Living in a narcissistic family system means that you likely had a role placed on you by your narcissistic parent. The roles can be projected by the narcissist onto one sibling then the next and the roles can last for moments or years.  Or, depending on circumstances, the roles may have been switched around. In any case, this role has carried on with you throughout your life and has influenced you in ways you may not have ever known. It's likely shaped your business relations

Growing up with a self-centered mother is not only painful and confusing during childhood but it will also impact how you choose people to be around as an adult. Listen to Michelle Piper, a therapist who specializes in treating survivors of narcissistic families, talk about the impact of Narcissistic Moms on our lives. Michelle Piper has a practice based out of San Diego, California and also manages her www.narcissisticmother.com website, where she offers advice and understan

When I was growing up, I didn’t want kids. In fact, I still remember a particular conversation in high school with my mother and grandmother discussing this very matter. I was going to college to get a degree and “be someone” and I didn’t see a future or reason for me to bring kids into the world. This was the late 1980’s and there was still the frost of the Cold War in the air and so my mom thought it was altruistic of me to be considerate of not bringing children into a wor