I have had to have a lot of therapy to understand my older sisters behaviors. The past five years alone have been hell. I sat with three different therapists that told me I am dealing with a very disordered individual. Each therapist leaned very heavily towards her being a narcissist. And then things got so bad that it pretty much became that of how to best deal with someone that is clearly displaying all the clear red flags including horrible narcissistic rages along with a great deal of gaslighting and manipulating and total unwillingness to being accountable. It’s not even a question of a person exhibiting some narcissistic behaviors. Instead it’s someone who rewrites everything and even believes it.

I have to say it’s been the most embarrassing experience of my entire life. It’s that same look I see on so many different faces. The disbelief and the OMGs.

Saying don’t allow or just ignore simply doesn’t cut it. So sometimes an individual really is a narcissist. And sometimes you just don’t want to believe it. Then you sit down with a therapist in hopes he can help you find a way to recover.

Yet in my case I did not throw that label around instead it was guided by more than one therapist. I think I wanted it to be something else.

One thing I have noticed is there are countless articles and talks about this specific disorder and often in just about every Psych Central email I receive dicussing mental health challenges.