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Do you feel like you have always worn a mask? Are you tired of working hard to behave like everyone else? Are you different rather than broken? Would you like to stop judging yourself? Would you like to find others like you? Would you like to embrace who you are, just as you are? Alan Chatting is a coach, psychotherapist and author. He was diagnosed with ADHD in his 70s, and it led him to review his life and who he thought he was. He saw many aspects of his character in a completely new way.

Narcissistic parenting is very damaging and insidious. The parenting is always about the parent and never about the child, never about you. You learn to function, but with many defenses, and often hyper-alert to criticism. This prevents you from living a relaxed joyful life. You become super competent, always able to cope and to please others. In your relationships, this makes you a constant people pleaser, very co-dependent, or else super independent or counter-dependent.