Peaches, your mom is probably dead inside just like my mom is. My mom wasn't a mean Narcissist either. She could never hurt anyone on purpose. She hurt me by omission not commission. This is what happens to Narcissists, they become dead inside because the pain that they experienced while growing up was too much so they just cut off everything in order to survive.

My mom is cheerful too.........

As soon as you told me about her playing the piano at the nursing home I just knew that it was about her and not about the people living there. If she did it for the people living there she would have gotten that woman some help.

She is dead inside...............