Traumatic Narcissism (1st Edition)

Relational Systems of Subjugation

By: Daniel Shaw

Narrated by: David Marantz

Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins

Publisher's summary

In Traumatic Narcissism, Daniel Shaw presents a way of understanding the traumatic impact of narcissism as it is engendered developmentally and as it is enacted relationally. Focusing on the dynamics of narcissism in interpersonal relations, Shaw describes the relational system of what he terms the "traumatizing narcissist" as a system of subjugation - the objectification of one person in a relationship as the means of enforcing the dominance of the subjectivity of the other.

Bringing together theories of trauma and attachment, intersubjectivity and complementarity, and the rich clinical sensibility of the relational psychoanalysis tradition, Shaw demonstrates how narcissism can best be understood not merely as character, but as the result of the specific trauma of subjugation, in which one person is required to become the object for a significant other who demands hegemonic subjectivity. Traumatic Narcissism presents therapeutic clinical opportunities not only for psychoanalysts of different schools, but for all mental health professionals working with a wide variety of modalities. Although primarily intended for the professional psychoanalyst and psychotherapist, this is also a book that therapy patients and general audiences will find highly accessible and illuminating.

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Incredible

Perhaps the most profound book I’ve listened to in a long time. The most honest and informative book on narcissism I think I’ve ever had the privilege of taking in.

A very insightful book

This book gave me a lot of perspective on what traumatic narcissism actually looks like and I’d like to thank the production company and DS for making it

Depends on interest level

This book was well-written and researched. It was extremely clinical/academic, though. The writing assumes that the reader already has a basic knowledge of psychology, therapeutic practices, and human behavior. This is an excellent source for clinicians who want to better understand the effects that the behavior of a traumatic narcissist can have on their children and others close to them. It is also an excellent source for students going into the mental health field. Although it started out slow, it was an interesting read overall.

Great resources

This book is very clear and well researched and sheds light on complicated dynamics! I learned so much about my own wounding through reading it.

Amazing Resource for Narcissism!

Oh, wow, where to begin! There is nothing I don't love about this book (except the price to get a print version and the voice of the audiobook narrator).

1. This is a book for people interested in the details of the mental health field and although I don't know what I don't know, it seems like this covered everything about narcissism concisely.

The details should be publicized widely: everyone has a little bit of narcissism (some too little), and those with extreme narcissism can be shown compassion and love by therapists who want to and can help!

I absolutely loved the literary references and the clinical examples were touching.

This sounds really weird for a technical manual on narcissism but this is one of my favorite books. It's intellectual but so human at the same time.

It really spoke to my soul, satisfied my curiosity, and tickled my brain.

I tried 🤷

This subject fascinates me, and this book was recommended in other books on related topics. However, the text is dry and clinical, and the narrator sounds like a chatbot. Couldn't get past the first chapter.

Difficult to follow

The narrator’s voice was distractive. The book seems to focus on one form of narcissism, this should haven clarified the summary.

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it was sort of reasonable, until one sided politics was injected, and the author sounded exactly like the narcissist he was pooping all the whole time.