Continuing with the last thought… The Narcissistic Parent will often actively dissuade the child from pursuing anything that is too individuating and therefore takes the child away from being a ‘gratifying object’ to the parent. With comments like – “it’s too expensive”, “I can’t drive you there…”, “You’ll just stop”, “you won’t be successful at X”, etc.
However, often time and money and time are made available for the child to pursue some activity of the parent’s choosing which may or may not work for the child.
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