Children of the Self-Absorbed: A Grown-Up's Guide to Getting over Narcissistic Parents

By Nina W. Brown

Book Overview

Do you have a self-absorbed or narcissistic parent who's made you feel rejected, unloved, or unworthy? Being a parent is usually all about giving of yourself to foster your child's growth and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572242310
• ISBN13: 9781572242319
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: New Harbinger Pubns Inc
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Good for children of narcissists

This book would be helpful for anyone trying to recover from abuse and neglect at the hands of a narcissistic parent. I also recommend: The Narcissistic Family: Diagnosis and Treatment... by Robert M. Pressman and Stephanie Donaldson-Pressman

Concise and to the point.....

Some readers seem concerned with the gramatical errors in this book. Frankly, if you need to hear the words it has to say, you probably won't notice a typo or two and it is far from unreadable! As to the author's Narcissism, I have read several books, "Trapped in the Mirror" is one, written by authors who were obviously too close to the subject to do more than talk endlessly about THEIR issues. This isn't that kind of book. I just sent my copy to my sister who called saying how ashamed she felt to be relieved that my elderly parent's visit to her home had come to an end. When they walked out the door she was suddenly able to feel "real" again. What she felt was the overwhelming sense of fatigue, anger and hurt that had been bottled up for days during their visit. She wanted to know why they had to be so horrible and felt that there must be a way to "change" their behavior. This book doesn't help you to change your parent's behavior. It does help you to understand the complex mechanisms that make them to do what they do. More importantly it addresses their affect on you and how you can work to change the feelings and dysfunctional life strategies they have caused you to adopt. Please excuse the typos. I don't have an editor either!