Fun and shareable quotes and meme text photos about narcissistic parenting.
“How man narcissists does it take to screw in a light bulb? None, they don’t use light bulbs , they use gaslighting!”
“Love without sacrifice is like theft”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
“When I look at narcissism through the vulnerability lens, I see the shame-based fear of being ordinary. I see the fear of never feeling extraordinary enough to be noticed, to be lovable, to belong, or to cultivate a sense of purpose.”
― Brené Brown, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
"Coparenting with a narcissist
Be strong for the kids
If you hold onto hurt and anger the children will have no normal parent. The narcissistic parent will use them as puppets, lovebomb and abandon them. You are their only hope."
- @TRACYMALONE
“Dysfunctional parents do not apologise. It is one feature that the children of narcissists would instantly agree on. They will lie and justify themselves, but never accept they did anything wrong.”
― Diana Macey, Narcissistic Mothers and Covert Emotional Abuse: For Adult Children of Narcissistic Parents
"Narcissistic Parental Alienation
Exercising power & control to punish a fit & caring parent or family member by withholding their demonstrations of love from a child, is parent alienation. There is no justification for making the pool of love for a child any less than as big as it possibly can be. None."
- @narcwise.com
“By undermining you they make sure that if you complain about the narcissistic parent nobody will believe you, because they already have a certain negative image of you. Again, this abusive behaviour is just how narcissists live day to day. The plotting and manipulation is necessary to twist others around their false image.”
― Diana Macey, Narcissistic Mothers and Covert Emotional Abuse: For Adult Children of Narcissistic Parents
“Children of narcissistic parents are often turned against their siblings in a competition to vie for the affection and love they always craved but never received.”
- @RebelliousGoat
“Narcissists don’t see their children as separate people that have a right to experience life from their own angle. There is no option in their heads in which the kids will be in charge of their own lives ‘unaided’ by the narcissist.”
― Diana Macey, Narcissistic Mothers and Covert Emotional Abuse: For Adult Children of Narcissistic Parents
"Narcissistic Parent:
Doesn’t like it when their children become older and embrace individuality which is a normal development. They feel threatened because you’re escaping their iron clad grip of control and being an extension of them. Switching from being the golden child to the black sheep initially hurts but this is truely your road to freedom."
- @GracePowerStrength.com
“This is called crazy making, and it is what narcissists do. They push to provoke bad feelings, and when they do and their victim reacts, they feel better. Somehow they transfer their state of mind onto their victims.”
― Diana Macey, Narcissistic Mothers and Covert Emotional Abuse: For Adult Children of Narcissistic Parents
“Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers go through a grieving process. This is in turn is part of the healing process. We only get one Mother, and it is a huge loss accepting the fact.”
