Not necessarily ...but it is absolutely about having a balance, I think you're right about that. Narcissists seem to seek out people who display high levels of empathy (as was mentioned earlier by Atypical), and these kinds of people do seem to enable the narcissists behavior to some extent ...Is that because they themselves suffer from a form of narcissism? ...Is that what you're trying to get at, or have I misunderstood you?

Not exactly sure what you're trying to say in the remainder of your post, apologies.