COVID-19 Panic Merchants: Lies, Conspiracies, and Statistics (Oh, and Science)
Dr. Anthony Fauci has been accused of providing misleading information about the COVID-19 death rate, using a higher rate in popular media than in academic papers. This has led to conspiracy theories about the government’s intentions. The panic created by the pandemic is intentional to keep people indoors, as medical professionals and politicians are unsure of the virus’s capabilities. Some experts argue that COVID-19 is not much worse than a bad flu, and that the current measures may force the virus to mutate and become more dangerous.
COVID-19: Mutating Viruses, Grandiose Doctors
There are eight strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, but it is unlikely to mutate as quickly as the flu virus. The SARS-CoV-2 virus has spikes that allow it to attach to ACE2 proteins, which are found throughout the respiratory system, and furins that pierce into the patient’s tissue. Immunity acquired by exposure to the virus is likely to last for years, and universal quarantine and social distancing are mistakes that prevent the emergence of herd immunity. The medical profession has failed to provide a measured, reasoned, proportional, and analytical response to the health crisis, and there is a lot of narcissism going on.
Breaking Through the Narcissist’s Indifference by Becoming a Psychop
Narcissists have three essential demands from their partner: sex, supply, and services. If the partner provides any two of these three, the narcissist is pacified and ignores her. The partner needs to escalate, dramatize, and render herself unpredictable to attract the narcissist’s attention. As our civilization becomes more narcissistic, both men and women adopt and emulate grandiose psychopathic men as role models, gurus, and guiding lights. The situation is so bad that many people are choosing simply to stay alone, to remain single in the fullest sense of the word.
Viral Brave, New World of Lonely Narcissism
The pandemic is petering out due to the typical dynamics of a self-limiting virus of the SARS family, not due to social distancing. However, a newborn baby dying in the US of COVID-19 suggests that the virus is mutating and possibly recombining with a flu virus, which could lead to a Spanish flu-like pandemic that could kill up to 1 billion people. The pandemic has exposed structural weaknesses in society, including a lack of solidarity between young and old, a narcissistic preoccupation with our bodies, and a rise in loneliness and aloneness. Gender roles are also becoming more fluid and inverted in a uni-gender world.
Post-pandemic Sex and Relationships Rules
The pandemic will soon be over, but the real problems will begin. We don’t know who carries the virus, and it may be endemic. The pandemic will lead to post-traumatic mental health problems, and society will never be the same. The decline in birth rates has rendered most social institutions obsolete, and the individual is now the only viable organizing principle. Casual sex can be fun, but overuse can be detrimental to psychological health and the ability to form meaningful relationships.
Social Distancing: Isolation with the Narcissist
Social isolation with a narcissist can be compared to a hostage situation, with the victim experiencing trauma bonding. In this situation, the narcissist becomes paranoid and develops a need for control, which is displaced onto their spouse or intimate partner. The narcissist’s frustration at being unable to obtain narcissistic supply and loss of control can lead to aggression, which can take many forms. The only technique that may work in this situation is background noise, but even this has a limited shelf life, and there is a risk of an epidemic of domestic violence.
Pandemics: COVID-19 and Life’s Meaninglessness (also in Abusive Relationships)
In this lecture, Professor Sam Vaknin discusses two pandemics: COVID-19 and the meaninglessness of life in abusive relationships. He argues that the COVID-19 pandemic is not growing exponentially, but rather in a linear progression, and that the pandemic is largely over. Vaknin also discusses the importance of meaningful interpersonal relationships and how narcissists, psychopaths, histrionics, and borderlines are incapable of having such connections. In abusive relationships, the abuser controls their victim by rendering their life meaningless and inconsequential, leading to self-destructive behavior and trauma for the victim.
Pandemics: COVID19 and Daddy Issues in Borderline-Narcissist Couples
Professor Sam Vaknin discusses the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and borderline narcissistic couples. He addresses misconceptions and misunderstandings about COVID-19, such as confusing case fatality rate with mortality. He then delves into the dynamics of borderline narcissistic couples, where one partner is a narcissist and the other is a borderline. These relationships are characterized by power struggles, punishment, and emotional turmoil, with both partners fulfilling critical functions for each other, but ultimately being better off without each other.
Borderline Woman: Partner Devaluation, Self-harm, Alcoholism
In summary, Professor Sam Vaknin discusses the psychology of borderline women, focusing on splitting, self-destructive behaviors, and substance abuse. Splitting is an infantile defense mechanism that leads to idealization and devaluation of others. Self-destructive behaviors can include risky sexual encounters, reckless behavior, and defiance. Substance abuse, particularly alcohol, can serve as a coping mechanism for negative emotions, restore self-confidence, lower inhibitions, and allow for the accomplishment of goals that would not be considered when sober.
Borderline Triangulates with Rescuer to Silence Pain, Abandonment Anxiety
Professor Sam Vaknin discusses Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and its similarities to narcissism. BPD is currently thought to be a female manifestation of secondary psychopathy and involves dissociation. Borderlines often have a diffuse identity and rely on their intimate partners to regulate their internal environment. They may engage in dysfunctional attachment strategies, such as running away or triangulation, and experience dissociation during sex or other emotionally intense situations.