How to Manage a Toxic Parent - Wellbeing Wisdom Tiny Bites Podcast

If you have a tough relationship with a parent, you’re not alone. Many people struggle through adulthood because they’re still dealing with the same toxic person who raised them.

Feelings of resentment and guilt are opposite ends of the emotional teeter-totter, and avoidance is practiced a lot.

When you have to deal with that toxic parent, getting stuck in the emotional drama, often to the point of spiraling, can happen. That’s normal. Not optimal, but normal. Call it trauma response or PTSD or just fed up with a narcissistic personality. Spending a lifetime trying to please a person who is manipulative, controlling, self-absorbed, and an Olympic-level gas-lighter is exhausting.

Stop. Today, put these three things in place in your mind and your heart, and it’ll be easier to be around your toxic parent:

1. Stay calm. They want you to react, so your calm is your superpower.

2. Don’t own it. It’s not your job to make your toxic parent happy.

3. Limit contact as much as possible.

And for your own mental well-being, consider counseling, especially as you begin to stand up to your toxic parent. Your life is yours – take charge of it in a way that feels good to you.

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