Those low in narcissism tend to enhance their partner early in their relationship, but high narcissists don't.
Narcissistic individuals, particularly men, tended to have partners who viewed them especially positively early in the relationship.
The partners of narcissists may be missing out on the key relationship benefits of being enhanced.
It's a good read.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/close-encounters/202203/how-narcissists-view-their-romantic-partners
yes thank you, much like the brain of an addict, it’s all about That narc supply! seriously tho, narcissitic supply is energy, that their partners supply and it’s draining for the partners, especially when they do not get any love or affection back and are
simply walking on eggshells just to survive at this point, so you will go along with whatever the narcissist tells you or else. There is however the love bombing phase that keeps the victim coming back for more scraps of meat before it realizes there is real love out there, that’s genuine and healthy, and that does not require some echo role to be played alongside narcissus reflection of himself like an actor in his own show or some fantasy that is only created to fulfill a need to FEEL better about themselves. So, to be a side piece in the big broadway show that’s happening in their heads, which is actually inflating their Alter ego or “hyde“ sort of persona they have to actually hide behind in order to avoid feeling vulnerable or whatever the “trauma“ was that injured their egos so badly, rendering them entitled, arrogant, Self-absorbed two year old brats who never really grew up because something messed
up happened to them at the narcissism stage of healthy narcissism that Freud has talked about. We all have some healthy narcissism, but this is a very intricate circus show that feels like you are on a roller coaster, and talking to them can feel like you are that girl in the romantic movies, and suddenly you are pulled into a circus of highs and lows, of hot and cold, and you are getting pulled around by their storms and it’s all so dramatic and interesting, but in the end, beauty finds out the beast is still a beast inside and there isn’t any magic rose 🌹 thats going to rescue him from being a beast. It seems all primal and enchanting, but in the end not worth the pain of all the lows and it’s easy to lose yourself and literally
bexome the archetype of echo, a mere reflection of narcissus.