| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
271 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
How to recognize a narcissist and narcissism -- Who is the adult child of a narcissist? -- They make you conform to their will, even in your thinking -- Anne and the invisible force -- Suicidal urges : John -- Attraction to narcissistic mates by children of narcissists : Delores -- No right to live if you cannot love : how a narcissist put his inability to love onto his child -- The destructive inner parent : Victoria -- A life devoid of motivation : Nick -- The child of a narcissist who becomes a narcissist : Alan -- Addictive behavior in children of narcissists : Marie, fat is dead--obesity as a protective device -- Raising a child to fulfill the narcissistic parent's heroic image : Mark, unable to respond to his child's dependency needs, requires the child to be heroic -- Changing from weakness into strength : how to develop a real sense of self -- How to find and heal your self -- What do we call love? Where and how do we seek it? -- People in stages of self-development -- Learning to relate to the narcissistic parent : the way it is and how it can be improved -- Sending home the negative introject. |
| Summary |
Looks at the psychological problems of individuals who were raised by narcissistic parents, and tells how to get rid of the false images they imposed |
| Subject |
Narcissism.
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Parent and child.
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Adjustment (Psychology)
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| ISBN |
0688094716 (acid-free paper) : FPT $20.00 |
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9780688094713 (acid-free paper) |
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0688140718 |
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9780688140717 |
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