@navyAcai8433 Thank you for creating this thread Navy! I was actually about to create one for us ACoNs [Adult Children of Narcissists].
Maybe we can share a bit of our back stories here?
I grew up in a mixed-raced/mixed-cultured background.
My (covert) NPD mother is an immigrant from another country, and is highly Catholic.
My (overt) NPD father is in the country I currently reside in, he's also very religious.
My childhood was riddled with physical & verbal abuse from my parents...and SA from my mother.
I almost got a beating twice from my NPD father, couldn't exactly remember the first time the reason, but the second time, he didn't like that I "looked gay" basically and was ready to throw me out of the house both times....My NPD mother stopped him, even though she used to hit me a lot...
In my adult years, as soon as I turnt 18y.o., I left the house.
I hadn't contacted my father in years, until this new years, and there wasn't much to say, all he would talk about was religion and politics... My mother is kind of "low-contact" but I recent-ish went no-contact because she drives me INSANE...
She didn't recognize my son as her own grandson because my (abusive & alcoholic) ex-fiance wasn't her ethnicity, her religion, was "too short" and we had a kid without getting married first...oh, plus she didn't handpick my spouse...so she wasn't happy about that...
I've had body issues because of her too, she always commented on how "disgusting" and "bone-y" my body was. How big my feet is, how "hairy" I am for a "girl"(I'm a woman, not a child. I'm GROWN and she still calls me "girl", it feels like an insult). She never used to say "I love you" growing up, and now she suddenly does...She's never apologized ONCE in her entire life, except to say "I'm sorry YOU feel that way" or "I don't remember that"...and that was it...
Anyways, that's just a small portion or bit about my backstory...
My oldest and youngest brother live with her...
I don't talk to my 2 oldest brothers, as they are her good little "soldiers" and I'm low-contact with younger brother, because my NPD mother likes to eavesdrop on our conversations...
If you guys are comfortable sharing, I would like to hear about you! :) @cyan8731 & @navyAcai8433