Quotes & Sayings About Narcissistic Mothers

Somehow I believed it was my obligation to try to do the right thing by her because she had given birth to me. — D.G. Kaye

This sad, extreme example is more common than you might think. I have known daughters who felt tremendous relief when their narcissistic mothers passed away. They feel delivered out from under a huge burden, but guilty about admitting it. — Karyl McBride

You are not broken and in need of fixing. You are wounded and in need of healing. — Danu Morrigan

America, ever the narcissistic mother, prefers baby bumps to children and expectant mothers to full-fledged bum-and-nose-wiping ones. — Koren Zailckas

If mothers are our first teachers, then having a narcissistic one teaches us that human closeness is terrifying, and the world is a heartless, inconsistent place. — Koren Zailckas