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00:00How Narcissistic Fathers Shape Adult Life
00:04You struggle to trust your own feelings. Dismissed emotions taught distrust of instincts,
00:09leading to second-guessing, anxiety, and difficulty identifying needs and boundaries.
00:15You become hyper-aware of other people's moods. Unpredictable reactions created lifelong
00:20hypervigilance, scanning cues to prevent conflict, increasing stress, and misreading neutral shifts.
00:26You feel responsible for other people's happiness. Parentified roles fostered over-giving and guilt
00:32around rest or saying no, creating imbalance and burnout in relationships. You struggle with
00:38feelings of inadequacy, shifting standards linked worth to approval, fueling perfectionism, fear of
00:44failure, avoidance, and settling for less. You learn to hide your true self. Criticism taught masking,
00:52leading to cautious speech, people-pleasing, and loneliness from performing instead of authentic
00:57connection. You develop trouble-setting boundaries. Disrespected limits normalized over accommodation
01:03and guilt, making assertiveness feel dangerous and attracting exploitative, one-sided relationships
01:09often. You become afraid of intimacy. Unpredictable affection linked closeness with risk, prompting
01:15withdrawal, emotional distance, and conflicting desires for connection and safety.
01:20You carry long-term self-doubt. Inconsistent evaluations trained chronic self-questioning,
01:27anxiety around decisions, and discomfort receiving praise, undermining confidence across domains.
01:34You become conditioned to seek external validation. Conditional praise reinforced approval-seeking,
01:40increasing susceptibility to manipulation and delaying exits from unfair or controlling relationships.
01:45you become conditioned.
01:52you become conditioned.
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