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It took me many years to realize that my mother is a narcissistic personality. My sister was the favored child and got all the attention. I was treated with cruelty or dismissed as almost non-existent. I grew up with great emotional pain. I could never understand why my mother didn't love me. I started reading a number of books on narcissism and there it was in front of my eyes---my narcissistic mother. Dr. Linda Martinez-Lewi's book is one of the best that I have read on the subject. Her book is clearly written, gives many specific helpful examples of narcissists and the emotional harm they cause to others. She offers many ways of dealing with narcissists that have helped me to release myself from my narcissistic mother and stop blaming myself.I am now at peace with myself and have moved forward.
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Freeing Yourself from the Narcissist in Your Life by Linda Martinez-Lewi
Elizabeth Dunne, July 5, 2010
It took me many years to realize that my mother is a narcissistic personality. My sister was the favored child and got all the attention. I was treated with cruelty or dismissed as almost non-existent. I grew up with great emotional pain. I could never understand why my mother didn't love me. I started reading a number of books on narcissism and there it was in front of my eyes---my narcissistic mother. Dr. Linda Martinez-Lewi's book is one of the best that I have read on the subject. Her book is clearly written, gives many specific helpful examples of narcissists and the emotional harm they cause to others. She offers many ways of dealing with narcissists that have helped me to release myself from my narcissistic mother and stop blaming myself.I am now at peace with myself and have moved forward.(1 of 1 readers found this comment helpful)