Step 2 of 2 — your plan
Parent / family member
Protecting yourself from a narcissistic parent or relative
Family bonds make this uniquely painful — you may feel guilt for protecting yourself. Both your love and your need for distance can be true at once.
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What do you need right now?
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Support & resources
- Emergency — 911
- National Domestic Violence Hotline — 1-800-799-7233 — or text START to 88788 — thehotline.org
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — Call or text 988 — 988lifeline.org
Search “adult children of narcissists” therapy, or communities like r/raisedbynarcissists; Psychology Today therapist finder.