Codependent Mothers vs. Narcissistic Mothers
Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs
Lisa A. Romano
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🗓️ 18 November 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Codependent mothers focus on the needs of their children and fear their rejection which is why so many CDM are enablers and fixers whose identity is centered around their children's happiness. A narcissistic mother focuses on her needs, not the needs of her children, and will feel entitled to exploit her children for her narcissistic gain. In this episode, Lisa A. Romano breaks it down.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Breakdown to Breakthrough podcast. My name is Lisa A. Romano. I am a life coach, best-selling author, YouTube vlogger, |
| 0:11.5 | meditation teacher, an expert in the field of codependency and narcissistic abuse. I am a believer in the power of an organized mind. |
| 0:20.6 | My aim is to help people learn what it means |
| 0:23.0 | to live above the veil of consciousness rather than living a reactive life. May your heart |
| 0:28.9 | feel blessed, your mind feel expanded, and your spirit find hope as you spend time with me |
| 0:34.6 | here at the Breakdown to Breakthrough podcast. |
| 0:39.3 | So today we're going to be talking about the challenges that face adult daughters of |
| 0:44.2 | codependent mothers. So I think it's only fair as someone who talks a lot about what it is |
| 0:49.8 | to be raised by a narcissistic mother that we talk about what it feels like to be raised by a |
| 0:55.5 | codependent mother. And I think one of the things that we should clear up right away is like, |
| 1:00.7 | what's the difference? What's the difference between a narcissistic mother versus a codependent |
| 1:06.0 | mother? And I believe that we could get lost in the soup because on the surface, it looks like they |
| 1:13.4 | could be similar. A codependent mother can be passive aggressive. A codependent mother can be |
| 1:19.5 | someone who expects her children to behave a certain way. A codependent mother can guilt her |
| 1:25.5 | children and make them feel guilty for not taking care of her feelings. |
| 1:29.9 | Whereas when we're talking about a narcissistic mother, we notice that narcissistic mothers can do the |
| 1:35.7 | same. But I think it's a matter of going back to the beginning and trying to figure out, well, |
| 1:41.7 | what's the difference between a codependent person versus a narcissistic person? |
| 1:46.3 | When we're talking about a codependent person, we're talking about someone who is other focused. |
| 1:51.6 | And so we're talking about someone who enjoys caretaking, someone who rescues, someone who sees themselves as the person who needs to fix what is going on in everyone else's |
| 2:03.6 | life. And that can be really super troubling when we're talking about the parent-child relationship. |
| 2:10.8 | When we have an immature, codependent mother, not her fault, she was raised to feel not good |
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