My mother has covert narcissism

[johnhartman]

Hi, I'm John. My mother has had covert narcissism for a long time and I didn't realize it until recently. I'm working on it and unlearning the negative thought patterns she imposed on me through her abuse. My mother raised me to be selfish while also having terrible self-esteem. I hope to use my own abilities to break free from that.

And you know. She's my mother after all. I love her very much.

[bloomie]

Hi there and welcome to the community! Oh, the unlearning! What an important process and piece of the puzzle that leads to living empowered and in peace.

I am thankful you have found us and look forward to supporting you as you journey forward. There are great resources at the drop down menus above, the toolbox is a great jumping in place, and the conversations taking place on the sub forums are filled with insights.

Settle in and look around and when you are ready join the conversations!

[JR]

glad you find out about this forum and also glad that you found out about narcissism in general, most people who were brought up in a narcissistic families never come to the realization that something is definetly wrong here and assume these are just difficult people and have their own type of personality, until they over play their cards to the point of abusing others with it, then you get the ahaaa moment when researching online about certain behaviors and figure it out.