You have heard of the narcissistic personality disorder (or narcissism) and probably how it has left many people who experienced narcissist emotionally distraught. Life would have been left slightly better if no one had to deal with them. Unfortunately we are not in a world where we can completely avoid narcissists.  Even with that said, with the availability of information and knowledge we can equip ourselves with the necessary tools to understand narcissism and ways in which it can affect us.

"...narcissistic supply is a pathological or excessive need for attention or admiration from codependents, or such a need in the orally fixated, that does not take into account the feelings, opinions or preferences of other people." [Wikipedia; accessed July 2021]

If we understand the narcissistic supply then we are already in a better position to identify all forms of relationships which have a toxic element through manipulation by someone who possesses narcissistic traits.  This episodes explains (in brief) how the narcissistic supply operates and will feature greatly in future episodes when we explore narcissism in romantic relationships and in parenting.