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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because many of you who think your parent is narcissistic are wrong. It appears to  be the meme of a whole generation.  Oddly, all this  discussion of toxicity,  boundaries,  personality disorder dx of others- is actually quite narcissistic.  [/quote]

No, you are wrong. Narcissists and sociopaths are not rare, not by a long shot. And they are incredibly damaging and toxic human beings in society.
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I suspect the trouble is terminology.  Not everyone is a narcissist or sociopathic. There's been so much written about the millennial generation and their perceptions, and many of these are cultural and fueled by more encouragement on social media, and ...well forums  like  this. Here we are commenting on a post with zero information and  everyone just assumes OP  and everyone else  really does have a toxic parent.  Where's  the whole story?  There is no context but everyone jumps on the certainty of toxicity,  and only from  the parent. Why? 
Just like so  many  diagnoses,  few have actually  witnessed true narcissistic behavior, OCD behavior,  attention deficit  behavior,  bi-polar behavior, but we jump to these labels and  fuel  them and just allow them to take hold. Have there been abusive parents? Yes, of course,  but no, not every parent is toxic just because their  kids say that. 
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2021/05/22/how-many-american-children-have-cut-contact-with-their-parents?utm_campaign=editorial-social&utm_content=weekend-reads&utm_source=pocket-app&utm_medium=share
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