Narcissistic Mothers: How to Handle a Narcissistic Parent and Recover from CPTSD (Adult Children of Narcissists Recovery) Paperback – September 23, 2019

Many thanks to the author who created this book. Thanks to her, I got rid of the illusion, my eyes were opened, I hope I will have enough courage to gain self-confidence and change my life for the better. Thanks to her, I understand that I am not alone in the whole world and my case is not unique. Thousands of people around the world face the same problems as me and experience the same thing.

Read this in 2 hours and it really showed me more about what I had been researching before. I am a survivor of a narcissist parent and this book has opened my eyes to more realities and more ways to look at things. I am so glad I chose to pick up this book. I am referring it to all of my siblings now. We have all gotten much closer since we discovered the reality of a narcissistic parent and I am blessed we all have each other.

Awesome book & author, Caroline Foster! It is simple to read & leaves positive healing.

Growing up I just thought this was the way normal families function. WHENEVER you don't have anything else to compare it to , it certainly becomes normal. As I look back on my life up I could never quite understand why I was always depressed, felt like I couldn't do anything right, felt insecure, had zero confidence, a perfectionist and thrived on being a ppl pleaser, amongst other things. Over the last 20 years of being on the outside of the original family dynamic, whenever I would go home to visit my folks, I had such anxiety that I could not wait to get away and get back home. The portion of the book that resonated with me personally were the hierarchy order designated to children. My older brother is the black sheep or escape goat. My younger brother is the golden child and I am the lost/forgotten child. In any event, I share my experience with prospective readers so they will know there is HOPE. This book outlines a lot and although the author is not a licensed professional, she really has a handle on the topic of narc moms and how it effects the family dynamic. Truly eye opening and worth the read!

This book is wonderful. It’s nice to know you are not alone and other people have gone through similar situations. Here’s to healing !!!

A must read if you feel that you are the adult child of a narcissist mother!

The information was fairly good, though a bit all over the place. I also felt the author was just discussing their specific experiences and the information was not useful for a general audience of children of a narcissistic mother. the sentences were sometimes nonsensical and difficult to understand-poorly edited.

This book blew.my mind! It exceeded my expectations! I just had a episode with my narcissistic mother and I wss emotionally all over the place. She accused me of stealing a cake pan that she gave me! Something simple to some, but for me it was a trigger to a loaded gun of flashbacks and the key to Pandora's box! Which is what and how I wss brought here. I was seeking help, solutions and I found it in this book! It was like the author knew me and my mother personally and studied us both and these were their findings! I want to gift this book to my mother and my siblings but..... My mother is still undiagnosed as of right now and.... My siblings were much younger than I an were at the stage where they are going along to get along seeings how they still reside with her, so like most get gave the "that's how she is mentality" and basically im overreacting! I would like counseling I'm not sure I could afford it. An I have trust issues. An all these other cptsd symptoms. So...... As of right now prayer an oil is my treatment! Thanks so much for this! I needed it! And through it all though I will say this type of mother made me reach out to HIM the one I couldn't see for rescuing no one else came but GOD! An I am a mother to one an I asked GOD to help me with her an I wasn't perfect obviously lol but I did pretty darn well! An I'm proud of that and no one not even my NM can make me second guess that! I DID THAT! She will not have to seek counseling for my parenting ways! So GOD is good! P.S. before I read this I was debating leaving and cutting ties again wether to give the cake pan back and write a letter which she would most definitely reword in her head and tell others that version or wether to keep it all together or to regret it for her Christmas present! But then GOD..... So after prayer and fasting and this book which I basically read in one day I have now decided to give it back and say nothing. Bc it doesn't support the kind of memory I want in my mind or my home! An I have learned to let those kind of things and memories go that are negative and unpleasant to my brains psyche! I will not be a prisoner in a jail of unpleasant memories! I am free! You are free! We are free! Now all we got to do is stay free! Thank you thank you and thank you!