The video below talks about issues which are common outcomes for children of narcissistic parents. The topics included and other relevant YouTube videos you may like to watch and articles are listed below. Please scroll down for the video.
Parentification
Triggers and Triggering
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rofpu8PnQDI
The Window of Tolerance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGDqJYEi_Ks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-m2YcdMdFw
Struggles in Relationships
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av7u4F495rY
Attachment Style
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2fl_tt2GWI
Trauma Bonding
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRI1HSzwpAc
Boundaries – too lax or too rigid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CZQnJqa7aM
Paranoia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aosMeQJif6Y
Dog Whistling (reactive abuse)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AavB2DYjlY
Damned if you do and damned if you don’t
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnSiJOOdo30
Addictions
Issues with Food
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxTaPDbhMf8
Fear of Abandonment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL5OEq_utqU
Fear of Intimacy
People Pleasing
Chronic People Pleasing – Children of Narcissists
Harsh Inner Critic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4nK9bcvg2g
Guilt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KSGhmnFCL0
The Adapted Self and The True Self
The Abandonment Depression – Children of Narcissists
Shame
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dkQrwkZp5A
Fear of the Self
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL5OEq_utqU
Loneliness / Self-alienation
Avoidance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUzwb89HZ4I
Lack of Self-Compassion
Lack of Self-Care
Core Beliefs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0EvMungldY
Perfectionism
High Achieving
Procrastinating
Laziness
Self-Doubt
Assertive Communication
Emptiness
Cognitive Errors
i.e., black and white thinking, overgeneralising, minimising and magnification, jumping to conclusions, assuming we know what others are thinking, catastrophising, should and ought to, I feel bad = I am bad (assuming a feeling is a fact), disqualifying the positive, automatically blaming ourselves…… and more….
Black and White Thinking
Devaluing and Idealisation
Deprogramming from the Cult
Low Self-Esteem
Social Anxiety
Panic
Depression
Suicidal Thoughts
Burn Out
Phobias / OCD
Health Anxiety
Life and the Self not Feeling Real
Disliking Special Days (i.e., Birthdays and Christmas)
Issues with Trust
Missing Memories
Emotional Disconnection
