tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770134321068387326.post4231966492806999581..comments2023-08-31T08:12:11.803-05:00Comments on Narcissistic Abuse: Echo Recovery by Gail Meyers: Tactics of a Narcissistic Mother by Gail MeyersGail Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15264365604744921022noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770134321068387326.post-79336971362339668152017-03-07T20:01:07.864-06:002017-03-07T20:01:07.864-06:00Gail, I need thank you so much.
I'm the scape...Gail, I need thank you so much. <br />I'm the scapegoat of my family since I born I think. <br />After 44 years of all kind of abuses. I saw me in every line that you wrote. I saw my NDM also in your lines. She lives and I'm preparing to go from far away of her and my brothers (the flying monkeys) of the family. <br />I had a time of peace when I was married but after my divorce my life Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770134321068387326.post-88318105708922007882017-02-25T20:29:03.713-06:002017-02-25T20:29:03.713-06:00Can we remove this please...Thank YouCan we remove this please...Thank YouAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770134321068387326.post-783236497252207502016-07-13T17:51:40.540-05:002016-07-13T17:51:40.540-05:00Reading this post has been one more validation tha...Reading this post has been one more validation that I'm so desperately seeking. Thank-You, Gail for sharing. <br /><br />I became the target of my narcissist oldest sister many years ago when I defended our "scapegoat" sister. N sister covertly began a smear campaign against me and before I knew what hit me my other 3 sisters became flying monkeys, including the original scapegoat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770134321068387326.post-17043824510178158682016-05-18T14:47:54.138-05:002016-05-18T14:47:54.138-05:00Joan, you are not alone. I've been haunted wit...Joan, you are not alone. I've been haunted with the fear of having to be present in her funeral. For oriental ppl, it's a big obligation! I'm fearful because even though she may be gone, the damage she's done n the narc sister n her horrible family, the flying monkeys are still around. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770134321068387326.post-71964707406579346152016-05-18T14:41:21.441-05:002016-05-18T14:41:21.441-05:00Why did she hate me but loved my younger sister? B...Why did she hate me but loved my younger sister? Because she thought i tried to outdo her or look better than her. The more I tried to be a better n more caring person, the more she resented me. Make no mistake. She didn't love my sister but used her to make me feel bad!!! Like Gail said, she used everyone around her and never loved anybody.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770134321068387326.post-65213401111546090832016-05-17T09:55:53.058-05:002016-05-17T09:55:53.058-05:00Gail Thank you so much for helping me understand m...Gail Thank you so much for helping me understand my NM Last month my Grandmother passed away passed away.My nm calls me and says she had the will changed and its all hers now and don't get jealous when she starts giving My kids money.My daughter in law is her flying monkey.My nm told her if she had another baby and would buy them a new house and sure enough she did a named it after my nm and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770134321068387326.post-13880504652613767482016-01-20T00:02:52.060-06:002016-01-20T00:02:52.060-06:00This article articulates my life experience with m...This article articulates my life experience with my NM and her flying monkeys. It is by far so true and straight to the point. The examples speak for me as I have always thought it is only me. This weird feeling have been haunting me for a long time. Thank you very much for such enlightenment. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770134321068387326.post-4146198089891654222015-12-29T15:05:58.461-06:002015-12-29T15:05:58.461-06:00I needed this article my mother is a narc and I am...I needed this article my mother is a narc and I am now trying to get out but it is hard because she says manipulating things that are brain washing I don't know what it is but it is like mind control and it is scary and I hate that I have been victim to it my whole life but I am also scared because I don't want to depend on the wrong person and end up in a narc relTionship.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770134321068387326.post-66710270511128199392015-10-01T04:03:36.647-05:002015-10-01T04:03:36.647-05:00Thank you for the article, I am 44 and have been n...Thank you for the article, I am 44 and have been no contact with my family for a year and a half, they have turned my 2 eldest children against me, who up until xmas day 2014 I had very close relationships with, they now dont speak to me. This hurts a lot, my mother has great pleasure in telling ppl that even my 2 children dont talk to me, my youngest son is 12 and does not want any contact withAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770134321068387326.post-78106751030090604872015-09-13T11:22:25.575-05:002015-09-13T11:22:25.575-05:00When I stumbled upon this information it was the m...When I stumbled upon this information it was the millionth time I went through the cycle of trying to understand what my mother did to me my entire life and I was vacillating between feelings of hatred towards her and pity. How was I to refuse her love when mothers are supposed to be the ones to protect their children. My mother has never been a mother. She is too much of a narcissist to do that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770134321068387326.post-10733688854965207742015-09-06T15:37:38.527-05:002015-09-06T15:37:38.527-05:00Thanks for all the info on this site. It's rea...Thanks for all the info on this site. It's really comforting. It's very sad how many older people are still suffering at the hands of their mothers. Mine is 92 and she is vitriolic to my scapegoat sister.. At 51, I've been promoted to golden child and am quite uncomfortable with this especially when she is constantly attacking and undermining my sister whose life she made hell. I wasAoifenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770134321068387326.post-9054335228483470842015-09-03T10:13:41.979-05:002015-09-03T10:13:41.979-05:00It's like we have the same family. Thank you f...It's like we have the same family. Thank you for your help. ♥Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15784012926662729935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770134321068387326.post-4863838100261129462015-08-15T01:54:17.672-05:002015-08-15T01:54:17.672-05:00Wow. That is a great question!!! and would explain...Wow. That is a great question!!! and would explain so much! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770134321068387326.post-27659568068614716022015-07-14T02:19:40.286-05:002015-07-14T02:19:40.286-05:00Hi Gail
Thank you for all your posts. It has hel...Hi Gail<br /><br />Thank you for all your posts. It has helped me to help my husband by revealling the characteristic npd traits of his mother and the way his family operates. We have taken full control of our own lives and emotions and have cut them off. Our marriage is stronger than ever. <br /><br />LJWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770134321068387326.post-76794277974115527672015-07-13T16:08:03.610-05:002015-07-13T16:08:03.610-05:00I'll be reading this long page over and over u...I'll be reading this long page over and over until I feel finished. Came out of the "fog" at 35 discovering and naming Malignant Narcissism as the best description with Munchausen by Proxy a close win. (My mother) ... and family including my twin. Sad. Would appreciate being in contact with others who have been victim's of this. I'm very isolated but all the same I'mAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770134321068387326.post-9015003023668277782015-07-09T11:50:55.106-05:002015-07-09T11:50:55.106-05:00Thanks for posting this! This fits my mother. I lo...Thanks for posting this! This fits my mother. I love my her, but all these years, I have been hurt because of the way she treats me. For her, it's always been my brother and I should be the one will carry major responsibilities. Even I was young, I had to endure her words to me like I'm not loved by her or I'm not her daughter. However, I don't want to say many words against her Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770134321068387326.post-14161142961005485112015-06-18T14:30:50.818-05:002015-06-18T14:30:50.818-05:00Thank you so much! I am ashamed to say I have been...Thank you so much! I am ashamed to say I have been suffering from NPD mum for about 11 years, but I had no idea what it was. I truly thought I was an awful daughter, that I was doing things wrong, at times I thought I was going mad. I left home to live and study in London and my contact with parents was infrequent. Then my dad died and I asked my mum to move in with me and my husband and our Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770134321068387326.post-22434831739244100142015-06-14T22:06:33.191-05:002015-06-14T22:06:33.191-05:00Thank you so much for this article. It has helped...Thank you so much for this article. It has helped me so much. I am 53 and just gaining my freedom from my Narc mother. My whole life has been a living nightmare, but the past 3 years have been the worst thus far. The ups and downs. My mother was diagnosed with cancer 3 years ago and her abuse has really escalated since now she has an excuse for being mean to me. I am currently serving time Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770134321068387326.post-88708707754871110532015-06-05T11:20:15.688-05:002015-06-05T11:20:15.688-05:00Gail, I am 52 years old and my eyes are finally op...Gail, I am 52 years old and my eyes are finally open to my mother's NP. I have spent the past 4 years being abused by her and the Golden Child who had been mostly absent from our lives for more than 20 years. I have been the target of their character assassination and lies. It causes me immense pain to realize that I have been lied to and how easily I was manipulated all of my life by her Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770134321068387326.post-42538749371551392062015-05-16T11:39:55.721-05:002015-05-16T11:39:55.721-05:00That is definitely something to discuss with a lic...That is definitely something to discuss with a licensed professional familiar with these dynamics.Gail Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15264365604744921022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770134321068387326.post-45081301473363969832015-04-21T09:59:54.962-05:002015-04-21T09:59:54.962-05:00Hello gail
This is my mum to a t,
It's been...Hello gail<br /><br />This is my mum to a t, <br /><br />It's been 6 years since i last seen her always lying blaming me (she was also an alcoholic but not now) for the last 4 years i couldn't remember a thing however last night i could even tell you the whole house, her manipulation, isolation and threatening behavior. <br /><br />I've only started looking into it again due to her Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770134321068387326.post-14095967270171768822015-04-20T11:30:20.591-05:002015-04-20T11:30:20.591-05:00Gail. Thank you so much for these articles. I was ...Gail. Thank you so much for these articles. I was hoping you could offer some advice. I am married (second wife) to someone with an ex wife as a MN and a 29 year old MN daughter. The ex relationship is just as you describe and highly toxic, and yet we're in the lives of the ex-family that is run by an ongoing procession of narcs handed down from generation to generation. I have been dealing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770134321068387326.post-61648723965403032672015-04-17T08:19:42.355-05:002015-04-17T08:19:42.355-05:00" I hope some day she and the rest of the fam..." I hope some day she and the rest of the family get help from a mental health professional." <br /><br />Don't waste your hope, Narcs are a lost cause.KARMA MRA MGTOWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03888644579813460993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770134321068387326.post-20438674727837231652015-04-17T08:17:16.434-05:002015-04-17T08:17:16.434-05:00No contact. They can't try the god thing on me...No contact. They can't try the god thing on me as I am an atheist. KARMA MRA MGTOWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03888644579813460993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770134321068387326.post-49084078533366862372015-04-07T09:39:15.619-05:002015-04-07T09:39:15.619-05:00I found this interesting, having worked with a col...I found this interesting, having worked with a colleague like this for 3 years. I have hundreds of examples of her behaviour. When I finally made a formal complaint about her, all hell broke loose!! She would leave her Bible open - pages turned in my direction, so I could not fail to see it, and the relevant passage marked with a post-it note - @ Psalm 120 (emphasis on 'lying tongues').Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com