By Carlin Flora, Psychology Today How to get over your narcissistic mom. We tend to throw around the descriptor “narcissist” when we really mean “selfish,” but the term can properly refer to someone who consistently exhibits narcissistic traits as well as to someone with a full-blown Narcissistic Personality Disorder. The APA estimates that 1.5 million…
By Charlotte Phillips, The Times The author looks at the corrosive effect of a mother’s jealousy of her own daughter. Meg has two daughters, a loving, supportive husband and the sort of house that estate agents fantasize about. She has worked hard for her success, only recently taking a break from her high-powered job in…
By Virginia Vitzthum, Elle.com Forget sibling rivalry—how do you deal with a narcissistic mother? The term narcissist is widely misused to mean something like “self-involved egomaniac,” but people with the psychological disorder actually lack a true sense of self. What looks like self-assertion is actually a search: To the narcissist, everyone else is a mirror…
Children of the Self-Absorbed: A Grown-up’s Guide to Getting Over Narcissistic Parents By Nina W. Brown An Excerpt: …As adults, even the most casual interaction with the parents can cause hurt, anger, and feelings of helplessness and impotence. No matter how these “adult children” try to fortify themselves, even anticipating interactions with the parent produces…
Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers – A Painful Psychological Legacy By Linda Martinez-Lewi Ph.D. There are daughters of narcissistic mothers who have barely survived psychologically. In the extreme, there are daughters who starved themselves to death by anorexia as the only way they could find to salvage some small crumb of their existence. We know these…
What Is Narcissism? By Karyl McBride, Ph.D. The term narcissism is related to Greek mythology and the story of Narcissus. Narcissus was handsome, arrogant, and self-involved-and in love with his own image. He couldn’t tear himself away from his reflection in a pool of water, and ultimately his self-love consumed him. He died gazing at…
Did You Know? 15 million days are missed from work each year because of long distance caregiving according to the Long Distance Caregiver Project of the Alzheimer’s Association of Los Angeles. The number of people doing this type of caregiving will double in the next 15 years.
A Survival Course for the Sandwich Generation: Tips from Sandwich Generation “expert,” Carol Abaya. By George James, The New York Times Sandwich Generation: Survive the midlife tug of war: The web sites, books and people that can help you to be both a good kid and a good parent. By Walecia Konrad, Money The Sandwich…
Did you know? The demands on a person who is taking care of elderly parents result in a great deal of stress. If caregivers aren’t careful, they jeopardize their own health and well-being. A study of family caregivers found that those who experience caregiving related stress have a 63% higher mortality rate than non-caregivers of…
By Sheri & Bob Stritof, About.com Guide What is the Sandwich Generation? It is a demanding time when a couple is still dealing with parenting issues, thinking about their own retirement, and yet facing the issues of coping with aging parents. Deciding which has the highest priority can tear a marriage apart. An estimated 22…