Therapists and researchers have made many gains in understanding mental illnesses in the last century. The mental health community has come a very long way from the early days of insane asylums and electroshock.
A narcissistic personality is often “balanced” by a codependent personality. As mentioned above, narcissists are typically men. These men often marry codependent women. (I discuss codependency here on my blog.) Narcissists expect their partners to…