Narcissistic people tend to be more “empathic” when they feel safe and supplied. For example, on a day when things went well for them, they may come home and hear about a bad day you had at work and reassure you everything is going to be okay. A week later, you may think, Well, they were so supportive last week when I raised this with them, let me talk it out with them again. But this time they may not have had that same kind of validating day, so you are met with, “When are you going to stop complaining about work?
