In 2025, it is estimated that 1% of the total population will be officially diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). According to the Mayo Clinic, NPD is defined as a mental health condition in which people have an unreasonably high sense of their own importance. Despite the low diagnosis rate, it is estimated that around 1 in every 6 people may have NPD, which is nearly 1 in every household.
So, how can a narcissist affect a household dynamic? Traits such as poor communication, unclear boundaries, and control issues run rampant amongst narcissists in a family structure. In turn, children growing up in a narcissistic household experience deep-seated distrust, self-loathing, and an overall sense of low self-esteem in the later stages of life. They also experience guilt when caring for their own needs and have a higher risk of being a narcissist themselves.
So, if you want to legally remove yourself from a narcissist, how can you do so? Firstly, it’s important you aren’t in the presence of the narcissist. Once you have physically separated from the narcissist, lawyers from Nussbaum Law make it easy. They are seasoned in safely and seamlessly separating you from your narcissistic spouse. While you aren’t able to cure narcissism in a person, you can heal in the absence of a household narcissist.
