What Happens To Golden Child When Scapegoat Leaves

Camila Farah

Golden child along with n parent looks for their next target the n needing supply and the golden child an alternative to pass the buck. As long as they are a figure that the family can be mad at instead of dealing with the actual issues making them angry they will serve. Both are projections of the narcissist parent or parents false identities assigned to children who do their best with the roles cast them.

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This comes down to how the golden child treats the scapegoat.

The family on the other hand is left to deal with the family problems all on their own. The golden child scapegoat child relationship. The golden child is usually the most impacted when the scapegoat leaves. What happens to the family when the scapegoat leaves.

The family trashcan is gone and the family will now have to deal with their own rubbish or shift it over to a newly appointed scapegoat. A narc may have more than one scapegoat target. In those cases the narcissist may intensify the abuse of the remaining target after one scapegoat has found the exit. The scapegoat is the cause of all the ills of the family and the golden child is exalted lavished with attention and praise.

But when it comes to growing up in an abusive home one could feel your abusive parent was the best parent in the world and another could think they were incredibly abusive and horrible. Golden children often get away with murder projecting their own wrongdoing on the scapegoat who is then punished for what the golden child did. In no time at all the golden child will be under the spell of mind control and will be convinced of the scapegoat s inherent badness. The former golden child may also become the scapegoat once s he finally shows some vulnerability or makes a mistake that disappoints the narc.

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My sister was the scapegoat for years after she moved out and went nc. The scapegoat has quit after decades of abuse. It really depends entirely on what is going through a nparent s head from moment to moment. As you can well imagine the relationship between the golden child and the scapegoat is likely to be strained at best but downright toxic more often.

The scapegoat the lost and the golden child it is natural to have somewhat different experiences growing up with your siblings in the same home. A scapegoat might remain a scapegoat in absentia. The golden child knows they re the priority followed agreed and succeed the golden child gets what they want and how they want it whilst the scapegoat has his her throat against the wall. Eventually the golden child will completely forfeit the close relationship they may have with the scapegoat if they were ever close to begin with and will act out the narcissist s contempt of the scapegoat through their body language verbal language and utter nastiness.

Growing up in an abusive home. What happens to the golden child when the scapegoat leaves. These two perpetrators will launch a dangerous smear campaign against the scapegoat and will sell it to the other family members.