Goodbye, Mother
/…was coddled, but only as a baby.
Then I grew up a little bit and
the conditioning began. It was all about her narcissistic presumptions, but
I wouldn’t know what was really…
By Carol Jewell
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Unrequited
/…would never know, empathy
It made him a difficult man.
His needs much greater,
And I was a hater,
That he was his own biggest fan.
In the mirror he’d gaze…
By Dawn DeBraal
From Managing to Surviving
/…thing that I have learned with experience is that it is extremely difficult to escape my narcissist. No matter what I do, no matter where I am or who I am with, the narcissist in my life has always been there, buried in my head, living rent free. Everything I am, everything I have done, everything I have become, has been a reaction to her and her…
By Alnaaze Nathoo
Read MoreMe vs Legalism
/…am the precedent:
A classic “I told you so” case.
I am a convict in the cage
Of religious rage.
I am the fuel,
The fire…
By Angelique Diedrick
Beauty Absent Truth
/unyielding waves crash ashore
Impeaching your existence
Obliterating, draining you in an instant
Leaving only the imperfect model
Upon which you were…
By Mike Turner
Surviving Narcissism
/Look out for them.
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…me till I’m all used up, found me at a place where my hands were tied and enough was enough. It seems you thought you were better than working a day of your life
Just filled others with empty promises trying to survive. I thought you were a savior
Always embalmed with smiles and laughter made me laugh so hard I didn’t notice...
What you were really after. I saved and slaved at this restaurant…
By Don Pope
Beyond Narcissism
/Surviving the narcissists. Both without and within...
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…we look outward for validation and acceptance
We will be disappointed
For we do not control what others think of us
Nor what rewards they may choose to give or withhold
The world is filled with capriciousness and apathy
And increasingly with egotistical narcissism
Where people seek to fulfill their own desires
Without regard to the needs of…
By Mike Turner
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