yellowfrog268, you hit the nail on the head! I'm now reading about narcissistic mothers and that's exactly how my mother reacts...
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As well as Parentification, Narcissistic Mothers can also practise a form of Infantalisation, i.e. keeping their daughters young and dependent on them. This is so the daughters will never leave them to being their own adult lives, and so will remain around to provide lots of lovely Narcissistic Supply.
This can be done in different ways. Perhaps the mother will forever tell the daughter, to the point of brainwashing, "You'll never amount to anything, you'll never survive in the real world, it's just as well you've got me to mind you."
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