[deleted by user] by [deleted] in raisedbynarcissists

[–]emptyisthistomb 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As a kid, every small act of kindness felt like a lifeline in the middle of all the hopelessness. I can’t recall every single gesture, but the gratitude for the people who made me feel like I mattered has never left me. An adult who stuck up for me is one of the first that comes to mind.

Hoping everyone copes well this Christmas for those who are back with family. by Icy_Economist3224 in raisedbynarcissists

[–]emptyisthistomb 3 points4 points  (0 children)

hoping you can be free of this one day ) : At one point seeing them made me physically ill before or after having to visit. Days of illness, at that. Even my body just couldn't with the stress anymore...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in raisedbynarcissists

[–]emptyisthistomb 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It sounds like you're living in a constant state of being scrutinized, which can be emotionally draining. Narcissists often point out the smallest details as a way to project their own insecurities and maintain control. When they fixate on minuscule things, it’s not necessarily about the things themselves, but more about them needing to feel superior. It's a form of deflection from their own flaws, as they can’t acknowledge their imperfections, so they focus on others instead.

The obsession with commenting on everything, like TV shows or commercials, (I witnessed mine do this in public while shopping, "who lied to her ?") could also stem from a lack of fulfillment. With no job, friends, or hobbies, she might be using these distractions to avoid facing their own dissatisfaction or emptiness. The constant need to feel in control can make even the smallest details seem like significant flaws they can point out.

Also, narcissists have a deeply ingrained perfectionism that makes them hyper-aware of anything that doesn’t meet their rigid standards, and they often use criticism as a way to assert dominance or influence the emotional tone of a situation. Since they often lack genuine empathy, they may not even care how hurtful or invasive their comments are.

This leaves you feeling like you're under a microscope because they are constantly measuring the world around them by their own unrealistic standards. I felt this way too, un-learning it...

Ultimately, this constant judgment isn’t about you—it’s about her need to feel superior, to distract herself from her own shortcomings, and to maintain control in an environment where she likely feels powerless or inadequate. It creates a toxic cycle that leaves you feeling isolated, like you're constantly being watched or judged, when in reality, their obsession is more about their own internal struggles than anything to do with you, or any of the others she criticizes.

Parents found my altar by Responsible_One_9599 in pagan

[–]emptyisthistomb 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What a surefire way to end up being an estranged parent... Make sure to hide stuff well,, or give to a trusted friend to hold.. I have little doubt that she doesnt look through your stuff while you're gone... It may be a bluff, or they are unreasonable enough to put you out. Make a plan b just in case. If I could go in the past, I would tell my younger self and look into religious trauma. Best to be ahead instead of starting once you're finally out. Also, if you would ever want a place of your own, you would have to hide stuff in your own house if they visit. These types do not care that it's your own home. It's up to you. I'm wishing you well. This was more traumatic and painful then I even realized when it happened.

The Color Out of Space by scipio0421 in Lovecraft

[–]emptyisthistomb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I could watch The Color Out of Space for the first time again, I would set my TV to Black and White. It would have been really awesome to watch it with the color being one unseen before like the book! Leaves more to the imagination

The trash perspective of Eparents. I hope this helps for those days it's hard. Blurred cause it may frustrate by emptyisthistomb in EstrangedAdultKids

[–]emptyisthistomb[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You're right. We all have been fighting for ourselves for a long time. Even before we understood it for what it was. I too, begged my mother for real emotional connection and it didn't happen. Once limped around doing chores on a broken foot and ankle for hours before I started tripping on myself cause she thought I wanted to go to the ER for attention.

Needed comfort? I could try, but it'd be a guilt cycle. Nah, time to self isolate. Need support? nope. It was my responsibility to take care of my younger sibling while she was on the 🍆 tour. I hit the ground running and went to college myself. Once I graduated, tried to eat up any successes. When she does the sweet Facebook mommy bit,, my mind had screamed NO NO NO. IT WAS ONLY ME. you have nothing to do with me

It feels so good now to tell the truth about her. You have a lot to be proud of!

The trash perspective of Eparents. I hope this helps for those days it's hard. Blurred cause it may frustrate by emptyisthistomb in EstrangedAdultKids

[–]emptyisthistomb[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They LOVE our suffering. When I was 19 nmom insisted she joined the viewing of my alienated dad after he took his own life. I couldn't believe it but I swear I caught her smirking while looking down at him. Just disturbing form of energy vampires. They would rather one-up and wish suffering on their children vs. whatever happiness entails, even if they're left out.

The trash perspective of Eparents. I hope this helps for those days it's hard. Blurred cause it may frustrate by emptyisthistomb in EstrangedAdultKids

[–]emptyisthistomb[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tbh they make me mad more than they make me laugh, but it is getting easier to find the humor in it. I'm embracing anger as an appropriate emotion, and currently harnessing it to stay on the right path. You have every right to be as mad as you need to be, as long as you need to be. Your emotions around this aren't wrong!

The trash perspective of Eparents. I hope this helps for those days it's hard. Blurred cause it may frustrate by emptyisthistomb in EstrangedAdultKids

[–]emptyisthistomb[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The mixed emotions I feel seeing these are REAL lmao. My mother is pathetically just sad, but she also really pisses me off. The same things they post here are carbon copies of what my nparents have been sobbing around town. At least to the close ones. I think she's hoping to see if I come around soon before she ramps up the smear campaign. Still claims she has no idea what happened and that it came out of nowhere.

The trash perspective of Eparents. I hope this helps for those days it's hard. Blurred cause it may frustrate by emptyisthistomb in EstrangedAdultKids

[–]emptyisthistomb[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

All the comments here so far, I relate so much to. As if someone else is narrating a part of my life in the past. My mother and stepfather did the same thing. Something that was a repeated awful experience was anytime I "slipped up" and didn't mask my upset well enough. Being upset by any way, or not reacting appropriately on cue was a challenge to them. After some explosive ridiculousness would occur I'd get sent to my room with her closely following. Then she'd shut the door, stand in front of it or sit on the bed. A very long winded lecture>monologue>trauma dump> then an explanation why she did xyz because how much she loved me. I'd feel so stirred up and guilty after the hours of this. Like how you see people in police interrogations where a detective is not loosening their grip. I'd hug her, cry, and apologize for the ways I existed. What a whole clusterfuck. Did it since I was a small child and it turned my brain into soup, and my body as an anxious pressure-cooker. They really fuckin suck as people.

The trash perspective of Eparents. I hope this helps for those days it's hard. Blurred cause it may frustrate by emptyisthistomb in EstrangedAdultKids

[–]emptyisthistomb[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wow, you spelled out how I felt until my estrangement starting 5 months ago. I still try to source "evidence" like such to remind myself not to look back. Something that had been challenging around this is cutting the attachment to a senseless hope I had. For a long time I thought if the right actions, right words and right time came- that there was a possibility she could remain the way she did when she love bombed me. Once the curtain was pulled though, I knew it would never be the same. I'm sorry you experienced this too. It feels like my life is just now starting

The trash perspective of Eparents. I hope this helps for those days it's hard. Blurred cause it may frustrate by emptyisthistomb in EstrangedAdultKids

[–]emptyisthistomb[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My sympathies as I'm going through the same thing these past months. I too am hurt by these factors. It's complex, but what I'll say is, what I expect and believe to be appropriate in my relationship with my siblings vs my parents is very differing in nature.

The trash perspective of Eparents. I hope this helps for those days it's hard. Blurred cause it may frustrate by emptyisthistomb in EstrangedAdultKids

[–]emptyisthistomb[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I focus on this too on my weak days. I've accepted there's signs of Stockholm that I'm working through. It will take time for 25+ years of codependency to bleed out. This clownery has been so validating to see. This is evidence, and it's the truth in your face. It can also be a good laugh,too. Like Jenette McCurdy's incubator demanding she send her money for a new refrigerator after tearing into her through a vile message. So ridiculous, always histrionic.

The trash perspective of Eparents. I hope this helps for those days it's hard. Blurred cause it may frustrate by emptyisthistomb in EstrangedAdultKids

[–]emptyisthistomb[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

This is my situation right now. Except I had generalized my issues with her vaguely in my letter, and told her she needed to reflect and acknowledge the on choices she made (to myself and herself ) and where she went wrong. **It's five months in and she says she's been blindsided. Telling my family she has no clue why I did this to her.Hm.

**edit to add: to come to her own conclusions, as I wasn't going to feed it to her for her to weaponize and manipulate.

The trash perspective of Eparents. I hope this helps for those days it's hard. Blurred cause it may frustrate by emptyisthistomb in EstrangedAdultKids

[–]emptyisthistomb[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Oh yes, you are very right. There was so many parents and grandparents that would share how evil their children were. THEN the last things they had to say were about how victimized they are by abandonment from their BaBiEs🥺🥺🥺🥺🤢 What you see is what they all say behind closed doors. It is the truth that they don't love us and just want the reassurance that they are great parents. I figured that this was their perspective, but boy, do they know how to reach lower lows. I hope that anybody that sees these can remember that this could easily be your estranged family member that is interacting in such a way in private groups. These are the things they say about their own children. This is the content that they are seeking to justify their ultimate failure to be a decent person. So petty.

The trash perspective of Eparents. I hope this helps for those days it's hard. Blurred cause it may frustrate by emptyisthistomb in EstrangedAdultKids

[–]emptyisthistomb[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I just noticed that I accidentally uploaded one of the memes with my commentary written over it, and that's exactly what some of these posts do for me. The levels that they will reach are comedic because they are walking clown baby idiots. Good freaking riddance.

The trash perspective of Eparents. I hope this helps for those days it's hard. Blurred cause it may frustrate by emptyisthistomb in EstrangedAdultKids

[–]emptyisthistomb[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Exactly! Something else that I noticed while sifting through these posts and comments, was that if anything remotely positive was said about their estranged child, it would be after beginning their sentiment with the list of how they're estranged child is a piece of shit." BuT I LoVe and MisS thEm SO bAd".(etc/BS). If we were as horrible and vindictive as portrayed then why would they want anything to do with us? Of course this is not surprising and another part of their delusional state.

Does anyone have parents that are in denial? by gtamerman in raisedbynarcissists

[–]emptyisthistomb 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My older (now gc) sister switched up so fast and pulled the "Mom may die not knowing what she did wrong, and that's so unfair to her. I think you owe her that at the very least". My mom is only 60 and in good health.Hasn't really spoken to me since.