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Abandoned by a Narcissistic Father with Dr. Lily Dunn

Navigating Narcissism with Dr. Ramani

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Surviving Unhappiness through Persona Cultivation

The speaker's father experienced an undermining and alienating upbringing, feeling evicted from the center of his family. Despite being adored by his mother and favored over his sister, he had to navigate being a different person at home and at school. This led to cultivating a persona of lying and cheating to survive the unhappy situation, developing a split between his true self and the facade he presented. The slip about his mother being his 'golden child' was seen as a Freudian insight into the complex dynamics of adoration and idealization within the family.

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