narcissism, Clint Eastwood, dandy therapy, emotional wound, income inequality, Mad Max, mindfulness, narcissistic wound, needs, positive psychology, Therapy is Dandy, Triumph Motorcycles
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Should I stay or should I go now?
The Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 19. An ongoing survival guide. More often than any other dilemma facing an adult child of a narcissist, is whether or not to stay in any contact … Continue reading
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