Sam Vaknin

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Personality Disorders Expert

Sam Vaknin Quick Facts

Main Areas: Personality disorders, abusive relationships with narcissists and psychopaths
Best Sellers: Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited, The Narcissism Series
Career Focus: Author
Affiliation: Narcissus Publications

The Web site "Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited" was, for many years, an Open Directory Cool Site and is a Psych-UK recommended Site.

I am not a mental health professional though I am certified in psychological counseling techniques byBrainbench.

I served as the editor of Mental Health Disorders categories in the Open Directory Project and onMentalhelp.net. I maintain my own Websites about the Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) and aboutrelationships with abusive narcissists and psychopaths here and in HealthyPlace.

You can read my work on many other Web sites: Mental Health Matters, Mental Health Sanctuary, Mental Health Today, Kathi's Mental Health Review and others. I write a column for Bellaonline on Narcissism and Abusive Relationships and am a frequent contributor to Websites such as Self-growth.com and Bizymoms(where I am an expert on personality disorders).

I served as the author of the Personality Disorders topic, Narcissistic Personality Disorder topic, the Verbal and Emotional Abuse topic, and the Spousal Abuse and Domestic Violence topic, all four on Suite101. I am the moderator of the Narcissistic Abuse Study List , the Toxic Relationships Study List, and other mailing lists with a total of c. 20,000 members. I also publish a bi-weekly Abusive Relationships Newsletter.

You can view my biography here.

I suggest you read this first, "What is Pathological Narcissism?"

"A pattern of traits and behaviours which signify infatuation and obsession with one's self to the exclusion of all others and the egotistic and ruthless pursuit of one's gratification, dominance and ambition.

Narcissism is named after the ancient Greek myth of Narcissus who was a handsome Greek youth who rejected the desperate advances of the nymph Echo. In punishment of his cruelty, he was doomed to fall in love with his own reflection in a pool of water. Unable to consummate his love, he pined away and changed into the flower that bears his name to this very day."

Feel free to ask me your questions about pathological narcissism, abusive relationships, and the Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Send your questions to: palma@unet.com.mk or narcissisticabuse-owner@yahoogroups.com

Free Articles & Book Excerpts

Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited

http://www.narcissistic-abuse.com

HealthyPlace Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) Community

http://www.healthyplace.com/personality-disorders/malignant-self-love/narcissism-narcissistic-personality-disorder-npd/menu-id-1469/

World in Conflict and Transition

http://www.narcissistic-abuse.com/guide.html

Philosophical Essays and Musings

http://www.narcissistic-abuse.com/culture.html

Free e-books about psychology, philosophy, economics, international affairs, and short fiction

http://www.narcissistic-abuse.com/freebooks.html

Free Audio & Video Samples

Narcissist, Psychopath, Abuse YouTube Channel

http://www.youtube.com/samvaknin

Videos about narcissists, psychopaths, and abuse in relationships

http://samvak.tripod.com/narcissismvideos.html

Sam Vaknin Audio & Video Programs

3 DVDs with 12 hours of video lectures on narcissists, psychopaths, and abuse in relationships

http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?vaksam_DVD

3 DVDs (12 hours of video lectures) + The Narcissism, Psychopathy and Abuse in Relationships Series of SIXTEEN e-BOOKS

http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?vaksam_DVDSERIES

3 DVDs (12 hours of video lectures) + the print book "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited"

http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?vaksam_DVDPRINT

Sam Vaknin Books

Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited (Barnes and Noble)

http://search.ba esandnoble.com/bookSearch/isb Inquiry.asp?r=1&ISBN=9788023833843

Narcissism and Psychopathy Series of 16 e-books

http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?vaksam_SERIES

Personality Disorders Revisited (e-book)

http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?vaksam_PERSONALITY

Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited (Narcissus Publications)

http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?vaksam_MSL

Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited (e-book)

http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?vaksam_MSL-EBOOK

Toxic Relationships: Abuse and its Aftermath (e-book)

http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?vaksam_ABUSE

The Narcissist and Psychopath in the Workplace

http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?vaksam_WORKPLACE

Abusive Relationships Workbook (e-book)

http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?vaksam_WORKBOOK

Pathological Narcissism FAQs (e-book)

http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?vaksam_FAQS

The World of the Narcissist (e-book)

http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?vaksam_ESSAY

Excerpts from the Archives of the Narcissism List (e-book)

http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?vaksam_EXCERPTS

Diary of a Narcissist (e-book)

http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?vaksam_JOU AL

The Narcissist and Psychopath in Therapy (e-book)

http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?vaksam_THERAPY

Articles by this expert

SelfGrowth articles and saved writing connected to this expert.

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Article

Personality Disorders as an Insanity Defense

"It is an ill thing to knock against a deaf-mute, an imbecile, or a minor. He that wounds them is culpable, but if they wound him they are not culpable." (Mishna, Babylonian Talmud) Some personality disorders are culture-bound. Critics charge that these "mental illnesses" mostly serve as an ...

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Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD)

Obsessions and compulsions are about control of self (mental) and others (interpersonal). People with the Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) are conce ed (worried and anxious) about maintaining control and about being seen to be maintaining it. In other words, they are also ...

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Depression and the Narcissist

Question: My husband is a narcissist and is constantly depressed. Is there any connection between these two problems? Answer: Assuming that these are clinically established facts, there is no necessary connection between them. In other words, there is no proven high correlation between ...

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Misdiagnosing Personality Disorders as Asperger's Disorder

Personality disorders cannot be safely diagnosed prior to early adolescence. Still, though frequently found between the ages of 3 and 6, Asperger's Disorder is often misdiagnosed as a cluster B personality disorder, most often as the Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). The Asperger's ...

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Avoiding Your Abuser - The Conflictive Posture

There is nothing special about the body language or behavior patterns of the abuser. If your abuser is a narcissist, his pathology is evident on first sight (read "How to Recognize a Narcissist"). But not all abusers are narcissists. Regrettably, most victims find themselves trapped long before ...

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Why Do We Love Pets?

The presence of pets activates in us two primitive psychological defense mechanisms: projection and narcissism. Projection is a defense mechanism intended to cope with internal or exte al stressors and emotional conflict by attributing to another person or object (such as a pet) - usually falsely - thoughts, feelings, wishes, impulses, needs, and hopes deemed forbidden or unacceptable by the projecting party. In the case of pets, projection works through anthropomorphism: we attribute to animals our traits, behavior patterns, needs, wishes, emotions, and cognitive processes.

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The Mind Of The Abuser

To embark on our exploration of the abusive mind, we first need to agree on a taxonomy of abusive behaviours. Methodically observing abuse is the surest way of getting to know the perpetrators. Abusers appear to be suffering from dissociation (multiple personality). At home, they are ...

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The Guilt of the Abused - Pathologizing the Victim

It is telling that precious few psychology and psychopathology textbooks dedicate an entire chapter to abuse and violence. Even the most egregious manifestations – such as child sexual abuse – merit a fleeting mention, usually as a sub-chapter in a larger section dedicated to paraphilias or ...

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Psychosis, Delusions, and Personality Disorders

Introduction to Psychosisn Psychosis is chaotic thinking that is the result of a severely impaired reality test ( the patient cannot tell inner fantasy from outside reality). Some psychotic states are short-lived and transient (microepisodes). These last from a few hours to a few days and are ...

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Adolescent Narcissist - A Case Study

Donovan, 16 years old, is incapable of loving and, therefore, has never loved you, his mother (or, for that matter, anyone else, himself included) in his entire life. His natural capacity to love and to return love was all but eliminated by his horrid childhood. We practice loving first and ...

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The Masochistic Patient - A Case Study

Disclaimer The Masochistic personality disorder was included in the DSM III-TR but removed from the DSM IV and from its text revision, the DSM IV-TR. This move was criticized by some scholars, notably Theodore Millon. Notes of first therapy session with Sam, male, 46, diagnosed with ...

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Brain and Personality

Phineas Gage was a 25 years old construction foreman who lived in Vermont in the 1860s. While working on a railroad bed, he packed powdered explosives into a hole in the ground, using tamping iron. The powder heated and blew in his face. The tamping iron rebounded and pierced the top of his ...

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Websites & resources

SelfGrowth-published websites, downloads, and contributor profile websites connected to this expert.

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Website

A Primer on Narcissism

A psychodynamic study of pathological narcissism and the developmental and cultural roots of the Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD).

September 23, 2007

Website

A Primer on Narcissism

A psychodynamic study of pathological narcissism and the developmental and cultural roots of the Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD).

September 23, 2007

Website

A Primer on Narcissism

September 23, 2007

Website

HealthyPlace Narcissistic Personality Disorder Community

September 23, 2007

Website

HealthyPlace Narcissistic Personality Disorder Community

September 23, 2007

Website

HealthyPlace Narcissistic Personality Disorder Community

Narcisssistic PD and abuse by narcissists - FAQs, essays, links, and book excerpts.

September 23, 2007

Website

Ask Sam Vaknin - Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Q&A regarding the Narcissistic Personality Disorder and relationships with abusive narcissists.

September 23, 2007

Website

Ask Sam Vaknin - Narcissistic Personality Disorder

September 23, 2007

Website

Pathological Narcissism FAQs

September 23, 2007

Website

Pathological Narcissism FAQs

The Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Pathological Narcissism and Psychopathy Described and Analyzed in 82 frequently asked questions (FAQs).

September 23, 2007

Website

Pathological Narcissism FAQs

September 23, 2007

Website

Archives of the Narcissistic Abuse Study List

September 23, 2007

Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Sam Vaknin

Dear Author/Editor,

I am Sam Vaknin, author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" , a work of reference about the Narcissistic Personality Disorder and eight other books about personality disorders.

I have been studying pathological, malignant narcissism for several years now, mostly in the following contexts:

I. Corporate settings and in Politics - click HERE for online resources

II. Abusive and Dysfunctional relationships - click HERE for online resources

Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is a serious, often undiagnosed condition, frequently related to abuse in childhood.

In many cases the disorder compels the sufferer to become the abuser in turn.

Once almost unheard of,pathological narcissism is now considered to be at the heart of phenomena as diverse as corporate malfeasance, workplace bullying, the emergence of murderous dictatorships, domestic violence, and serial killings.

I would be delighted to assist you in putting together a report, a segment, an issue, an article, or series of articles - regarding this disorder.

Click here to review some ideas for articles!

I am also available for interviews.

Click here to download extensive excerpts from my book, or the full text of "The Narcissism Book of Quotes".

Review copies of my book are available upon request - click here to write to my publisher and read some Testimonials.

Kindly scroll down to learn more about me, how I can help you, my contact details and additional online resources.

Online Photo Exhibition: The Old-New Face of the Narcissist - Click HERE!!!

About Me

I am the author of Malignant Self Love: Narcissism Revisited. (number 1 bestseller in its category in Barnes and Noble). My work is quoted in well over 1000 scholarly publications and in over 5000 books (full list here).

The Web site "Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited" was, for many years, an Open Directory Cool Site and is a Psych-UK recommended Site.

I am not a mental health professional though I am certified in psychological counseling techniques by Brainbench.

I served as the editor of Mental Health Disorders categories in the Open Directory Project and on Mentalhelp.net. I maintain my own Websites about the Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) and about relationships with abusive narcissists and psychopaths here and in HealthyPlace.

You can read my work on many other Web sites: Mental Health Matters, Mental Health Sanctuary, Mental Health Today, Kathi's Mental Health Reviewand others. I write a column for Bellaonline on Narcissism and Abusive Relationships and am a frequent contributor to Websites such as Self-growth.com and Bizymoms (where I am an expert on personality disorders).

You can view my biography here.

I suggest you read this first, "What is Pathological Narcissism?"

How Can I help

Subject to appropriate credit, I would be happy:

I. To write materials for the article/issue

II. Collaborate with the authors/editors of the article/issue

III. Participate with an interview

IV. Grant you access to the members of my extensive e-mail lists (more than 6000 members)

V. Grant you permission to quote, at any length, from my books about narcissism (and especially from "Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited")

VI. Provide oral or written background material.

Contacting Sam Vaknin

Contact Details

I travel often but you can always contact me through my numbers in Macedonia.

The local time is GMT+1 or EST+6.

I can be contacted by phone (or via Skype - click HERE to learn more):

(From the USA)

011-389-70-565-488

(From outside the USA)

+389-70-565-488

E-mail:

palma@unet.com.mk

vaksam@mt.net.mk (Backup address. Kindly copy all correspondence to both e-mail addresses)

How to Use Skype to Interview me:

1. You can simply use Skype to call my landline, or my cell phone.

2. OR:

You can download Skype 4.0 or later and establish a 3-way connection to Sam Vaknin by first calling Sam, then calling/adding in your show's call-in number.

You can place a 3-way call to Sam Vaknin. Your Skype (computer) is able to connect your U.S. land phone with Sam's land phone (Macedonia). It should be done as a Skype 3-way 'conference' call.

For Sam to 'call in' to your radio show, this is what to do:

Call Sam's land phone (using Skype on your computer), then call your show's call-in number. The call then becomes a 3-way 'conference' call. If you put your own Skype microphone on 'mute', you can eliminate all background noise from your end of the 'conference.'

Summary:

Either, use Skype to call Sam's landline, or his cell phone.

OR:

Use Skype on your computer, call your own #, then call (add in) Sam's number in Macedonia.

You can also use your land line phone for a 3-way (no Skype). Just add an international long-distance plan to your account and try a 3-way using your own phone.