Will I ever be good enough?
Subtitle: healing the daughters of narcissistic mothers
By: Karyl McBride.
Contributors: McBride, Karyl.
Edition: 1st Free Press hbk. ed.
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9781416551324
Subjects: Narcissism; Self-acceptance; Mothers and daughters -- Psychology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-232).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Recognizing the problem; title: The emotional burden you carry; title: The empty mirror: my mother and me; title: The faces of maternal narcissism; title: Where is daddy? Other members of the narcissistic nest; title: Image is everything: put a smile on that pretty little face; title: How narcissistic mothering affects your entire life; title: I try so hard! The high-achieving daughter; title: What's the use? The self-sabotaging daughter; title: Romantic fallout: trying to win at love where I failed with mom; title: Help! I'm becoming my mother: daughters as mothers; title: Ending the legacy; title: How it feels, not how it looks: first steps; title: A part of and apart from: separating from mother; title: Becoming the woman I truly am: deserving daughters; title: My turn: dealing with mother during recovery; title: Filling the empty mirror: ending the narcissistic legacy; title: Appendix; title: Suggested reading and movie viewing source lists; title: Notes.