Sam Vaknin distinguishes constructive truthtelling from sadistic honesty, arguing that honesty becomes harmful when it targets others’ vulnerabilities, is performed publicly to humiliate, or is used for self-aggrandizement. He emphasizes
The speaker provides a structured nine-principle program to recover from narcissistic abuse, grouped into three body principles (attention, regulation, protection), three mind principles (authenticity, positivity, mindfulness), and three systemic functions
Sam Vaknin presents a practical guide to “rebooting your life” focused on self-reliance, honest self-appraisal, and rebuilding a coherent personal narrative that integrates past and present. Key recommendations include cultivating
The lecture outlined the severe mental, emotional and somatic impacts of narcissistic abuse—prolonged grief, betrayal, and the narcissist’s introject that invades the victim’s mind—and emphasized that recovery is possible. It
The speaker discussed the inherent contradiction in psychology and self-help between expanding oneself through exploration and the simultaneous societal demand for self-control and limitation. This paradox is pronounced in pathological
Yesterday I was having a chat on our sunny balcony with my wife and publisher Lydia Rangeloska and suddenly as usual she came up with an incisive insight that got
No text this Monday started off very well which worries me no end because it means the week can only go downhill from here you see I’m catastrophizing this more
uh process if you love yourself as a self-contained self-sufficient system then you don’t love yourself or at the very least you’re not healed self love like any love is
