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Why Narcissists and Empaths Attract

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Empaths are all too familiar with the need to help someone in pain and make them feel better no matter the cost, even if it means we put their needs above our own.  It's who we are.  Every empath will probably have crossed paths with a narcissist or a few in their lives. Most empaths will have even ended up in a relationship with a narcissistic personality . The phrase "opposites attract" is quite fitting when it comes to narcissists and empaths . They are infinitely drawn towards each other. If you think about it, an empathic person represents the perfect victim to someone with narcissistic tendencies . On the same level, it would be very hard for an empath to avoid falling in their traps.   You have two extremely different personality types . Any relationship between them causes an endless amount of despair and emotional exhaustion , particularly to the empath . A common explanation for such a deadly attraction is simply because balance is required; it is belie