RE: Understanding Narcissism
August 20, 2016 at 12:07 pm
(This post was last modified: August 20, 2016 at 12:07 pm by Whateverist.)
(August 20, 2016 at 12:04 pm)Alasdair Ham Wrote: My biggest question is: Is it true that narcissists truly have no emotion empathy? They can coldly and intellectually put themselves in another's shoes but they will have no emotional response when they do?
That isn't true in my experience.
(August 20, 2016 at 12:04 pm)Alasdair Ham Wrote: I am not sure how I can believe this. Not just because it is indeed on a continuum but also because this implies that you don't get people with NPD who are emotionally empathetic.
So is it really true that an essential part of a diagnosis of Narcissism is that Narcissists have no emotional empathy at all and they can only merely behave as if they do?
I'll look again but I don't remember reading that being emphasized at all.
