a relevant post from another Group

[Guest guest]

In addition to this Group, I belong to a group for the adult children

of Narcissist parents, and a member there named " " wrote the

following. I thought it is very succinct and relevant to us KO bpds as

well:

" Its just amazing how these evil parents turn you against yourself!

And when you don't trust yourself or your senses or your instincts

ANYONE can control you.

I will never live with that kind of guilt again. In fact, I'm taking

an inventory of a lot of things in my life just to see if there is any

other little nook or cranny where guilt is hiding.

I feel so much better having taken control of my life again. I feel

lighter. Much less depressed. I still have a lot of anxiety, but at

least I'm not debilitatingly depressed!

"

What leaped out at me was the concept " turn you against yourself. "

Brilliant!

I believe my nada has always had such a desperate, overwhelming need

to feel superior to other people that she just included us, her own

children (and husband) in that obsession. We were never right about

anything, nada was always right about everything, and if we were right

about something it was due to nada. Its totally warped and sick.

Us KOs are fighting to overcome a lifetime of negative brainwashing by

a severely mentally ill person.

Its hard, but its doable.

-Annie