A tragic aspect of narcissistic abuse is family estrangement. There are often far-reaching implications for survivors of pathological relationships. For some, this leads to even more distress when cutting ties with those negative family members is the only way to end the hurtful betrayals.

Am I being abused? Conscientious, agreeable people sometimes don’t recognise another person’s patterns of behaviour as abusive. How to tell if you are in an abusive relationship.

When Personal Power comes up against Positional Power, and the person with the Positional Power has many narcissistic traits, the drive to diminish the Personal Power of the other becomes almost an obsession – which is subsequently why the target of bullying feels targeted – because they are!