Narcissistic Parents: Basic Life Skills They Never Prepared You For

[CARDOZZO]

Great resource to learn what you didn't learn as a kid that is preventing you to grow up.

I don't like his framing that your parents didn't taught these skills because they are narcissists.

Sometimes, they just didn't learn it themselves. 

1. Why you were never taught to trust your own judgment—and how this keeps you seeking permission from everyone around you.
2. How your family trained you to manage emotions instead of process them.
3.  Why you were raised to believe your needs were selfish and inconvenient.
4. How boundaries in your family were either non-existent or used as weapons—leaving you with no healthy model.
5.  Why being alone triggers anxiety or abandonment instead of feeling safe and restorative.
6.  How your reality was constantly invalidated—and why you still don't trust your own perception.

[Cred]

Thanks for posting! The part with "not being able to trust you own judgement" is very true for me. Me being stubborn sometimes on this forum has kinda been my way of finally learning this skill.

[CARDOZZO]

1 hour ago, Cred said:

Thanks for posting! The part with "not being able to trust you own judgement" is very true for me. Me being stubborn sometimes on this forum has kinda been my way of finally learning this skill.

Yeah. Seeking approval is a pain in the ass.