Give People Their Flowers
Typically speaking, we want to be closer to those we admire and that's the key reason why we find it so hard to express admiration—because it opens up the potential for who we admire to reject us.
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The Narcissist/Empath Dynamic
The empath’s fixation on 'saving' the narcissist is, in truth, a projection of their own unresolved wounds—their deep longing to be loved, seen, and validated. By focusing on the narcissist's pain, they avoid confronting their own.
A Word of Acknowledgement For Adult Orphans
There's not a man on this planet who can "son" me and that might be my biggest problem.