Those who suffer from a narcissistic personality disorder are selfish people and they are not able to empathize with the feelings of others. They need to always be the main protagonists and be the center of attention, disregarding the needs and desires of others. They are manipulative to achieve what they want and cannot recognize other merits than their own.
If the person who suffers from a narcissistic disorder is a father or mother, all these behaviors tend to focus on the children, which will negatively influence the development of the personality of these, since it will be marked by the disorder suffered by their fathers. So, exactly, do the children of narcissistic parents how are they affected?
The narcissistic parent starts from the assumption that their children have to satisfy their wishes and expectations and will be unable to put the needs of their children first to their own at some point. On the contrary, when the son or daughter expresses a desire or need, they will be severely disapproved. Therefore the child, even when he is an adult, will have
Due to the characteristics of this disorder, the parents will not be able to satisfy the emotional needs of the child, but They expect at all times that the child will satisfy theirs and, as the child will not be able to do so, he will be branded as bad, lazy, selfish, etc. Making you feel like a faulty and guilty person.
Therefore, when he grows up, he will find great difficulty being assertive, he will have an absolute need to like others and will need at all times that others approve of what he does. The parents have not given him the necessary instruments to objectively assess his behavior, and therefore he will depend on the valuation of others.
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