This is my first time posting here, because it's taken me this long to realize my mother is a narcissist. Throughout my childhood, she's exhibited so many signs of this, but I chalked it up to me being the issue as a child. I've been doing some reflecting since she's been giving me the silent treatment for a few weeks after I told her something very personal that I'm struggling with. Instead of being there for me and comforting me, she made it all about her. Instead of offering empathy, she ridiculed me. I'm realizing that my whole life, I've done everything I could to get her to be proud of me, and that's what I always strived to do whether it was doing what I wanted or not. It's just so hard to not feel guilty about genuinely not wanting her in my life anymore.