Sam Vaknin explained that narcissists perceive others not as separate external entities but as internal objects or avatars within their own minds, using primitive defenses such as projection and splitting
The dynamics of abusive relationships, emphasizing how victims unconsciously bribe their abusers by conforming to a submissive and dependent role to maintain their presence. The abuser sustains a grandiose self-image
The next stage, having converted you into a maternal figure in his own mind, the narcissist tests you. And then he continues to do the same to you because he
when I pioneered the field of narcissistic abuse in the 1980s I also coined the phrase all I had at my disposal were studies by scholars with who preceded me
