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- Thu May 05, 2016 1:38 pm
- Forum: Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- Topic: What happens when a narcissist finally wakes up...at age 95?
- Replies: 9
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Re: What happens when a narcissist finally wakes up...at age 95?
So, I saw my therapist the day after writing that (she had an opening, yay!) and learned some very helpful things. Bottom line: I am not screwed, because I am not obligated to do anything I don't want to do. When my mom is no longer able to solve his problems, that does not mean it somehow becomes m...
- Tue May 03, 2016 12:22 am
- Forum: Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- Topic: What happens when a narcissist finally wakes up...at age 95?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6391
Re: What happens when a narcissist finally wakes up...at age 95?
Juat found this article which I found to be helpful. Melissa, maybe you'd like it.
http://narcissismschild.com/2014/08/26/ ... c-parents/
http://narcissismschild.com/2014/08/26/ ... c-parents/
- Mon May 02, 2016 4:06 pm
- Forum: Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- Topic: What happens when a narcissist finally wakes up...at age 95?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6391
Re: What happens when a narcissist finally wakes up...at age 95?
Hi Melissa and everyone, Paula here. Melissa, I am glad you found this forum too, and that I came back to it after many months to see your post. It gives me a little relief to know that my post has helped at least one person. My situation has evolved. I ended up having three or four therapy sessions...
- Thu Jun 18, 2015 12:00 am
- Forum: Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- Topic: What happens when a narcissist finally wakes up...at age 95?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6391
Re: What happens when a narcissist finally wakes up...at age
Thank you Beth. He has never been formally diagnosed. I accept your theory that he never really had NPD per se but rather had some NPD traits that were strongly developed. That's probably the case, since all the books I have read about NPD portray people who are worse than my dad. Hence my theory th...
- Wed Jun 10, 2015 12:42 am
- Forum: Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- Topic: What happens when a narcissist finally wakes up...at age 95?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6391
What happens when a narcissist finally wakes up...at age 95?
Hi all, very happy to have found this forum. I'm 53 and my narcissist father is 95. I feel that NPD is a spectrum disorder, with worse cases and better cases. My dad is somewhere on the better side of the spectrum. But he is defintiely on it. Here's the thing. A few months ago, my dad started to rea...