Does anyone know anything about NPD?

Question

I had a friend who has a lot of the symptoms. Our children are in the same class and I found out through teachers and such that she is extremely jealous of my child. She knows I know what shes been doing by going behind my back starting trouble and I refuse to talk to her anymore and when I do she keeps wanting to know exactly who told me these things. She does very strange things and acts so weird . The hard part is our kids are friends. She thinks her child has to be the best at everything. Her child is in the 6th grade and she is the only parent that walks her to class and picks her up at the door everyday. I know it embarrasses the child, she has told me so. The child has made the statement that her mom has told her that she is better than everybody and above them. She just kinda blurts out with this stuff out of the blue. The mom never has anything good to say about anyone and resents everyone who is better off than she is. what is going on here? Any advice on this behavior? HELP

Answer 1

I don't think you can change her. I guess you're referring to narcissistic personality disorder, which is really tough and not very amenable to treatment. If she were my friend, I'd try to be respectful but even if I couldn't maintain the friendship with the mother I'd try to be supportive of her daughter. Can you imagine having this person as a mom? Good luck.

Christie