Table of Contents
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Part One: On Shame and Imagination – Growing Up as the Daughter of a Narcissistic Mother
Chapter 1: What is narcissism?
Chapter 2: Conditional love
Chapter 3: Coping mechanisms for children of narcissistic moms
Chapter 4: The dual nature of imagination
Chapter 5: The cost of childhood neglect
Chapter 6: The role of the fathers
Chapter 7: All that glitters… the gap between appearance and reality
Part Two: How Did I Avoid Turning into My Mother?
Chapter 8: Choosing a life partner
Chapter 9: Developing friendships
Chapter 10: The fight for survival
Chapter 11: The different types of daughters of narcissistic mothers
Chapter 12: When you become a mother
Part Three: Self-Awareness and Development
Chapter 13: Warning signs of abuse
Chapter 14: Coping with failure
Chapter 15: The breaking point, or when did I realize I had a narcissistic mother?
Chapter 16: Hardship as a learning opportunity
Part Four: The Road to Recovery – Understanding, Acceptance, and Reconciliation
Chapter 17: The gap between reason and emotion
Chapter 18: The processes of emotional healing
Chapter 19: Learning to set boundaries and to follow your gut
Chapter 20: Between the hammer and the anvil: an aging mother and her adult children
Chapter 21: Sibling relationships in a family with a narcissistic mother
Summary: Carol McBride’s workshop: the road to recovery
Poem: Who loves me anyway?
Acknowledgements
Resources and Recommended Readings
