Thinking back to my childhood, I grew up with a dad who I now believe is narcissistic. Also, I was influenced a lot by his drinking buddies, who I now also suspect are narcissists.
Anyway, so the usual symptoms I have - low self-esteem, feelings of low self-worth, constantly striving for perfection, never feel like anything I do is good enough, etc. - the usual stuff when you're a child of a narcissistic parent.
Couple that to the constant rejection by others I face to this day, and you get me, which I will describe below.
So, basically, I'm kinda pathetic really. I seek love and admiration from anyone who will show me some (which I don't really get). Most people fake it for a little while and then they reject me anyway.
I will basically do anything for anyone as long as I can feel I was required/needed somehow and I did the best job. As you'd expect, I've been used and abused like an old dishcloth 99% of the time. People basically use me for what they want, then when I want friendship, they reject me obviously.
So, my question is, is this what would be classified as a "mirror" narcissist?
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