JaCaMa- That is really awful. I'm so sorry. Hopefully having a name for what is going on with your mum, helps in some way

Astrid - It seems to be in the media a lot and we never recognise it. I found this article when I started searching for information about cutting off parents.

TODAYMoms - What happens when children cut off their parents? I find it amazing how obviously narcissistic she is, but they are running her story and further tormenting her DD. If she really cared about her DD, she wouldn't take the story on national TV. I think the 'I have no idea why' is pretty indicative ... and the pyschologist is enabling her.

It kind of led me to make other observations of society. To me it seems that there are a lot of baby boomers that seem incredibly narcissistic. They are the ones constantly pointing the finger at the younger generations saying that young people today are narcissistic, selfish and egocentric - and they have done something wrong in raising them. But you know, it was the baby boomers who lived through the sexual revolution, who indulged themselves (not that I am saying the revolution was bad - I think we needed it) but they were by far more rebellious and doing whatever they wanted than most young people now. They are also the one living in the 'spending the kids inheritance' retirement now. They keep doing news stories on it and honestly, I don't think anyone cares that they are spending their kids' inheritance but they are delluding themselves that their kids care and bragging about it trying to upset everyone. All this despite the fact that most of what they have was inherited from their own parents - they believe their parents should provide for them and their children should provide for them.

I think there is a reason why so many people in our age group have parents that they suspect have NPD and for all these years, baby boomer psychologists have been telling us there is something wrong with us because we are *selfish* enough not to want a relationship with our own parents.

Maybe it is some sort of attachment disorder from being post war babies that is causing the issues? Who knows ... but interesting to think about anyway ...