How Trauma Breaks You Apart (Structural Dissociation in Cold Therapy)
Professor Sam Vaknin discusses the opening of a new YouTube channel and responds to a comment about a theory in psychology. He delves into the theory of structural dissociation and its application to trauma and personality disorders. He also discusses the interaction between the apparently normal part and the emotional part in the context of trauma and dissociation. He suggests that all personality disorders should be reconceived as post-traumatic conditions.
How To Recognize Collapsed/Covert Personality Disorders
Professor Sam Vaknin discusses the concept of Occam’s Razor in science and proposes that all personality disorders are a single clinical entity. He delves into the covert states of various personality disorders, such as covert narcissism, covert histrionic, and covert borderline, and their characteristics and behaviors. He also touches on the collapsed states and the transition between different states in each overlay. Additionally, he mentions the collapsed histrionic and the covert antisocial personality disorder.
Collapsed Covert Narcissist: Dissonances, Indifference, No Boundaries
Professor Sam Vaknin discusses his upcoming controversial claim that all narcissists oscillate between being overt and covert in reaction to changing life circumstances and extreme narcissistic injury. He also delves into the behaviors of covert narcissists and the collapsed state of narcissism. Vaknin emphasizes the importance of recognizing the signs of a collapsed narcissist and the rationality of walking away from relationships with narcissists. He also discusses the concept of “no contact” as a strategy for dealing with narcissistic abuse.
Magical Thinking in Personality Disorders and Conspiracy Theorists
Today’s topic is malignant magical thinking. Magical thinking is a healthy stage of development in early childhood, but in adulthood, it can indicate underlying pathology. It involves the belief that thoughts can affect reality, and can lead to delusional disorder. Magical thinking is common in mental health disorders and is exploited by scammers. It is associated with narcissism, borderline personality disorder, psychopathy, and conspiracy theories. It is also linked to ignorance and conspiracism. This refusal to grow up and embrace reality can have destructive consequences for society and the individual.
Social Values and the Healthcare System (Webinar on Health Care, Health Economics, and Policy)
Professor Sam Vaknin discusses the issues of equity, efficiency, and solidarity in healthcare systems, particularly in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. He argues that privatizing public goods, such as healthcare, leads to market failures and inefficiencies, and that public goods must remain public to be efficient in the long term. Vaknin also emphasizes the importance of redesigning healthcare systems to better serve the poor, disenfranchised, women, and minorities.
Embrace Nothingness: Help God Heal
Professor Sam Vaknin discusses the concept of God and evil, arguing that God is a complex character and that mental illness is a precondition for creativity and creation. He suggests that humans are products of God’s own dissociation and that the task of humans is to help God to heal by reintegrating themselves with him. The text explores the problem of evil and questions whether God is indifferent or malevolent, and whether free will and the ability to choose evil is a sadistic act. Ultimately, the text suggests that as we heal individually and collectively, so does God.
37th International Conference on Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine
The webinar on psychosomatic medicine 2020 covered various topics related to mental health, with a focus on the life experiences of teenage mothers, the impact of disabilities on parents, strategies for brain tumor surgery, and the relationship between assertiveness skills and depression among nursing students. Keynote speakers and guest speakers from different countries presented their research and findings, and the event concluded with certificates and proceedings to be sent to participants.
COVID-19 Clones Borderlines, Psychopaths: Real Zombie Apocalypse (Depression and Psychiatry Webinar)
Professor Sam Vaknin discusses the neurological effects of COVID-19 on the central nervous system and the brains of patients. He notes that the damage to the central nervous system appears to be irreversible and that the clinical picture resembles cluster B personality disorders such as antisocial personality disorder and borderline personality disorder. He suggests that COVID-19 may be creating an army of people whose behaviors and traits are indistinguishable from psychopaths and people with borderline personality disorder. The author also discusses the findings of MRI and fMRI studies on the brains of individuals with borderline personality disorder. These studies have revealed abnormalities in various regions of the brain, including hypoplasia of the hippocampus, caudate, and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, smaller than normal orbitofrontal cortex, and mid-temp
Embrace Nothingness: Antidote to narcissism
Professor Sam Vaknin argues that reality is harsh and people react by developing functional psychosis, narcissism, or embracing nothingness. He claims that anyone offering solutions, cures, or systems for a better life is a con artist seeking money and adulation. Vaknin suggests that people should accept their insignificance, lack of control, and the hopelessness of their situation, as hope leads to expectations, frustration, and mental illness. He advises focusing on experiencing life, living in the moment, and letting others live without judgment or interference.
Alcohol+Covert Narcissist=Antisocial Grandiose Narcissist
Professor Sam Vaknin discusses the effects of alcohol on covert narcissists. He explains that alcohol can transform a covert narcissist into an overt narcissist, leading to reckless and psychopathic behavior. He argues that alcoholism is a choice, not a brain disorder, and that alcohol affects empathy, disinhibits behavior, and distorts perception of attractiveness. He also delves into the psychological reasons why covert narcissists turn to alcohol and the impact of alcohol on their behavior and self-perception.