Narcissistic & Sociopathic Ideology Within Bloodlines

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The Narcissistic Family

Have you ever been close to someone you thought was as good as gold for years and years only to eventually have had the mask of sanity unveiled itself to find out that they were actually the most crafty, manipulative, devious, deceitful and deceptive outright liar that you had ever met? Someone who has the whole world around them fooled by their pure exterior, no-one knows that their facade isn't real. Someone who has successfully been taking advantage of and manipulating the people around them for years on end without any of the victims even realizing it. The victims may have suffered but the narcissist or sociopath has them fooled, they would be the last person the victims would ever dream of being capable of such deceit, it would be outlandish.

It appears to the victims of the narcissist or sociopath that even the nearest and dearest of their family members are even fooled by their natural and geuine seeming false exterior. They play the victim sucking on the empathy of the people closest to manipulate them into covering up any lies and deceit they may know about. Whilst this may be true to an extent it's also likely that there are probably a few family members who know how deceitful they are but at the end of the day blood is thicker than water and you can't choose your family. The people closest to the narcissist or sociopath has been actively helping them abuse their victim/s and their dirtiest darkest secrets often remain concealed and hidden for decades whilst their reverse psychology propaganda destroys the lives of their victims.

Narcissistic Ideology

"What they don't know won't hurt them.", "You will believe my lies because they are the truth", "I never said or did that you're making it up" and "You're paranoid it's all in your head" are all examples of malignant narcissistic ideology. This defense mechanism has evolved over several years of exposure to negative subjective experiences (abuse) and is often a result of being brought up as part of a family that uses such defenses to protect theirselves from potential abusers. Even the wife or husband of a narcissist or sociopath will be subject to such defenses. However, it's not uncommon for mental, emotional, physical and even sexual abuse to be existent within such families but there seems to also be a kind of universal law within these families. They turn a blind eye to each other's tactics and use manipulation to regulate their self-esteem, it acts as a pyschological ascension of self-worth making them feel less inferior within society. They manipulate people outside of their inner circle keeping them at arms length and have very little respect for the law viewing the police as the enemy.

Narcissistic and sociopathic family members use and manipulate each other and hide each other's secrets springboarding off each other. The family often have their own invisible web of lies, distortions and deceit above the heads of everyone around them and outside of their perception. They protect each other's lies because in their minds that's what they are there for. Although this twisted narcissistic logic may be present throughout the family, it will only be to the extent of a full-scale personality disorder in just a few related members although others may display similar characteristics. Paternity fraud intentionally being covered up long-term by the family is the perfect example of narcissistic/sociopathic abuse. Everyone involved have all victimized the innocent alleged father who will have inevitably been conspired against.

Genetic Or Psychological?

There are currently two schools of thought regarding the cause of Narcissistic Personality Disorder (and other similar disorders). Due to EEG's showing a lack of activity in the parts of the brain responsible for empathy, shame, guilt and conscience many researchers blame the personality disorders on a genetic defect. However, psychology and genetics actually affect each other in the same way that the conscious and subconscious mind feed each other therefore the genetic defect could be a result of the ongoing ideology within such families and/or vice versa. Within the psychological community it is well known that most narcissists and sociopaths have been subject to childhood abuse, most notably sexual childhood abuse in a lot of cases therefore psychologists tend to lean towards the belief that the disorder is actually a defense mechanism which has evolved over many years in order to deal with this abuse. A defense mechanism that has been installed in the mind of the narcissistic person. Using psychological methods to attempt to uninstall such a defense mechanism can cause detrimental changes unless the structural foundation of that defense mechanism is fully understood on an individual basis. Attempting to delve down into the subconscious roots of this defense mechanism can be dangerous.

At the other end of the spectrum being overly smothered and spoilt during upbringing is still a form of abuse, though it is seldom seen as such and can still lead to malignant narcissism. This form of abuse can also lead a child into co-dependency, everything they ever needed has been catered for and they come to rely and depend on those around them in order to live their lives but their parents/guardians are not going to be around forever. This type of abuse can lead a person into becoming an inverted narcissist.

Narcissistic Bloodlines

It is known that malignant narcissism generally breeds more malignant narcissism therefore the trait is abundant within narcissistic families who have been brought up believing the ideology and abuse to be a normal thing. The fact that the part of the brain dealing with empathy, conscience, etc is inactive does not necessarily indicate the disorder is genetic. It has already been proven that not utilizing certain parts of the brain causes them to die off and become inactive anyway. This inactivity is most likely ultimately the result of the taught ideology within the family.

Narcissists and sociopaths are often highly charismatic genuine seeming people yet will walk over everybody in the background, behind the scenes, outside of their awareness. Many of them are highly successful because of their traits and it's inevitable that such people will end up sucking and leeching on each other whilst attempting to manipulate and fool each other in the process yet simultaneously using each other to springboard their way to the top during the course of their invisible battle. This is why so many narcissists and socipaths are at the top of the pyramid within successful businesses, companies and even government. They are ruthless.

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rasta1 profile image

rasta1 Level 6 Commenter 4 months ago

you just expanded my scope on the topic. The dynamics of childhood behavioral conditioning is definitely the main culprit.

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sparkster Hub Author 4 months ago

Thanks for the comment rasta1, I see you have some awesome hubs too which I'm off to read now.

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medicinefuture 4 months ago

you have deep fascination with parapsychology and narcissism as way of life. I am deeply interested in your such writings on these obscure subjects. i am observing what archetypal personality you are really? vote up

MP50 4 months ago

I do know exactly what you are talking about here.

Interesting and useful, voted up.

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Virtual Treasures Level 2 Commenter 3 months ago

Voted up, useful, awesome and interesting. I read somewhere that narcissism is the only personality disorder that is learned. It's a scary thing, and then when you combine it with other disorders, which commonly occurs, you have a real recipe for disaster. I am putting a link on my sociopath hubs and sharing.

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Marcy Goodfleisch Level 7 Commenter 3 months ago

Excellent topic. I've seen multigenerational sociopathic families; they do exist. Voted up and intersting.

rachel 3 months ago

I am a survivor of one of the greatest, most sadistic covert narcissist that ever lived! She is still living, she is 86 years old and is a preacher in the African M.E.Zion Church!. She murdered my grandfather in 1979 and got away with it. Other members in my family know for a fact that she did it, but they refuse to tell. She compounds our problem by being a known "root worker" Pleases visit my blog 1motherlesschild.blogspot.com Your article clearly defines and recognizes her.

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tammybarnette Level 3 Commenter 2 months ago

Wow, you have no idea how much that knowledge has helped me. I have a daughter who fits this profile as does her father, my ex-husband, they are two peas in a pod, they cover for each other and just everything you said here fits perfect. I have always wondered about my daughter having one or both of these disorders but most texts I have read on the subject point to sexual abuse etc. My child is the spoiled rotten one, and I have never seen that explanation before. I had two daughters back to back so I very much over protected her, and always stood by her as it seemed to me she was just misunderstood. Thank you sooo much, you have no idea, light bulb moment!

LovesBallet 7 weeks ago

Wow...the 2nd paragraph under "Narcissistic Bloodlines" hit the nail on the head with my current boyfriend of 5 yrs. We are now engaged but I'm trying to wiggle my way out of it!

Another thing I wanted to say and this is not meant to offend anyone, but from experience I would highlight this: Any narcissist or sociopath is undoubtedly a Saggitarius. And/or he comes from a traditional Sicilian/Italian raised cultural background. Mine is all of this.

I've been in a relationship like this (still am in the same one). Very emotionally abusive and he was the 100% definition of a Narcissist. I must bring up something VERY important since it hasn't been mentioned yet. Personally, I have found it extremely difficult to hang onto "real" friends and people I can trust, besides immediate family members. The fact that I also don't have any girlfriends is a huge impact on why I choose to stay in my relationship. I also have a debilitating illness which is vertigo-related and so I'm completely dependent (emotionally, psychologically, etc) on him and unfortunately when you are with a narcissist, they have NO empathy. Everything has to be HIS way or else a catastrophe will ignite between us. And it's ALWAYS my fault. He never does anything wrong. So it's extremely hard to just pick up and leave when you really are dependent on someone financially. I live with my parents still, because of my illness which I've had since I was little. This has affected my self esteem greatly, topped with all the 5 years of emotional abuse from my boyfriend. It's true that you get so used to having a certain type of relationship that you cannot understand what a "healthy" relationship is and often you aren't interested in the good men that may be out there (if there are any left). So I can totally identify with the women who choose to stay in abusive relationships. My older sister was married to someone (who was exactly like my boyfriend is) and finally got divorced just a year ago. She was with him for over 25yrs and had 3 kids with him. Now she is suffering and my poor parents have practically lost all their retirement fund from paying lawyers and having to buy my sister a car and many other necessities, not to mention a place to stay. Her husband was a complete narcissist who also held extra power by the fact he made a ton of money as an engineer. However, he kept tabs on my sister and made her account for every penny she spent throughout their entire marriage. She was used to this and thought this was "normal." This was abuse at the core. She was controlled through her whole marriage. I am afraid of winding up in the exact same situation. And my great fear is that if I marry my boyfriend in the future, and years later we divorce, my parents will not be alive to "save me" so to speak. It's living between a rock and a hard place. I have an illness which prevents me from keeping any type of job for more than a few months or finishing my college education. And if I leave, I will have less of a life than what I do now with my boyfriend. It makes me sad and sick to my stomach because in my mind, I feel like there is no way out.

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sparkster Hub Author 7 weeks ago

Thank you for your comments. Loveable, associating a star sign with narcissism is a mistake, try not to associates these things too closely. My narcissistic ex is Scorpio and 100% British.

There is a way out. The long terms suffering is not worth it, it's soul destroying. Keep quiet and start planning your escape now.

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tammybarnette Level 3 Commenter 7 weeks ago

LoveBallet, I agree totally with sparkster(interestingly my daughter is a Scorpio but my ex husband is a Pisces)You have to love and respect yourself enough to expect more from life. I can not imagine how scary it must be to have a disability that keeps you from working but I totally understand dependence, if you are a christian I suggest prayer, and lots of it, if you have insurance I suggest counseling(I think you may be co-dependent)But please trust me, no matter how hard it is to do it on your own the benefit will far out way the struggle. My prayers are with you:)

LovesBallet 7 weeks ago

Tammy, thanks for your comments. I pray all the time. I have had this illness for just over 3 years now. I admit I am co-dependent and I also realized after reading several books that I grew up in a codependent family (mother-father role models). So there is definite history of this in my family. I have been doing lots of crying just b/c it's been such a difficult path for so long and I would hope to believe it will end eventually and I might have a chance to be happy again someday.

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