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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My father in a Narcissist.  He is also a genius.  He was raised believing he is always the smartest person around.  Everyone raved about how smart he was, but ignored his social immaturity.

As an adult, his bosses were always idiots (according to him).  Everything that happened in life was because of other people -- he never made a mistake.  If something bad happened, he would blame someone.

As a kid, I learned not to set him off.  I also learned to be outraged when someone else screws up -- that it is acceptable behavior.  However, I also know I make mistakes, and now I own them.  But, it took a lot of therapy to learn how to act around normal people.   I also found that I am drawn to narcissists...when I run into one, I try to please them -- I am still looking for approval from my father, even though I am 50 years old.  I am also male.

Today, he is a bitter old man....addicted to prescription pain meds; at least once a quarter, he (IMHO) OD's on them, but blames other things....like a mini stroke instead of his screw up.  He insists on being the center of attention:  he OD'd on the day a tumor was removed from me; he had come up to help -- we did not want him, and did not give him a place to stay, but he came anyway.  When he OD'd, it meant the support network I had was split.  So, I am in the ICU, and everyone else is worrying about him.  I am not bitter about it anymore (much).

Fortunately, he lives on the other side of the country.  I do not have to see him that often; probably next time in december.[/quote]

This sounds like my brother, ending up with NPDs perhaps because of issues with parents. I think my dad has some narcissistic traits, though not full blown NPD.[/quote]

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