And they were exposed to parents who were also narcicistic, or had character problems, and if we can get them in touch with their feelings about how they were raised, then
sometimes the empathy can increase and that's a much more workable person to be intimate with, but without empathy, it's hard to really extend your trust to
somebody because it's always the risk that even if they don't intend to
hurt you, they will miss the signals that they are going to
hurt you.