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Originally Posted by -Bix
  your post speaks to me so much!! I know my emotions stem from the way I was constantly berated for not showing "enough" gratitude from my NPD parent for what I was given and the stress that was put upon me at certain gift giving times by them. I love to give gifts now that they are out of my life, however receiving without guilt/awkward feelings is still something I am working on.
As for compliments that is something that makes me feel really uncomfortable and I tend to joke them off with self deprecating humor. I do live within a culture where you are seen as having a large ego if you are readily able to receive a compliment, also something I am working on as I know that thinking is warped |
Interesting. I feel some of my difficulty in accepting gifts and feeling grateful and deserving. I feel like my NPD parent might have made me feel like I was acting greedy if I got excited when I got a gift. But then again my excitement may have been interrupted by my father stopping me and telling me to say thank you and give a hug and a kiss I did not want to give.. Hmm.
I also have a theory that if I was too excited it made him uncomfortable, and so he stopped me from feeling that early in life.
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