There is no relationship as painful and dangerous than that with a narcissist.
The categorizing of these relationships is carried by making use of several kinds of abuse, which are; exploitation, gas-lighting, manipulation, disregard, and physical/verbal/mental/emotional/financial abuse. Empaths are seen to be generous, kind, deeply plugged into people's emotions, and have more information about people than they do about their selves. Encountering a narcissist is an unlucky situation that doesn't involve only empaths. The empaths are mostly entangled with a pathological narcissist when compared to other people, this needs more investigations as it seems unlikely paring in so many ways. The empath in this relationship also needs to be fulfilled even those this does not ever seem to be the case. The empath is always the injured party, but she gets injured willingly, she has ended up caged in a relationship with someone who will always need her help. The empath has factually conjured up a career out of caring for a victim who does not desire to get better. To some people, this may look like victim-blame, but the empath can only get away from the narcissist for good by realizing that it is her choice if she stays and she can always choose to leave and that they only power he has over her is the one she gave to him. Many narcissists are seen to be arrogant overachievers but tend to be a cripple in several ways by their disorder of not properly function in the environment not just superficially. The opportunity of taking care of someone in perpetuity is perceived by the empath, and even if she has no intentions of helping him, he nature can make her feel it is her obligation. How will he cope in her absence? Despite his horrible nature, abandoning him doesn't seem fair due to his sickness is not his fault. The workability of his brain is not his fault, perhaps he wasn't loved enough when he was an infant, or he was abused, none of it might be his fault. Anyways, this is also definitely not the fault of the empath either, and do not deserve the punishment for someone else's mistake. She will be forever punished if she decides to remain in the relationship. Refusal to help people in need of her help is the empaths nightmare, especially when she could have helped them. Though she cannot help it, her logic is faulty.
This book gives a comprehensive guide on the following:
- Protection methods for empaths from anxiety & depression- Traits that attract a narcissist- Codependency- Effects of narcissistic abuse over time- Narcissist personality disorder and treatment options- Assess if you have narcissistic personality disorder- Helping someone with narcissism- Coping with your abuser's reaction- Build your team- Accepting the truth- How do I handle narcissist abuse?.... AND MORE