Category Archives: narcissism
Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 9.
An ongoing survival guide. Chapter 9. Lay your burdens down This entry is brought to you by this year’s closing ceremony of the London Olympics in general, and Annie Lennox specifically. So go watch this video. I will wait. If … Continue reading
The Therapist is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 4.
An ongoing survival guide. Chapter 4: Darth Vader is your father (or your mother). Before we get to the always exciting Star Wars analogy, let’s speak of bullies. Narcissists are like bullies in that they covet territory in order to … Continue reading
The Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 3.
An ongoing survival guide. Chapter 3-Pyrrhic Victories. If there is one underlying emotional truth for what an adult child of a narcissistic parent feels in relation to that parent it is this: A shallow surface level, one-sided, difficult relationship exists … Continue reading
The Therapy is Dandy guidebook to having a narcissist for a parent. Chapter 2.
An ongoing survival guide. Chapter 2. Tactics. If you already suspect one of your parents to be a narcissist, you may have tried to talk to them about your concerns. And it probably didn’t go very well. Narcissists are extremely … Continue reading
The Therapy is Dandy guidebook to having a narcissist for a parent.
An ongoing survival guide. Chapter 1. Know your enemy. Taken from the Greek myth of the boy (Narcissus) who fell in love with his own image in a pond and died of starvation rather than get up and go live … Continue reading
Going Home. Again.
Given how vocal we Americans tend to be about our freedom and individuality, it is hard not to notice all the fuss about where we originally came from. It is also very hard not to notice the nostalgia attached to … Continue reading
Why therapy? It’s a fair question.
If you are the kind of person who still goes to book stores, you can find aisles full of self help books, celebrities and people-who-think-they-are-celebrities offering all kinds of amazing, life changing strategies in less than 300 pages. You have … Continue reading
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Therapy is Dandy! 