Here’s Why Daughters of Narcissists Are Attracted to Narcissistic Men

The daughters of a narcissists father are usually the same as their fathers. The first blueprint they had for all relationships are being controlled by their fathers. There are some specific reasons behind this thing. Some of them are given below:

Role Model:

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Daughters of narcissist fathers find themselves retraumatized by the predators.

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Narcissists fathers are the role models for their daughters. You may also feel targeted by some malignant despite their long history of trauma. And you must be aware of the fact that anyone can get affected by trauma.

Predatory Behavior:

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Narcissist daughters have to face the rude behavior of predators.

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The survivors of childhood abuse may be vulnerable to grandiose. The people who are narcissist also possess a predatory behavior.

Narcissist Children:

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Just think about a situation that the children of a narcissist might not have learned the ways to implement the appropriate boundaries but they did learn how to survive while facing extreme duress.

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Those skills must have been helpful in the childhood to avoid the emotional and physical threats. And then those skills became the reason which made us susceptible to the predators in adulthood.

Abuse Cycle:

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Frankenhuis and Weerth,2013 said that the toxic narcissistic usually feel extremely bent towards those who have compassion and resources.

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The ones who have a very strong psychological built because of trauma. The resilience thing may look odd one out here but this trait is the reason why narcissist depends on the abusive cycle.

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Daughters Of Narcissists:

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The daughters of narcissists who have been primed for the abuse find themselves being trapped by one predator after the other. They are not able to understand the reason behind it. At the end, they start blaming themselves for staying so long in those relationships.

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And for not realizing their biggest strengths. The first strength they have is the ability to be resilient and the empathy they possess for others. Ignoring them makes them suffer the consequences in such a way that they are being exploited over and over again.

Exploitation In Adulthood:

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The daughters of narcissistic fathers usually fall prey to exploitation in their adulthood because they unknowingly learn in their earlier stages of life on how to become a caretaker, problem solvers, and multitaskers also. They also learn the ways to detect threats in their surroundings. And they also mitigate the danger as well. They are very competent while performing emotional labor for people around them. They also pick up the nonverbal cues which signal potential threat or even abandonment.

Abusive Relationship:

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In the course of an abusive relationship the qualities of being emotionally competent and being there always end up being translated into pleasing people always, walking on the eggshells and also a very entrenched sense of powerlessness for the daughters of narcissists.

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When they are in a relationship with some malignant narcissist the willingness she has to see the perspective of her partner is used against her. She is taken for granted for taking care and trying to fulfill the needs of her partner.

Healthy Relationship:

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When in a healthy relationship narcissists daughters offer quite a lot to their parents if there are healthy boundaries set and the element of expectation of emotional reciprocity is there.

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The maturity, emotional and generosity level which they have can be assessed in a healthy relationship.

Resilience:

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People are surprised after seeing the vulnerability and resilience of the daughter of a narcissist. Her resilience makes her stand out.

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Article by Born Realist