LFL, the narcissistic personality has been diagnosed independently by two different C’s.
Paul, it happened several times between the ages of three and about eight or nine. I think them getting big enough to defend themselves had a lot to do with it ending.
I believe that W does love the girls, but she seems completely unable to express that love. She says wonderful things about them to other people, but she’s always fighting with them and is hyper-critical of virtually everything they do. I’m constantly having to listen to diatribes about how worthless they are, but I figure it’s better to have her anger at them dumped on me than to have it dumped on them.