"So yes, not everyone is narcissistic. But if the person is… it’s very, very relevant"
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Thank you for your feature on living with difficult people.
I grew up with an abusive father. Physical abuse, verbal abuse, emotional abuse, religious abuse — it was all there. Years later, I and every one of my siblings bear serious scars.
Yet we all maintain ties with our father.
Some of us are able to be in constant contact — one sister even speaks with him daily. Others can only handle less frequent contact. But we’re all respectful and amiable, even when he isn’t able to respond in kind.
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