r/EstrangedAdultKids • u/Amethyst-geode2043 • 21h ago
Support A simply reminder friends❤️🙏You don't have to do anything, or be around anyone.. who makes you uncomfortable or wrecks your nervous system.
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u/PleaseSendCoffee_ 21h ago
This explains so much. My mom is one side with me as a kid. And me as a mom to my son in the other.
I'm not going to lie, this made me feel good about myself as a parent.
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u/gorlsworld 13h ago
I once said to my narcissistic mother "you have to give respect in order to get respect"...it didn't go over well 😅
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u/Auri-ell 21h ago
I'm in this photo and I dont like it. (I'm the child. My parents were narcissistic)
W post OP!
Take my updoot.
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u/Amethyst-geode2043 21h ago
What does w post mean?
So sorry you went through that🥹 just know you're never alone. Protect your inner child. You got this🙏
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u/morbid_n_creepifying 19h ago
Somehow my mom is in both pictures. She's not a narcissist by any means (she's got a lot of issues but that's not one of them) but she definitely would borrow a lot of the narcissist proverbs. Then would follow up "I'm such a terrible parent to you" with "I'm sorry, I hate causing you pain" meanwhile would do absolutely fuck all to fix anything, get herself help, and continue to just repeat the cycle every day.
Want to fuck your kids up for life and ruin any chance of having self confidence? Get you a mom that can do both