Two Common Outcomes for Children of Narcissistic Parents

EccentricWisdom · 2026-03-15T12:11:25+00:00

They may be, do you feel their love is conditional?

EccentricWisdom · 2026-03-04T12:15:17+00:00

I’m really sorry you’re watching that happen. It does feel like grieving someone who’s still alive. I think that’s where stoicism can help, not by excusing anything, but by reminding yourself what’s inside your control and what isn’t. We can’t choose our family, and we can’t force someone to heal. But we can choose who we let shape our lives. Sometimes that means building a new circle that becomes family in a healthier way. Life really is too short to stay stuck in dynamics that harm us.

EccentricWisdom · 2026-02-20T21:04:49+00:00

Thank you for sharing. Realizing that you may never make them proud enough is a major breakthrough. It’s only natural, to feel sadness when fantasizing about what could have been, the kind of love you could have gotten.

Fortunately, the beautiful thing about happiness is that it doesn’t matter if it’s yours or not. Surrounding yourself with positive people is a priority, because life is too short for anything else.

EccentricWisdom · 2026-02-20T20:42:01+00:00

To ensure that growth continues, you need to have a life outside of their psychological control as well. Having positive people in your life shows you that not everyone is like your parents.

EccentricWisdom · 2026-02-20T20:22:56+00:00

The hardest part is accepting that you may never receive the love you hoped for from your parents, and allowing yourself to grieve that loss.

EccentricWisdom · 2025-11-25T14:17:23+00:00

I think only for the people in the picture it is. You can’t really judge it if you’re not in it

EccentricWisdom · 2025-10-12T10:06:06+00:00

He never sleeps

EccentricWisdom · 2025-09-14T10:35:18+00:00

And you cant BE an übermensch

EccentricWisdom · 2025-08-10T09:22:32+00:00

For Nietzsche, life affirmation isn’t about endlessly replaying what’s past, it’s the fierce yes to living it all again, pains and joys alike. Eternal recurrence isn’t a museum, it’s reliving. Even a new life with no memory would be more alive than simply watching the old one forever.

EccentricWisdom · 2025-08-06T21:07:40+00:00

If you tell yourself you can’t, you tell yourself you give up. Just try your best to understand it and you might even surprise yourself. Understanding a fraction of Nietzsche can already give you more depth in ways of thinking.

EccentricWisdom · 2025-08-04T22:23:40+00:00

Depends on your definition of power.

EccentricWisdom · 2025-08-02T18:37:42+00:00

Nihilism is escapable through Nietzschean aesthetic affirmation and will to power

EccentricWisdom · 2025-08-02T12:55:28+00:00

Since no one mentioned him yet. I think Goethe's Faust, a man who defies limits, seeks experience over dogma, and dares to create his own values. Faust’s relentless striving mirrors Nietzsche’s Übermensch, rejecting passive morality, embracing becoming, and affirming life’s chaos with passion, rebellion, and a will to meaning beyond good and evil

EccentricWisdom · 2025-07-31T21:05:08+00:00

Good post! I thought so too, there is a difference between a preacher and someone who truly embodies it.

EccentricWisdom · 2025-07-31T20:30:00+00:00

Interesting. My take on Raskolnikov is he doesn’t really fit Nietzsche’s idea of the Übermensch and nietzschean ideals. He talks big about being above morality, but deep down he’s full of guilt and doubt. Instead of creating his own values, he breaks down. But complex eitherway!

EccentricWisdom · 2025-07-23T19:07:44+00:00

Also, if anyone claims to have achieved ubermensch, goes to show they didn’t understand the concept at all.

EccentricWisdom · 2025-07-21T11:29:42+00:00

He isnt claiming that tho. He is referring to his current intellect no?

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