The personalities you meet in a narcissistic family

Did you grow up in a narcissistic family? Here are some of the personalities you’ve probably encountered.

E.B. Johnson | NLPMP | Editor
Practical Growth
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10 min readMay 19, 2021

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A mother and father argue in the background while their son looks down in fear at his breakfast.
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by: E.B. Johnson

Narcissistic families are everywhere. Whether you realized the toxic combination of attachment and attack a long time ago, or you’re just waking up — millions of are just coming to terms with the healing we need in order to be happy. Getting to that healing requires that we take the time to understand where we’ve come from. Narcissistic families can shelter and shadow their abuses because of the personalities that come make them up. Knowing that, we can take more precise action to make ourselves happy.

The different personalities in a narcissistic family.

There are many ways a narcissistic family can manifest, and a lot of this comes down to the various personalities that make up the unit. This type of toxic family relies on toxic dynamics in order to function. So, when it comes to the narcissistic family, you tend to see similar personalities repeating themselves over-and-over again.

The Victim

Although we think of narcissists as being obviously about themselves (and their egos) that’s not always…

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E.B. Johnson | NLPMP | Editor
Practical Growth

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