Does anyone here have experience with Narcissistic ppl?

[hunter]

7. "Oddly enough, my dad could not have a better caretaker..."

That's not odd at all, because your mom has turned your dad's illness into a reflection of herself.

She has becomes the star of this drama with your father playing the roll of supporting actor, or worse, a simple prop, since you describe your mom as "evil."

We'd all like to be the stars of our own personal dramas -- narcissists simply carry this behavior to extremes.

Life for the supporting actors and props in the narcissist's world is a little bit easier when the narcissist decides they are playing the starring role in an action-romance-comedy, but not much easier... Rent Tim Burton's movie "Big Fish" to see that sort in action.

Your mom was probably the star of an action-romance-comedy when your dad married her. The drama and horror shows came later.

My own family is plagued with mental illness but I strive to write the stories as action-romance-comedy when they could just as easily be bloody drama.