The Neuroscience of Narcissism

The narcissist cares not at all for their partner as a person. The partner only matters in as much as what they can do for the narcissist. A narcissist cannot be reached with love and you cannot appeal to his good graces. He is capable of neither. Hurting you literally makes him feel better. That's the way it is. You can never make him feel good enough that he will stop. Never. It could take two months or ten years, but after he has sucked you dry, he will move on. There is a school of thought emerging right now which postulates that all cluster personality disorders are actually just different levels on an narcissistic spectrum. This would mean that