How Narcissist Conditions YOU
Professor Sam Vaknin discusses how narcissists use conditioning techniques to shape and control the behavior of their victims. He explains concepts such as operant conditioning, aversion conditioning, and reciprocal inhibition, and how they are used to modify behavior and reinforce desired responses. He also touches on the use of modeling and secondary reinforcement in this process.
Narcissist Or Psychotic Borderline Or Schizophrenic
Professor Sam Vaknin discusses the potential connection between narcissistic and borderline personality disorders and psychotic disorders. He explores the similarities and differences between these conditions, delving into topics such as psychosis, schizophrenia, dissociation, and cognitive distortions. Vaknin also touches on the role of trauma in these disorders and the presence of hallucinations and delusions in borderline personality disorder. He concludes by highlighting the intermittent nature of these conditions and their potential overlap with schizotypal traits.
Mental Health Dictionary – Letter A
Professor Sam Vaknin discusses his work on mental health definitions, which he has contributed to various online encyclopedias and apps. He has compiled these definitions into a Mental Health Dictionary, which is available on his website. Additionally, he plans to create videos for each letter of the alphabet, eventually combining them into a single Mental Health Dictionary video. He covers various definitions, including those for acting out, affect, ambivalence, amnesia, anhedonia, anorexia, antisocial personality disorder, anxiety, aphonia, and avoidant personality disorder. He encourages viewers to collect the definitions from his Instagram account or website.
Personality or Gut Disorders? Microbiome and Mental Illness
Professor Sam Vaknin discusses the connection between gut bacteria and mental health, emphasizing the impact of gut microbiome on brain function and psychological well-being. He highlights the bidirectional relationship between gut bacteria and brain function, as well as the influence of gut microbiota on temperament, personality, and psychopathology. Vaknin also references studies on the role of gut bacteria in various psychiatric conditions, including borderline personality disorder, and the potential for gut microbiome manipulation as a treatment approach.
“Dead Mothers” and Their Offspring: Narcissistic, Borderline, Psychotic
Professor Sam Vaknin discusses the concept of “dead mothers” and their impact on their children. He delves into the psychoanalytic construct of dead mothers, describing how narcissistic, borderline, and psychotic mothers affect their offspring. He explains the complex defense mechanisms and lifelong effects on the children, leading to issues such as narcissism, dissociation, and attachment disorders. The dead mother complex is a clinical condition involving early and destructive identification of the child with a figure of a depressed and emotionally unavailable mother. This results in a prolonged grief disorder and creates a kind of depression and defense against this depression, which is an extension form of depression. The child pretends that he is not he, he is someone else, the false self.
Narcissist’s Autistic And Dereistic Thinking ( Enactivism Exceptions)
Professor Sam Vaknin discusses the distinction between autistic thinking and autism spectrum disorder, emphasizing the importance of studying psychology under his guidance. He also touches on his various accomplishments and provides an overview of autistic and de-realistic thinking, linking them to mental disorders and socially condoned behaviors. Vaknin highlights the significance of confronting and suppressing these types of thinking in therapy, particularly in cognitive behavioral therapy. He suggests that autistic and de-realistic thinking can impact emotions and may hold the key to advancements in the study and treatment of cluster B personality disorders.
How Borderline, Covert Narcissist React To & Spin Rejection, Abandonment
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 delves into the role of drama, entitlement, and the aggressive and passive-aggressive techniques used by these individuals to cope with rejection and abandonment. These techniques are often destructive and rarely lead to the desired outcome, ultimately causing further rejection and isolation.
Odd Couples: Codependent-Codependent, Narcissist-Narcissist (1st in Series)
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 stable relationships, while those of opposing types can. Additionally, he delves into the characteristics and behaviors of somatic and cerebral narcissists, as well as inverted narcissists, and their potential couplings.
How Narcissist Man Child Self Supplies
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 childlike and vice versa. This misappropriation and misallocation of roles render him monstrous and freakish. The narcissist resorts to self-supply when external sources are depleted, using techniques such as reframing reality, creating an inflated self-perception, and converting negative supply to positive. Self-supply is a crucial maintenance phase in the narcissist’s cycle of existence and is a mechanism of self-regulation that appears to be external regulation. It involves elements of hyper-reflexivity and magical thinking, reminiscent of certain dynamics in childhood
How Narcissist Falls Apart (Compilation)
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 of drug addicts. Vaknin explains that narcissists consume admiration and attention to sustain their self-esteem, and when these are lacking, they experience a state he terms “narcissistic deficiency dysphoria,” which can lead to depression, mood swings, and aggressive behavior. He also discusses how narcissists may resort to delusional narratives, antisocial behavior, or paranoid ideation as coping mechanisms. Additionally, Vaknin touches on the concept of “collapsed narcissists” and “collapsed histrionics,” who are individuals that have failed to maintain their narcissistic or histrionic facades and have retreated into more covert or self-destructive behaviors. He emphasizes the importance of understanding these dynamics for both therapeutic interventions and personal interactions with individuals exhibiting such traits.