Can you have a good relationship with a clinically diagnosed narcissist/sociopath?

[Anonymous]

Yes

No

[jeemm]

Really depends person to person when it comes to narcissism. I consider myself a narcissist to the extreme but I don't take advantage of others as I don't need to. I am everything I want to be and there's nothing I want from others. The only thing I can't gain by myself is attention from the person I love so I give it my all to be a person that's worthy of him and equally provide what I can for him.

It helps he knows how I behave and he has similar personality traits.

I don't think it's realistic to have a good and/or sustainable relationship with a sociopath at all though.

[MrOracle]

No. They will destroy you and won't give it a second thought.

If someone was a lifeguard, but had 2 broken legs and a broken arm, they wouldn't be worth having as a lifeguard, and if they refused to go to the doctor and get treated and afterwards refused to go to physical therapy, they would have no value as a lifeguard.

When someone has major psychological damage, they need treatment and therapy - a lot of it - and they need to be willing to change and willing to do the work - before they can be of any value to someone else as a relationship partner. There's no way around that.

[DizzyAster2]

If they are not in therapy and/or acknowledging their mental state, then no.

[EmmaMary]

Personally I cannot see a hope in hells chance of any successful relationship coming from this.

[EmmaMary]

Thank you for the MHGirl.

[boggboss]

If u don't mind being a emotional punching bag

[genericname85]

no you can not. it'll fuck you up.