Antisocial personality disorder is the official diagnosis, with no mention of psychopathy in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. The extreme end of antisocial personality disorder is considered psychopathy by some, but not all. The disorder is difficult to reverse and
Professor Sam Vaknin discusses the fear of rejection and abandonment in individuals with borderline and covert narcissistic personality disorders. He explains how rejection is perceived as total and abandonment as irreversible, leading to extreme reactions and defense mechanisms. He also
Professor Sam Vaknin discusses various types of hellish relationships, including those involving covert and overt narcissists, codependents, and different types of narcissists. He explains the dynamics and challenges of these relationships, emphasizing that narcissists of the same type cannot maintain
The text discusses the narcissist’s reaction when someone refuses to conform to their idealized image. When rejected, the narcissist experiences cognitive dissonance and resolves it by rewriting history and reality. They re-idealize the rejected person and then devalue them if
The text discusses the six stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance, and hope, with a focus on the unique experience of grieving a shared fantasy with a narcissist. It emphasizes the importance of self-compassion, validation of emotions, and
The narcissist is a ghoulish and sinister hybrid, an adult grafted onto a child. The narcissist is often described as a “man child”, but he is actually neither. The narcissist juxtaposes wrongly, becoming an adult where he should have been
The transcript is a compilation of various lectures and discussions by Professor Sam Vaknin, an expert on narcissism. He delves into the behaviors and reactions of narcissists when they are deprived of narcissistic supply, comparing their withdrawal symptoms to those
Professor Sam Vaknin discusses the grieving process after narcissistic abuse, emphasizing that the grief is part of the shared fantasy and is not entirely real. He delves into the concept of fantasy, the dynamics of a relationship with a narcissist,
Professor Sam Vaknin discusses attribution theory and its application to narcissism. He explains dispositional and situational attribution, and how narcissists attribute motives to themselves and others. He delves into the narcissist’s inability to recognize the separate existence of external objects
Professor Sam Vaknin discusses the topic of narcissistic abuse and the intelligence of individuals with Cluster B personality disorders. He explains that while these individuals may possess high IQs, they often exhibit behaviors that appear foolish and self-defeating. Vaknin attributes