What You Have to Remember About Dealing with Narcissistic Family
Your story is not the same as anyone else’s story. The road you travel will forever be harder than most.
by: E.B. Johnson
Of all the advice out there on narcissists, very little of it is aimed at the narcissistic families. Structured around the designs of one (or more) narcissistic figures, these families destroy their members and perpetuate trauma, unquestioned, for generations. If you’re coming back from decades of abuse in a narcissistic family, then recovery is never simple nor straightforward. It’s a matter of peeling back layers, painfully, until the light can shine on your wounds. Dealing with a narcissistic family isn’t like dealing with any other toxic structure. It’s a war designed to break you, and it requires hard choices.
Narcissistic family isn’t a normal ball game.
There is so much advice out there about dealing with toxic and abusive families. But most of this advice is not aimed for the benefit of narcissistic survivors. Yes, narcissistic families exist. Headed by one or more narcs, they create complex and brutal power structures which continue to punish long after the abuse has ended. When you grow up the child of narcissistic abuse, you learn…
