S2 Ep147: Just because you care for your narcissistic mother doesn’t mean you have to take the abuse

Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers | Mother Wound Healing After Maternal Narcissism & Family Dysfunction · Mar 10, 2026 · 25m

Do you feel setting a boundary with your narcissistic mother would mean you don't care for her? Or that it would make you a bad daughter? Does that result in you silently taking abuse after abuse all in the name of caring for her?

One of the things I get told very often is: I’m not able to set boundaries because I care for her too much.

Something that is often assumed is that setting a boundary (which could go all the way to no contact or not) means you don't care about your mother. The thing is: you can still care, but you don’t have to take the abuse.

We end up mixing caring and remaining…