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Originally Posted by Atypical_Disaster
My mother is in all likelihood a psychopath as well. Interesting that both of our parents are the ASPD/NPD combination.
As far as empathy goes, I've never "felt" it. But I have a lot of "cognitive empathy", so yes I can typically understand someone's situation, but I just don't care. The emotional connection just isn't present for me and never has been. I think that's part of why I'm so objective, it's because I don't emotionally connect so I can sit here and be very understanding but I'll never get caught up in the emotional intensity of it.
Your mother reminds me of mine, I've lost count of how many times she's verbally skinned my father alive for lacking empathy.
Having any kind of self-esteem when you're around a psychopath all the time is not an easy task. I tip my hat to him.
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Exactly, at this point my mother is just straight up psychologically abusive to my father and since they've been together so long its impossible to separate.
Now that I've recovered from my childhood I can have empathy for my father and I can recognize things like telling me I should be at the top of my career are stemming from his narcissism and are not a reflection on me.