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Sadistic Narcissism: Margo's Story (4)

by Beth McHugh

12 Nov 2010 08:28 PM

In our continuing saga of Margo and her diagnosis of narcissistic personality disorder with sadistic tendencies, we jump forward a few years and Margo is in her thirties and having her house renovated. She has employed an Asian painter to paint the inside of her house and he speaks little English.

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Sadistic Narcissism: Margo's Story (3)

by Beth McHugh

03 Nov 2010 01:46 AM

In the first two installments of Margo's story we looked at Margo's increasing sadistic tendencies as she aged from a young girl through to late teenagehood.

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Sadistic Narcissism: Margo's Story (2)

by Beth McHugh

27 Oct 2010 09:42 PM

In the first instalment of this series on narcissistic personality disorder with sadistic tendencies, Margo was 15. We looked at her behavioral problems which involved both her peers at school who she bullied, and her three-year old sister who she physically abused for pleasure.

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Sadistic Narcissism: Margo's Story (1)

by Beth McHugh

21 Oct 2010 02:15 AM

In our previous introduction to Sadistic Narcissism (see link below), we looked at the difference between narcissistic personality disorder )NPD), sexual sadism and narcissistic personality disorder with sadistic tendencies.

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Sadistic Narcissism: A Different Edge to Narcissism

by Beth McHugh

18 Oct 2010 12:13 AM

So far in the many articles written on Narcissistic Personality Disorder (see links below), we have concentrated on the typical form of this particular disorder. But in rarer cases, some sufferers of this disorder have an added comorbidity: the addition of a sadistic streak in their personality.

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Forgiving Your Narcissistic Parent

by Beth McHugh

12 Sep 2010 01:34 AM

When I work with a client who is struggling to deal with the pain and the devastation caused by being raised by a narcissist, I never include as part of the agenda of therapy the idea of forgiving their parent.

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Aging Narcissistic Mothers: Elinor's Last Stand

by Beth McHugh

19 Jun 2010 06:57 PM

We have looked at Elinor's story in two separate articles as she fought to regain control of her life against her narcissistic mother. Today's article is about what happened when Elinor gave her mother the greatest gift of all and was rejected in a cruel and vindictive way.

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Why Don't Significant Life Events Change Narcissists?

by Beth McHugh

10 Jun 2010 07:40 PM

This article was prompted by one of my readers who noted that even after a brush with cancer, her narcissistic mother did not use that opportunity to change her life.

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The Aging Narcissist: What Happened to Elinor?

by Beth McHugh

17 May 2010 06:41 PM

Some time ago I wrote an article of what life was like for Elinor, the middle aged daughter of an elderly narcissistic mother. This article has spawned countless comments and private correspondences, as well as an introductory to therapy for many people.

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Having a Sibling with Narcissistic Personality Disorder

by Beth McHugh

11 Apr 2010 04:45 PM

Although nowhere near as emotionally harmful as having a parent with this disorder, growing up with a sibling with narcissistic personality disorder can be an extremely painful experience, particularly if that sibling is older than you are. Let's look at the case of Lisa and Margo.

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