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Hi Beth, I'm not able to find the story about Margo, but am interested in learning more about the sadistic aspect of narcissism. Until recently, I described my mother as being 'difficult', 'temperamental', with a bit of a 'mean streak' at times. When I was a child, I would periodically lose my tempe...

Hi Holly, I can relate to much of your experience, particularly the "cognitive dissonance" -- you KNOW your perceptions are telling you something, but everyone else you orbit around is telling you the opposite. For me, I went to therapy a few years ago because things in my personal life we...