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Those of us with- narcissistic parents- do you attract narcissist friends?
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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 550639" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>While neither of my parents would qualify for NPD, and neither have ever have any personality disorder diagnosis I know of, I so get what you are talking about. I do believe my dad has Borderline (BPD) and my mom probably had at least traits of both Borderline (BPD) and histrionic personality disorder and they were both selfish. In the other hand they were also charismatic, intense and talented people. My mom passed away several years ago, she got better when she was older and in the end we had quite positive relationship and I do miss her terribly. My dad is alive but he has hurt me too many times for me to give him much a role in my life.</p><p></p><p>I'm, more or less, drawn to people like them still. If I would let my ovaries decide, I think I would likely have quite a many relationships with men with personality disorder or otherwise challenging behaviours and personality patterns behind me at this point. Luckily I didn't listen to my ovaries too much and made sure to marry a guy with very different, laid back and nice, personality. I also try to socialize with nice people otherwise. To certain point I succeed, but as I said, I am drawn to difficult people and few of my very best, closest friends belong to that category. I try to keep my boundaries clear, but at times I may take more than I should from them. But as with your BFF, there are so much positive aspects in those relationships I'm not ready to call them quits.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 550639, member: 14557"] While neither of my parents would qualify for NPD, and neither have ever have any personality disorder diagnosis I know of, I so get what you are talking about. I do believe my dad has Borderline (BPD) and my mom probably had at least traits of both Borderline (BPD) and histrionic personality disorder and they were both selfish. In the other hand they were also charismatic, intense and talented people. My mom passed away several years ago, she got better when she was older and in the end we had quite positive relationship and I do miss her terribly. My dad is alive but he has hurt me too many times for me to give him much a role in my life. I'm, more or less, drawn to people like them still. If I would let my ovaries decide, I think I would likely have quite a many relationships with men with personality disorder or otherwise challenging behaviours and personality patterns behind me at this point. Luckily I didn't listen to my ovaries too much and made sure to marry a guy with very different, laid back and nice, personality. I also try to socialize with nice people otherwise. To certain point I succeed, but as I said, I am drawn to difficult people and few of my very best, closest friends belong to that category. I try to keep my boundaries clear, but at times I may take more than I should from them. But as with your BFF, there are so much positive aspects in those relationships I'm not ready to call them quits. [/QUOTE]
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