Jake Barlow

I want you to imagine a very intense and triggering scene. Just for a moment. I want you to imagine a little child, girl or boy, no older than 5 or 6. That child is innocent; full of love, wonder and joy. She is still learning the rules of life, getting used to being a human being and understanding the world and the cruel fact that not all of herself can be fully validated. One day, this child accidentally, or without any thought, upsets his or her parent(s). Perhaps she was

Nowadays, most spiritual and psychological posts on social media are awash with the topic of empathy and narcissism. Many people have views as to the dynamics which links these two seamingly polar opposite personality traits; the common consensual view and narrative being that there is a spectrum that links the two together, in what is known as a co-dependent and parasitic relationship construct, whereby the narcissist vampirises the attention and good willed nature of the in