The Narcissistic Empath Vampire: How the Internet Turned Breakups Into Psychological Mythology (opens in new tab)

There was a brief and beautiful moment in American life when your ex could simply be disappointing. Not abusive. Not spiritually parasitic. Not “a dark triad avoidant energy harvester with anxious-preoccupied supply dynamics.” Just disappointing. Maybe selfish. Maybe immature. Maybe emotionally unreliable in the way certain men become emotionally unreliable after discovering crypto, intermittent fasting, or a podcast involving “high value masculinity.” Maybe a little grandiose. Maybe constitu...