Years ago I tried watching that movie Arlington Road and it triggered the hell out of me. The innocent looking parents who have everybody fooled and actually turn out to be covert terrorists, and the one person who figured out what they really were, played by Jeff Bridges, was made to look like the “crazy unhinged perpetrator” by the actual terrorists. And it just reminded me so much of being the scapegoat of covertly malignant narcissist parents. Brought up all kinds of painful emotions for me. When you’re the scapegoat of malignant narcissist parents, it feels like you’re the character played by Jeff Bridges in that movie.
For whatever reason, I’m attempting to brave watching it again tonight.