Narcissistic family

Narcissistic families are like mini cults. Complete with charismatic leaders, submissive acolytes, mini-me’s and hangers on.
There’s always a lot going on under the surface in narcissistic families and most of it isn’t good. Personality disorders cause intense and unacknowledged emotions to circulate and be transferred through projection and identification. Everyone ends up being subsumed into the zeitgeist of parental dysfunction. The family’s prime directive and raison d’etre is to meet the needs of the narcissistic parent. Everything and everyone else is expendable.
Children are generally sacrificed on the altar of parental ego. 
-- Amanda RobinsWhy are Narcissistic Families like Cults?/The Recovery Room | Mental Health Blog (amandarobinspsychotherapy.com.au),,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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