Revisiting the issue of my narcissistic mother. With the spring holidays, seeing family often means seeing family more frequently.

A few years ago I worked with a counselor who stated that it sounds like my mother has some narcisstic traits. I decided to treat her as such, and thereby grew some boundaries with her. I decided to go no contact for few years to low contact. Then I moved to the same state as her (because of other family members whom I missed). For a while, things were fine. Now I get little emotional jabs from her that mostly I fend off by telling myself that her behavior is about her and not me. Last weekend I saw my mother for Passover and she had plenty of manipulative, nasty things to say. I also noticed that my father looks at me with disgust after asking me a question or just looking at me. Lately he does this a lot. I never had any kind of relationship with my father. It was always as if I didn't have one at all (this affects my relationships with people in general).

I know for a fact that I didn't get my emotional needs met by either of my parents. I was also adopted and am not sure if this has anything to do with how they have treated me (maybe a little I think).

Sometimess when the past comes up or I bring something up about the past, they always say (oh, that never happened when I know it did). It doesn't make me doubt myself or my memories, but it makes me bewildered that they can't or won't remember what the younger years were like.

I'm finishing up school and don't mind staying where I live until I graduate, but sometimes it gets so hard that it drains me of positive emotional energy.

Does anyone else struggle with this issue? Any one have anymore coping mechanisms besides low contact and no contact? I'm tired of dad's disguisting smirks and my mom's evil ways...

Thanks for reading this.

Anyway, I'm hurting a lot this week and I wondered if anyone else can identify with this? Anyone else want to share their story?