Being a narcissist is more than just wanting to take pictures of ourselves or bragging about something we’ve done. It means that we don’t feel empathy for others, and we see everything in life as a way of getting our own needs met. Growing up with a parent who has narcissistic personality disorder, can be painful and traumatizing, not to mention that we were probably emotionally neglected as a result.
Today, I want to talk about the eight signs your mom is a narcissist because knowing can help us better navigate this complicated relationship. Okay, let’s get into those eight signs.
Number 1: Your mother sees you as an extension of her.
Meaning, you don’t get to do the things that you want. It’s more about her having you do the things that she wants or what she maybe wanted to do as a child. I recently read this book called, ‘I’m Glad My Mom Died,’ and in it, this woman, she’s an actress, she was on iCarly for many years, but she talks about the fact that even being an actress wasn’t something that she wanted for herself. It was actually something that her mom had wanted and didn’t get to do as a child.
Therefore, she tried to live vicariously through her child by forcing her to be a child star and a child actor and making her do all these certain things so that she would be more appealing and would get roles. And that’s kind of what this sign is. It’s like a parent trying to make their child play a certain sport, do a certain thing, or act in a certain way because that’s what they want, not what the child wants. A narcissistic parent is never going to ask their child, ‘Hey, do you like this? Do you feel good when you do it? Do you want to keep doing it?’ They’re just going to decide for you.
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