Requiem for a Dream

The Child of a Narcissistic Mother They grow up learning to read the weather in someone else’s eyes. Love, for them, is never a resting place , it’s a performance, a delicate dance between being seen and disappearing. They become experts at silence, at smiling when their heart trembles, at shrinking just enough to fit into someone else’s reflection. Inside, there’s a quiet grief , the mourning of a mother who never truly existed, only a mirror demanding to be adored. And yet, somewhere beneath the ache, the child still hopes , that one day, love will feel like safety, not sacrifice.