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Please join me in listing things that you discovered aren't normal outside your own toxic upbringing

Throwing out books, food, clothes and mementos (even from dead friends) to "teach me a lesson"

r/raisedbynarcissistscomment3/31/2026
Father tried to hit me, I pushed him back and he left the house

Father tried to hit me, I pushed him back and he left the house — 16M So here is the deal, right now my mother actually made some food, she asked to taste it, he started saying that the food was burnt(it wasn't) and how he would immedietly die if he touches the foo…

r/raisedbynarcissistspost4/5/2026
did I manifest my SP back and it "backfired"?

did I manifest my SP back and it "backfired"? — hello people. i need some advice or opinions. this is a lot to explain. i am not a native english speaker, so my english might not be the best. i’d really appreciate advice and not hate or anything li…

r/Manifestationpost4/7/2026
Boyfriend was sexist? Lacking empathy? Am I justified in leaving him or wrapped up in my own feelings of past trauma?

Boyfriend was sexist? Lacking empathy? Am I justified in leaving him or wrapped up in my own feelings of past trauma? — 25 Female having issues with 27 Male boyfriend. I am referring to a close friend we share in common who is 26 femme that had been in an awful situation. Trigger warning, SA is mentioned. Hello, not s…

r/BreakUpspost4/12/2026
How to seperate Asian parenting culture vs just straight up abuse?

I’d say it’s emotional/neglect. What led to the CPS call is they have a work friend who’s in their 40s-50s who has a young Asian girlfriend in her early 20s. He was very touchy with me, and made inapp…

r/AsianParentStoriescomment3/12/2026
Did any of your parents purposely scare you?

I was about 13 when my father’s current wife chose hide from me in a store to teach me a lesson about keeping up with the group. She then got mad when I didn’t visibly panic when I realized they were …

r/raisedbynarcissistscomment3/17/2026
Is it emotional neglect to have to get yourself ready for school/prep breakfast/lunch from a young age?

I feel it is on some level. I remember the second grade teacher mocking me in front of the class because I had tangles in my hair, and she told me to basically tell my mom it was unacceptable. When I …

r/EmotionalNeglectcomment3/19/2026
I have never hated anyone so much in my life

Had to know someone here would not see the forest for the trees. Let me push past the anger and the platitudes and assist you: My ex wife had this mentality. Well, she held me to that standard, but…

r/Divorcecomment3/25/2026
What’s a behavior or reaction you’ve had that you later realized was actually a trauma response, even though you didn’t recognize it at the time?

I get anxious when things go well because in the past through the actions of others, very deliberately much of the time, its been taken away from me. Sometimes to "teach me a lesson" or a punishment o…

r/raisedbynarcissistscomment3/27/2026