What are some coping strategies I can use when tying to communicate with my narcissistic parents?

[SpeakUp5694]

I have very narcissistic parents and I have gone to counseling for it and it did help, but only on the minimum as I still live with them.

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If you are stuck at home all I can advice you look for somewhere else too live and get out away from this toxic environment learn how to live your own life and move on.

BOB

[SpeakUp5694 in reply to Hidden]

My sister and I talk about movign out and cutting contact completely. We talk about moving out of state because of the expense of living and just getting far away from them.

[Hidden in reply to SpeakUp5694]

Hello

I really advise you to go and isolate yourselves from this toxic environment. Try not to leave it too long, you could if possible share a place to start then consider both your needs at a later date.

I wished I had moved on to a place where they could not find us. We made the error of leaving it too late and my Siblings are so toxic I feel, It is still at a point at 69 years old I made a massive error. Toxic family may eat you up and spit you out, I could never recommend you stayed at home. Consider moving out of State so they have difficulty finding you.

BOB

[SpeakUp5694 in reply to Hidden]

Hi,

Thank you for your input. My sibling and I are not as close as we used to due to our parents toxic behavior towards each other and later lashed onto us. My brothers moved out because of them, though my oldest brother tries to keep the harmony between us and our parents by justifying and talking away things that my parents say to us. My brother and I talked fr a few hours at one point and he kept saying that my parents are trying to teach us values and I told him that it had nothing to do with that. My sister and I both went to college full time and worked two jobs to pay our way through out of pocket fully only for our parents to tell us we will get nowhere in life and that my sister and I are responsible for financially supporting them for the rest of our lives. Moving out of state blindly at this point is our plan, but with this pandemic it really set us back. Thank you again!