Emotional Covert Incest Is Lifelong: Birth Of Shared Fantasy
The text discusses emotional covert incest, its impact on individuals, and its connection to narcissism. It explains how emotional covert incest occurs between a parent and child, leading to role confusion and a lifelong impact on the child’s ability to form healthy relationships. The text also delves into the concept of autoerotism as a defense mechanism and its connection to emotional covert incest. Additionally, it highlights the detrimental effects of emotional covert incest on sexual functioning, intimacy, and attachment styles.
Why God Allows Narcissistic Abuse, Evil Psychopaths? (Theodicy, God Cycle, Lecture 1)
The text discusses the relationship between evil, God, and narcissism. It explores various philosophical perspectives on evil, God’s role in allowing evil, and the nature of narcissism. The text also delves into the concept of free will, the medicalization of evil, and the limitations of human understanding of God. The author raises questions about the existence and nature of God, and the implications of medicalizing behaviors traditionally associated with sin or wrongdoing.
Narcissist: True Love Or Shared Fantasy? How Narcissist Experiences LOVE
The text discusses the narcissist’s experience of love, emphasizing that narcissists are incapable of love due to early childhood trauma. It delves into the concept of the shared fantasy, a defense mechanism used by narcissists to cope with intimacy and love, and explains how it leads to idealization, addiction, and eventual dissolution. The shared fantasy is described as a self-destructive process that perpetuates the cycle of aggression and separation, ultimately leaving the narcissist trapped in a repetitive pattern.
How to Help a Child with Narcissistic Parent (Modelling)
The text discusses the impact of narcissistic parents on children and offers advice to a concerned mother on how to help her child cope with a narcissistic father. It delves into the concept of social learning theory and the role of modeling in shaping behavior. The advice emphasizes the importance of providing the child with an alternative, non-narcissistic role model and allowing the child to imitate positive behaviors. The text also explores the psychological dynamics of narcissistic parenting and the potential effects on the child’s development.
The Narcissist and the “Terrorist” (Short Fiction)
The text is a short story about a meeting between a narcissist and an ostensible alleged terrorist on a crowded bus. The protagonist, a prisoner, becomes involved in a conflict on the bus and is eventually arrested by the police. The story explores themes of prejudice, fear, and the abuse of power.
Transgenderism: Real, Fad, or Hype? (Compilation)
Dr. Sam Vaknin discusses the concepts of sex and gender, the fluidity of sexuality and gender roles, and the impact of societal and cultural expectations on gender identity. He also addresses the lack of scientific studies on transgender issues, the phenomenon of detransitioning, and the convergence of both men and women towards toxic masculinity. He emphasizes the influence of capitalism and technology on shaping gender roles and societal behavior.
How Narcissist Dreams You (+Interpreted Dream)
The video is divided into two parts. In the first part, the speaker discusses the narcissist’s experience of the shared fantasy as a dream state. In the second part, he analyzes a dream of a narcissist, emphasizing the dream’s symbolism and the subject’s internal conflict. The dream reflects the subject’s struggle with his mental disorder and his journey towards healing and self-discovery.
Are All Narcissists Also Sadists? (Compilation)
Sam Vaknin discusses the differences between cruelty and sadism, emphasizing that while both involve causing pain, their motivations and psychological underpinnings differ. Sadism is about deriving pleasure from inflicting pain and is often premeditated and creative. It is a form of hedonism and is outward-oriented, recognizing the victim as a separate entity to be annihilated. In contrast, cruelty is reactive and self-regulatory, linked to narcissism and often a response to mortification. It is about restoring a grandiose self-image and involves unnecessary excess. Cruelty sustains a narrative of moral superiority and retributive justice, and it requires the victim’s recognition of being hurt. Unlike sadism, cruelty can provoke counter-cruelty and is situational, potentially stopping when the situation is resolved. Sadism, on the other hand, is a permanent trait.
Narcissist’s Never Give, Always Take Delusion: Effort Reward Imbalance, Overcommitment
The text discusses the concept of effort-reward imbalance in the context of narcissistic relationships. It explains how narcissists feel entitled to recognition and rewards without putting in the necessary effort. The text also delves into the impact of this imbalance on the mental and physical health of the partner, as well as the narcissist’s tendency to externalize their reactions to the imbalance. It emphasizes the importance of understanding and addressing the imbalance in such relationships.
Narcissism Revisited (with Iranian Psychoanalyst Ali Reza Bornamanesh)
Summary: The conversation covers the classification of narcissism, the differential diagnosis between antisocial personality disorder and covert narcissistic personality disorder, the challenges of treating personality disorders, and the dominance of CBT in psychotherapy in Iran. The discussion also delves into the difficulties of practicing psychoanalysis in Iran, including the cultural barriers to free association in therapy. The conversation ends with an agreement to have a second meeting to further explore the topic of psychotherapy in Iran.