You gave until you bled dry. You listened to hours of their pain, their childhood wounds, their grievances against the world. You adjusted your schedule, your needs, your very personality to accommodate them. And when you finally dared to ask for something... a crumb of reciprocity, an ounce of acknowledgment... they vanished. Or worse, they turned on you. Called you needy. Called you crazy. Called you too much. Then you watched them move on to someone new within days. Happy. Charming. The same mask they wore when they found you. And you're left there... hollowed out, doubting everything you are, wondering how you missed the signs again. The real gut-punch? This isn't your first time. You've danced this dance three times. Maybe five. Maybe every single relationship you've ever had. The faces change but the storyline never does. And somewhere in the wreckage, you've started to believe this is simply who you are... someone too sensitive, too loving, too much... destined to be drained forever. That's not the truth. But we have to get honest about what's actually happening here. The Loop You're Actually Trapped In Most people call this the empath-narcissist dynamic. Fine. That language points at something real.