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Originally Posted by nutty buddy
My brother, who played the husband role with mommy dearest, joined the military for 6 years to get away from her narcissistic personality. By the way, there is tons of information out on the web regarding narcissistic mothers. I left town to different city & state as soon as I was able. I needed the distance to put the focus on me for a change & get help for myself. It was the best thing I ever did to save my own life. The distance helped tremendously. If I stayed, I would have been forced into being mama's slave. Run, run for your life. There's a whole new world out there. That's just me. *big warm friendship hug*
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back at you, thank you for sharing, I bet you leaving or in particular your brother, must have been difficult (the issues about obligation and guilt and all that). But glad you were able to. I keep trying to convince myself that me focusing on my own life and finding myself does not have to be a win-lose situation. I will be in a better place and can be a better son. And it is also true that I am not my family, and that's just reality, whether I like it or not and whether I was treated as separate or not. I'm also looking up more about narcissistic parents and enmeshment now as well. Cheers.