Narcissistic Mothers, Abandonment & Forgiveness | Narcissist Rerelease

In this rerelease episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon talks with Diane Danvers Simmons, author of My Mother Next Door, about growing up with a narcissistic mother who left the family home when Diane was 16 and moved into the house next door. Over tea and chocolate biscuits, her mother explained why she was leaving and why Diane’s father needed her to stay behind. By the time Diane went home to break the news to her dad, she was already wondering whether she’d been selfish for wanting her mother to stay.

Brandon and Diane explore what it meant to love the mother who encouraged her ambitions while recognizing how much responsibility she had placed on her as a child. Diane shares why it took years to stop making excuses for her mother, what she wanted her own daughter to be able to tell her, and how she came to forgiveness on her own terms, even though her mother never apologized.

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