I cannot express enough how important it is to live a life of growth, recovery, healing, self-reflection, accountability, vulnerability in front of your kids. Children learn by mimicking those around them. They copy behaviors to find what works for them and what doesn’t.
So in this situation, you already have one parent who is manipulative, coercive, controlling, passive aggressive, hyper sensitive, overly reactive, and taking no personal responsibility. Often in these homes, the non-narcissistic parent over-compensates. We try to control what our kids see and experience. We try to fix everything. We try to deny the reality that they are already living with the narcissistic parent in an effort to protect them from it. We try to be “perfect” for them.
What we are missing though is that our kids don’t need perfect, they need human!
Breaking the Trauma Bond
Q&A with Debbie Mirza Part 2 - How to Move On
Development of a Trauma Bond
Q&A with Debbie Mirza - How to Heal
Vulnerable Narcissists, a Contradiction of Terms
A Grenade Inside a Tank (Special Throwback Episode)
Seeing Your Own Reactive Abuse
4 Hooks that Covert Narcissists Use to Rope You back in Once Again (Special Throwback Episode)
When I Actually Filed, Part Two
The Bone Dry Exhaustion of Life with a Covert Narcissist (Special Throwback Episode)
I Want Out! Now What? Part One
Interview About Covert Narcissism (Special Throwback Episode)
The Wounds from Childhood
Just Hard to Relax - Living in a Courtroom with a Covert Narcissist (Special Throwback Episode)
Conditioned to Accept Their Behavior
Q&A Session on Parenting With a Toxic Partner (Special Throwback Episode)
Emotional Childishness of Covert Narcissists
Shouldn’t I Just Be Grateful that it isn’t Worse? (Special Throwback Episode)
How Do You Handle the Guilt?
Clinging To The Breadcrumbs (Special Throwback Episode)
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