The Number One Reason Empaths Struggle to Let Go of Narcissists
Every borderline has sociopaths in their life story...
We live in a culture that doesn't understand mental health in an informed or nuanced way, but we still recognize patterns of pathologies. Therefore, sociopath is a colloquial word for narcissism and ASPD. Empath is a colloquial word for borderline.
Borderlines and narcissists go together like peanut butter and jelly.
Every narcissist has empaths in their life story.
Every borderline has sociopaths in their life story.
If the empath ever gets to healing their own wounds rather than tending to everyone else’s, it’s usually a narcissist who has pushed them to rock bottom or nearly taken their life.
But why are people with an overactive and sensitive empathy and firm morals drawn so magnetically to people with no emotional empathy, a history of abuse, and hypocrisy when it comes to morals?
Why does the person who struggles to tell a lie and wears their heart bleeding on their sleeve fall head over heels in love with pathological liars who have no compassion or mercy?