Dad was clearly an expert on keeping us in his grip. He constantly gave us a dose of “Feel sorry for me–preparation.” It was mainly about his back. He laid on the floor to stretch it out almost every evening, and he complained very much when he was about to get up. We all helped him.
My sister sometimes said: “Daddy will probably die young. He won’t get older than thirty with all that pain and all his hard work.” I was so young and naïve that I believed that she might be right. Of course, it brought fear. Fear from the fact that dad could actually disappear any minute. It was he who kept us alive. It was he who was the important one, and now he was so worn out that he could die.
But one day, as I was walking up the stairs, I saw between steps that he inside the living room stood up completely without a problem. A very first natural thought that struck me was that dad might sometimes be exaggerating, but I never said anything.
Narcissism and Psychopathy is a book which will provide you with good pieces of advice, if you need to protect your children from Narcissistic personalities:
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