imho Drs., Counselor's, clinicians often have no idea that a mother with NPD or covert NPD is at the root of a multi generational, collective consciousness aspect of trauma. It's subtle. Recently, I switched to a new Psych Dr. who met my mother and I told him a few things about her and he replied, "that sweet old lady, really, she is so nice to help you with this," etc. There is a woman who depicts the subtle aspects, weaving this destructive emotional abuse, Diana Macey's Narcissistic Mother's is a spot on account of the seemingly innocuous comments, the rages and child-like behavior of a parent and the damage is causes. IT CAN CAUSE ANXIOUS-PREOCCUPIED, DISSMISSIVE, OR FEARFUL AVOIDANT ATTACHMENT STYLES