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An introvert is turned inward and away from the world as a defence against abandonment and/or rejection.

A narcissist is turned inward and away from the world also as a defence, but additionally, turned towards the love-object of the self.

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An introvert possesses empathy as any rational human being; a narcissist has no empathy and no capacity for developing empathy. A narcissist cannot experience compassion for another human being. A narcissist intellectually understands that empathy and/or compassion are true emotions that human beings experience and they do realize that these emotions do exist. A narcissistic person can never truly experience the emotions themselves.

Example: A virgin intellectually knows (due to media and others personal testimonies etc.) that a sexual experience would more than likely be a gratifying one; However, the virgin cannot "know" how sex "feels" until they actually experience a sexual interaction themselves.

Likewise, the narcissist is aware that the emotions empathy and compassion exist (due to media and others personal testimonies etc.) but they will NEVER know what it feels like to have these emotions. They lack the hardware necessary for these emotions to become realities for them. It is sad, really.

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