World After Pandemic: Society and Economy (Interview Kanal 77)
Pandemics are self-limiting and have a social and economic rebound. The aftermath of pandemics is always the same, with an explosion of extraversion and an economic rebound. However, the pandemic will lead to income inequality, with the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. The workforce will be divided into two segments, with 90% of workers being low-income and unskilled, and the remaining 10% being highly skilled and educated. The pandemic will lead to a revolution, but it will fail because the masses are too heavily invested in the same system that the elites benefit from.
Victimhood Movements Hijacked by Narcissists and Psychopaths
Social justice movements are often infiltrated by psychopaths and narcissists who rise to the top and become the public face of the movement. These individuals seek attention, power, and narcissistic supply. The movements start with legitimate grievances, but often deteriorate into identity politics and grandiosity. Left-leaning movements tend to be more entitled and grandiose, while right-leaning movements are more conspiracy-minded and psychopathic. Narcissists and psychopaths flock to these movements and become leaders, ultimately taking over the movement.
Mantras for New Normal, Victim’s Resolutions
In this transcript, Professor Sam Vaknin discusses the story of Jacob wrestling with an angel and how it represents the human struggle with existence. He emphasizes the importance of self-love and self-acceptance, without narcissism, as the key to happiness. He also advises setting clear boundaries and having zero tolerance for abuse and disrespect. Vaknin encourages embracing change and focusing on oneself in the new normal of 2021.
Identify Your Shadow 14 Shadow Types
Professor Sam Vaknin discusses different shadow types in each section. In the first section, he describes the first shadow type characterized by anhedonia, dysphoria, intellectual superiority, victimization, and persecutory delusions. In the second section, he discusses four different shadow types, including a lack of empathy, criminal behavior, paranoia, and emotional instability. In the third section, he provides examples of three different patients as shadow types. In the fourth section, he describes two shadow types in groups, such as nations, clubs, and churches. Finally, in the fifth section, he discusses four different shadow types, including emotional absence, self-destructive behavior, worthlessness, and sadistic behavior.
Questions My (Late) Goldfish Asked Me about Meaning of Life
Professor Sam Vaknin discusses the concept of meaning in life, arguing that it is subjective, arbitrary, and consensus-driven. He explores the relationship between essence, existence, and meaning, and questions whether meaning can exist without a designer. Vaknin also examines the role of context in determining meaning and encourages listeners to find their own answers to the complex and multifaceted concept of meaning.
Narcissism’s Loose Ends
Professor Sam Vaknin discusses various topics in different sections. In the first section, he talks about the technicality of glass being an amorphous solid, which is actually a liquid. In the second section, he discusses gold diggers and their relationship with narcissists, arguing that faking is a form of virtue signaling and that narcissists do not have an ego. In the third section, he talks about the rise and fall of narcissism in American society and emotional reasoning. In the fourth section, he discusses why some narcissists are successful while others are not, destructive narcissism, and the fallacy of assuming a universal human nature. Finally, he warns about the pursuit of meaning, addiction to hope, and aversion to risk leading to extinction as a species.
Body Taboos and Water Sports (ENGLISH responses)
In this transcript, Professor Sam Vaknin discusses BDSM and its potential use as an anxiety-reducing tool for narcissists. He also explores the taboo surrounding urine and feces in sexual practices, arguing that these prohibitions are relatively new and have no clinical or biological basis. Vaknin suggests that constriction of sexual behaviors is harmful and that the rebels who engage in BDSM and other taboo practices represent true and healthy sexuality.
Are YOU The Narcissists Fantasy
Professor Sam Vaknin discusses the concept of shared fantasy in narcissism, which is a form of paracosm, an imaginary world that is very detailed and often originates in childhood. The shared fantasy is a form of mysticism that is founded on femininity, and it involves the exploration of forbidden psychosexual realms, such as homosexuality. Narcissists create shared fantasies and paracosms as a creative effort, which is an indicator of high intelligence and creativity. Narcissists create shared fantasies with their partners, which invariably lead to betrayal, cheating, and heartbreak.
Codependent-Narcissist Co-idealization Dance, Borderlines too! (Convo with Daria Żukowska)
Professor Sam Vaknin discusses various aspects of narcissistic personality disorder, including its connection to dependent personality disorder, the mechanism of trauma bonding, and the self-awareness of narcissists. He explains that both disorders are solutions that a child chooses when confronted with a dysfunctional family, abuse, and trauma. Narcissists are indiscriminate and promiscuous in their pursuit of narcissistic supply, and they do not care about the identity, traits, or qualities of their supply source. The strongest love and intimacy come after a period of no love or intimacy. Therapy can modify some antisocial and abrasive behaviors of narcissists, but it is impossible to touch the core of narcissism.
Contemptuous Narcissist, Contemptible You, Psychopath Celebrates
Professor Sam Vaknin discusses the triggers of contempt in narcissists, including weakness and perceived inferiority. He explains that the need to feel superior is hardwired in narcissists, and they will hunt for mistakes and contradictions to bring others down to their level. Vaknin also reads two excerpts from literature that he uses as allegories for narcissism, encouraging listeners to replace “color blind” with “narcissist” and discussing an art installation that creates a disorienting cosmos in which mirrors and LED lights combine to create a multitude that repeats itself to infinity.