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Read more about the article The Fear of Abandonment

The Fear of Abandonment

  • Post author:childrenofnarcissists
  • Post published:4 April 2022
  • Post category:Abandonment/Co-dependency/Defence Mechanisms/Fear/Narcissistic Personality Disorder/Trauma

What is the Fear of Abandonment? A fear of abandonment is a deep-seated fear of being left by people that you are close to. This fear affects your thoughts and…

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Read more about the article Adverse Childhood Experiences

Adverse Childhood Experiences

  • Post author:childrenofnarcissists
  • Post published:9 December 2021
  • Post category:The Brain/Trauma

Adverse Childhood Experiences A study was published in 1998 as a collaboration between the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Kaiser Permanente (a health care service provider) and…

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Read more about the article The Mental Structure of a Person with Narcissistic Personality Disorder

The Mental Structure of a Person with Narcissistic Personality Disorder

  • Post author:childrenofnarcissists
  • Post published:30 September 2021
  • Post category:Defence Mechanisms/Narcissistic Personality Disorder/The Brain/Trauma

This is a simplified diagram of the mental structure of the mind of a narcissist. It is a complex system of defences which protect the conscious mind from the buried…

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Gaslighting

  • Post author:childrenofnarcissists
  • Post published:16 August 2021
  • Post category:Narcissistic Personality Disorder/Trauma

The Origins of the Term The term 'gaslighting' is taken from the film Gaslight released in 1944. The film concerns a married couple where the husband is abusive. There is…

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Read more about the article What is Narcissistic Abuse?

What is Narcissistic Abuse?

  • Post author:childrenofnarcissists
  • Post published:8 August 2021
  • Post category:Narcissistic Personality Disorder/Trauma

Narcissistic abuse describes the way narcissists behave toward intimate others and the effects it has on them. NPD is a set of defence mechanisms that shape the way people with…

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Read more about the article Narcissistic Rage

Narcissistic Rage

  • Post author:childrenofnarcissists
  • Post published:8 August 2021
  • Post category:Narcissistic Personality Disorder/Trauma

Narcissists are very quick to anger, and this is known as ‘narcissistic rage.’ A person with NPD lives in an adapted self. When this adapted self is challenged in some…

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Read more about the article Anti-Mothers Who Anti-Love

Anti-Mothers Who Anti-Love

  • Post author:childrenofnarcissists
  • Post published:8 August 2021
  • Post category:Narcissistic Personality Disorder/Trauma

A Look at the Film ‘Run’ (Spoiler Alert). ‘Run’ is a psychological thriller with Sarah Paulson as a mother who has Munchausen’s Syndrome by Proxy. Munchausen’s Syndrome by Proxy is…

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Chronic People Pleasing

  • Post author:childrenofnarcissists
  • Post published:10 July 2021
  • Post category:Defence Mechanisms/Trauma

Parents with Narcissistic Personality Disorder often produce children who are chronic people pleasers. This is because their children's characters are suffocated from a young age as the child is moulded…

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Read more about the article Clues That You May Have Complex PTSD

Clues That You May Have Complex PTSD

  • Post author:childrenofnarcissists
  • Post published:21 June 2021
  • Post category:Defence Mechanisms/Trauma

Some people who have Complex PTSD often do not know that they have it because so much of their emotional life and bodily sensations have been suppressed. Here are some…

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Read more about the article Zersetzung – Gaslighting

Zersetzung – Gaslighting

  • Post author:childrenofnarcissists
  • Post published:16 June 2021
  • Post category:Narcissistic Personality Disorder/Trauma

The Macrocosm and the MicrocosmGaslighting is done at the microcosmic level in narcissistic families. Zersetzung shows us what can happen at the macrocosmic level when narcissistic modes of behaviour are…

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