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<blockquote data-quote="recoveringenabler" data-source="post: 610976" data-attributes="member: 13542"><p>Cedar, my daughter fits the profile of a narcissist.........eerily so. So did my Dad.</p><p></p><p>I watched my granddaughter whither in that environment..........makes my heart hurt for the child in <em>you.</em> (And, the child in me too)...........mothers and daughters'..............what a complex and often dangerous, murky, dark and shaky landscape it can be.........I make every attempt for clarity, truth and straight and honest communication with my granddaughter............I want all of that deceptive, manipulative, hurtful energy eliminated as much as I can. </p><p></p><p>There's a saying I heard in the 12 step CoDa groups........."<em>you're only as sick as your secrets." </em>Having grown up in the center of deception and secrets............. truthfulness, integrity and clarity are important, in fact, essential, to me. Makes life so much easier for me too. Everything is above board, not lurking underground............everything is in the light.</p><p></p><p>I just thought of this..............there is a book about the Feminine journey to wholeness, <u>SHE: Understanding Feminine Psychology </u>by Robert A. Johnson. He uses a myth to address the various "tasks" that we seem to have to overcome in order to become whole. It's good.</p><p></p><p>It's <u><em>very, very</em></u> good to have an ally...........</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="recoveringenabler, post: 610976, member: 13542"] Cedar, my daughter fits the profile of a narcissist.........eerily so. So did my Dad. I watched my granddaughter whither in that environment..........makes my heart hurt for the child in [I]you.[/I] (And, the child in me too)...........mothers and daughters'..............what a complex and often dangerous, murky, dark and shaky landscape it can be.........I make every attempt for clarity, truth and straight and honest communication with my granddaughter............I want all of that deceptive, manipulative, hurtful energy eliminated as much as I can. There's a saying I heard in the 12 step CoDa groups........."[I]you're only as sick as your secrets." [/I]Having grown up in the center of deception and secrets............. truthfulness, integrity and clarity are important, in fact, essential, to me. Makes life so much easier for me too. Everything is above board, not lurking underground............everything is in the light. I just thought of this..............there is a book about the Feminine journey to wholeness, [U]SHE: Understanding Feminine Psychology [/U]by Robert A. Johnson. He uses a myth to address the various "tasks" that we seem to have to overcome in order to become whole. It's good. It's [U][I]very, very[/I][/U] good to have an ally........... [/QUOTE]
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