"My brother used to openly call himself a master manipulator — he was proud of it.
And honestly, he did have a lot of people manipulated, including my parents.
The painful irony is that when he died at forty from an overdose, my father — the one who had been so controlled by him — was the most devastated. He died six months later.
My mother was already gone.
And while I can’t prove it, I’ve always believed the stress my brother caused helped take her, too.
The point isn’t the tragedy, though. The point is that narcissists destroy — not always on purpose, but through the chaos they create.
So when someone tells you who they are, believe them.
My brother told us exactly who he was. " - Jessica Anne Pressler, LCSW 

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