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Why can’t narcissists just feel empathy?
This question comes up constantly — especially in conversations about narcissistic abuse, emotional neglect, and relationships with narcissists. And on the surface, the answer people give sounds simple:
“They don’t care.”
But from the inside of narcissistic patterns, that explanation misses something critical — and actually blocks real change.
In this video, I explain:
• Why empathy isn’t a choice or a switch you can flip
• How narcissistic nervous systems process emotion differently
• Why empathy often shows up as anxiety, shutdown, or performance instead of feeling
• How people with narcissistic traits learn to imitate empathy without realizing it
• What actually happens when empathy begins to awaken — and why it feels overwhelming, not relieving
I share a personal story — including an analogy from my childhood — to explain how I spent most of my life faking empathy without knowing that’s what I was doing.
This video is not about excusing harm.

It’s about understanding the internal mechanics well enough to stop repeating it.
Whether you:
• identify with narcissistic patterns
• are becoming more self-aware
• or are in a relationship with someone who struggles with emotional presence
this framework will help you understand what’s really happening — and what can (and cannot) be expected over time.
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What part of this explanation felt clarifying — or uncomfortable?
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00:00 Why “They Just Don’t Care” Feels True
00:40 Why Empathy Isn’t a Choice or Switch
01:30 The Roger Story — Missing a Sense You Never Knew You Lacked
02:45 How Anxiety Gets Mistaken for Empathy
03:35 Why Empathy Feels Like Panic First
04:20 Performing Empathy vs Feeling It
05:00 What’s Underneath Isn’t Evil — It’s Human