Vaknin Talks

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Narcissist When Reality Is Just A Dream

Professor Sam Vaknin discusses the functions of the ego, including reality testing and impulse control. He delves into the concept of emotional investment and its impact on reality testing, as well as the role of the ego in preventing regression.

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How Sick Parents Destroy You (or Why I Am Childless)

Parents are primarily responsible for their children’s mental health, as their behavior and environment significantly shape the child’s development. Genetic predispositions can be activated or suppressed by the parents’ actions. Parents with mental health issues can transmit their problems to

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Narcissistic Pet Owner And Animal Rights

Narcissists form unique bonds with pets, projecting their own traits onto them and finding a source of narcissistic supply. Pet ownership involves a mix of satisfaction and frustration, leading to a form of co-dependency. The discussion then shifts to the

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When YOU Are In Charge Of Therapy: Client Centred Therapy

Carl Rogers noticed problems in therapy in the 1940s, such as therapist anxiety and victim blaming. He developed person-centered therapy, emphasizing the client’s role in leading therapy and the therapist’s empathy and acceptance. The therapy focuses on the client’s self-exploration

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Narcissist’s Self-supply Techniques

Today’s video discusses self-supply in narcissists, where they generate supply from within to avoid collapse. Techniques include future orientation, exclusive reference, self-referential transcendence, self-audiencing, self-referential ideation, contemptuous withholding, and paranoid ideation. These techniques are used to maintain a sense of

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