“When children can’t rely on their parents to meet their needs, they cannot develop a sense of safety, trust, or confidence. Trust is a colossal development issue. Without the learning of trust in our early years, we are set up to have a major handicap with believing in ourselves and feeling safe in intimate connections.” TrustChild AbuseNarcissismMother DaughterChild DevelopmentAbusive ParentsNarcissistic MothersAbusive Mothers Book:Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers Source: Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers
“One sister may internalize the message and say, “Okay, I will show you what I can do and how worthy I am” and become an overachiever and a perfectionist. The other sister may internalize this message of inferiority and give up, feeling that she can’t make the grade anyway; she becomes an underachiever or engages in some kind of lifelong self-sabotage.” MotherDaughterNarcissismEmotional AbuseMother DaughterAbusive ParentsAbusive MotherAbusive MothersNarcissistic MotherChid Abuse Book:Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers Source: Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers