You’re may look into your 20s or 30s, may be out of the house and soon realize relationships are tough. You look back on your own upbringing and think about your “wonderful” dad. Life of the party, knew everyone, always making things happen. You couldn’t get enough.
So, could it be that you were raised by a narcissist? And why does that even matter?
We tend to take our families as a given. It’s normal. Each family is like its own sociological experiment, complete with unwritten rules and buried secrets.
But what if that secret isn’t hidden?
What if it’s out in the open, and your dad — a narcissist — just looked like an everyday dad? What if you assumed all dads were like yours?
Spoiler: they weren’t.
Dad was charismatic. Everyone wanted to be around him.
Narcissists often are charismatic, though charisma doesn’t automatically mean narcissism. But…
