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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's very rare for narcs to go to therapy. You can certainly bring it up and if he is willing to go-fantastic. They often will make fun of the whole concept and complain you are crazy and all therapists are crazy.

There is a lot of narcissism in my family and I use gray rock to interact. The worst thing you can do is take any bait, defend or explain. If you do plan to divorce, I would make sure you are in therapy so you have regular support and strategies to deal with co-parenting.

As for 7:32's post, I do agree you should not tell your kids dad is a "covert narcissist" or drag them into your issues in any way. However, 7:32 is wrong. Narcissism is real and it causes a lot of damage. Writing "The only people go down these internet narcissism rabbit holes are usually mentally ill themselves" is classic narc talk.  It's a way to gaslight you. Ignore it.[/quote]

No. True narcissism is rare. A bunch of aggrieved people on the internet have made up terms like “covert narcissist” to try to make sense of their bad relationships. A psychologist would never diagnose someone as a “covert narcissist.”[/quote]

Here's an article about covert narcissists that was reviewed by a doctor (PhD, PsyD): https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/covert-narcissist. Are you a PhD, PsyD?

It is estimated that 10-13 percent of the population has some kind of personality disorder; so, not so rare. The reason it's become an internet phenomenon is because these personality disordered people cause so much misery in relationships, their victims look everywhere for answers, including the internet. It might seem disproportionate, but it's really not when you consider that PDs are the source of so many relationship problems.

I'm sure there are some people out there who aren't correct in their armchair diagnoses of family members. However, for MANY people, the shock of recognition when they read about narcissism is a starting point on the way to better mental health. So I think, the more it's talked about, the better.

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