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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, many super sensitive people end up narcissists. Narcissism is a response to trauma. If a super sensitive person is raised by someone who hurts them again and again, yes, they can be both empathetic and a narcissist.

All the people with their simplistic view of narcissist are just as monstrous as the narcissist. You're describing human beings with SOCIAL problems as "monsters."[/quote]

I think most personality disorders are maladaptive coping mechanisms to intergenerational traumas. And people can be abusive in some settings while those very same traits can contribute to success in others.

Humans are complicated. [/quote]

Oh ffs, not you again. Can't you adult children avoid plastering your own gripes and your off-base armchair psychology on even a single thread?[/quote]

Tell me what you mean by that?

Because I am sharing from lived experiences as both a victim and a perpetrator of abuse. It’s only through therapy that I can sit with both realities and work in both healing myself which gives me the strength to take responsibility and change my behavior and stop the dysfunctional shame-based patterns. [/quote]

I’m grateful for your honesty. But there are many reasons an individual might have emotional struggles or a personality disorder. Certainly one reason is parental abuse, but genetics, absent or over-indulgent parenting, spousal abuse, and substance abuse are also key reasons. Especially genetics. Whatever your personal experiences, others have different experiences, and it’s impossible to pin every single mental health problem on parents.

There are a couple of really aggressive posters on the Adult Children forum who place all responsibility on the parents and absolve all adult children for any personal responsibility, to the point they’ve made that forum almost unusable. I confused you with them. I’m sorry for that. [/quote]

Thanks for your clarification. This forum format makes it way too easy to oversimplify the immensely complex and sometimes paradoxical topic of human emotions and relationships. I think most people are here to just vent as it’s cheaper and easier than therapy.  [/quote]

So true!  [/quote]

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