got hit by an unexpected psychological and spiritual bombshell earlier tonight: a good friend of ours happened to link us to a subreddit devoted to stories from children of narcissistic parents (by way of explaining a bit of her own family history) and one of the stories under the link managed to hit a trigger. *winces* yeah, this one stung. @mona almost vapor-locked or something
personal crap, narcissistic mom Afficher plus
@sophieactual @kara_dreamer It was the story of a young woman who decided to graduate with a B.S. instead of spending two more years to get an M.S. that really got to me. She reasoned that her parents would be happier because she would be joining the workforce sooner and saving them college money, but instead her father did everything possible to belittle her achievement. I saw the red mist for a while after that one.