We often form the strongest connections with people who truly "get us." These people are usually the first to get excited over your good news and the first to listen when you're feeling down. But have ...

Dark empaths have personality traits including narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism. But they also have empathy, which can make them dangerous and hard to spot. Dark empaths intellectually ...

We need to understand the role of empathy in the Dark Triad because it relates to important factors including aggression, personal and professional functioning, and well-being. Research has not ...

There are all types of people we come across when we’re in romantic relationships or relationships with friends or family members: the gaslighters, love bombers, narcissists and breadcrumbers, to name ...

It can be fun attempting to armchair-diagnose or label people that you’ve come across—especially when you find their behavior baffling or incomprehensible. And if someone’s treated you badly, it can ...

Brian was married for three years when he came to my office in despair about his wife, Elise. He had listened to podcasts about narcissistic abuse, but Elise didn’t fit the typical mold; she could be ...

Are you in a relationship with a toxic empath or a narcissist? How can you tell the difference? While both toxic, or 'dark' empaths and narcissists can display similar manipulative and harmful ...

You may have read recently about dark empaths, a personality type which has gained a great deal of recognition and traction, despite not being in the the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental ...

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People tend to think of empathy or caring about other people's feelings as a good thing, but in some conservative circles, there's a growing chorus of voices arguing that empathy could be bad.