Re: Growing up with a narcissistic mother

My heart goes out to you, my husband's mother has Narcissistic personality disorder and his childhood and that of his brother was very much as you have described.
There is no winning against a person like this even though she is your mother. She is not capable of feeling for another person. She is capable only of loving herself. She has no empathy for others.
When I first met my husband I didn't quite believe the things he said about the way his mother acted. I thought he was exagerating. Sadly it was all true. On first appearances this lady and her husband seemed likeable and well adjusted. His father didn't have NPD, an intelligent and sensitive man and I don't know why he could not stand up for his children, he never challenged her and knew what she was like. He would often break down in tears because she verbally abused him in the most dreadful way.
She has interfered, intruded into and ruined every relationship my husband has had.
She has turned his own children against him because he is with me. The things she has down are bizarre. She is truly the cruelest person I have ever met.

It is late at night and I am tired but I will write again. I have only just found this site.

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