POWERFUL TRUTH
Wouldn't be surprised if everyone on this forum can relate to this video.

SheltieLover
(68,260 posts)Summary pls?
moonbeam23
(398 posts)but it is hard to summarize...it touched me deeply. i usually watch only shorter videos that utube serves up to me, but that one was worth it.
Sorry not to be more helpful.
SheltieLover
(68,260 posts)Quakerfriend
(5,834 posts)I believe that there is often another step in the pattern between narcissistic & empath.
Once the empath no longer allows access, the narcissist will often resort to attempting to trash the reputation of the empath with friends/family/work colleagues. I guess this might be a final attempt to control them in some way OR to reinforce their own image- An image that they feel has been sullied by the empaths exposure of their BS.
Sadly, narcissism is a great blight on society.
It seems do a lot of damage to too many people.
SheltieLover
(68,260 posts)
Quakerfriend
(5,834 posts)end up in positions of authority where they feast on the power they have over others.
Ive worked with lots of them. 🤨
I feel really sorry for those who marry one & children whove grown up with a narcissistic parent.
SheltieLover
(68,260 posts)But if the public were taught psychology basics, i.e., Psych 101, as a required course in high school, they might notice the detrimental, toxic personality disorder and shun them, rather than worship them.
I've worked with lots of them too, and i never -- and I truly mean never -- enable psychopathology. Nor do I back down.
There is a whole branch of psych these days dealing with narcissistic parents, esp mothers. I cqnnot imagine marrying one of these odd creatures. Very sad, indeed.
Quakerfriend
(5,834 posts)people to learn about these things before theyre confronted with it later in life.
SheltieLover
(68,260 posts)Middle school & hs programs.
moonbeam23
(398 posts)like someone i know
moonbeam23
(398 posts)
Clouds Passing
(4,823 posts)We tend to attract narcissists until we wake up and realize our high sensitivity/empathy is a talent, gift, asset not a detriment.
Narcissists main goal is to control others; an empath who is asleep lives with much self doubt which makes them easier to control. Hence the two attract each other. As the empath begins to awaken in the relationship with the narcissist, they began to see the patterns of destructive and controlling behavior. The empath learns to trust their own self, their instincts and feelings. And the narcissist does what they always do try even harder to control the other, never learning the value of what they have in front of them.
An excellent video to watch!
SheltieLover
(68,260 posts)Develop iron clad boundaries!
They always try to hang their projections upon empaths. When the empath does not accept the projection, often the narcissist will become angry, violent. (Marie Louise von Franz) Not accepting the projection often looks like this: the empath calmly states facts refuting the attempted projection.
TY again, Clouds!
Quakerfriend
(5,834 posts)a scapegoat too.
In their anger they lash out, and need someone to blame their actions on.
Delphinus
(12,250 posts)isn't this the guy the right wing loves?
moonbeam23
(398 posts)but i was picking up Xian energy as he was talking...maybe right maybe wrong.
However, even if he is a magat, that does not erase the truthiness of what he had to say.
Stopped clocks and all that.
orchidlady
(10 posts)forgive me folks, followed this individual for many years, and all i can say is he needs to look hard into a mirror.
claiming super-empath powers is, itself, narcissistic as hell!
and he is that, the latter, for sure.

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