You're welcome. Your posts are always a fascinating and unusually articulate read. Quite brave of you to be so open.

My story with narcissism is atypical(there's a reason that word is in my username), in that I'm more of an Antisocial than a traditional Narcissist(I've been diagnosed with both disorders) so my flavor of narcissism is quite different... Though I am prone to episodes of self-deception where I put on a mask of being a traditional Narcissist. I find it interesting and it makes me chuckle that the only way I have ever lost myself is through myself. It's complicated, lol.

My life story would be considered horrific to most people, but I don't think of it that way. I think that it simply was what it was. Yes, it sucked and all... but it's long been over. I don't spend much time thinking about it or talking about it unless I think it's relevant to the conversation at hand... I might share here at some point but it'll be very short as really writing about all of it would be better suited for a novel, not a post on a mental health forum.