Narcissism is an over-used label in our society, yet I keep reading articles about empaths attracting narcissists. For the sake of this podcast, I refer to empaths as people who are able to intuitively feel others, and narcissists as those exhibiting extreme egotism (not Narcissistic Personality Disorder, which is a mental condition).

In the empath attracting the narcissist scenario, where the empath is the victim and the narcissist is the big, bad wolf… both people are actually avoidants. The empath tries to fix the narcissist, who has no interest in giving anything back. There’s no emotional intimacy in this situation because we’re in attachment territory.

This podcast builds off previous ones on attachment and avoidant behavior, and I’ll give you a few pointers on what you can do if you find yourself in this empath/narcissist tug-of-war.