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Originally Posted by Rosondo
Yeah I think that's true, I agree with Seiya and cubabe29. I think people with NPD, at least some of them, were treated as narcissistic extensions of their parents themselves. So they never learned that they actually did have freedom and choice, an actual self that could make decisions, for better or worse. So whenever they are faced with someone who does have a sense of self, be it their child or a friend, they feel threatened
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Yeah that makes sense. Maybe they think they are entitled to treat others as they were treated. That's how it was for them, they endured it, so now it is time for their reward. They get to do whatever they want now. They've earned this. Finally it is their turn. Their child must endure what they did because that is how it is and if they don't like it too bad.
"Because I'm the mother" was my mother's favourite phrase and excuse for everything while I was growing up.