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The FULL TEXT of Sam Vaknin's classic, groundbreaking BIBLE of NARCISSISM and NARCISSISTIC ABUSE, now in its 10th edition. Tips and advice as well as the most complete clinical background. Narcissistic Personality Disorder and its effects on the narcissist, the psychopath and their nearest and dearest in a variety of settings: the family, workplace, in Church, the community, law enforcement, and politics. 100 frequently asked questions and two essays - a total of 730 pages! Reflects the NEW criteria in the recent fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM 5-TR). You are not...

The narcissist ages without mercy and without grace. His withered body and his overwrought mind betray him all at once. He stares with incredulity and rage at cruel mirrors. He refuses to accept his growing fallibility. He rebels against his decrepitude and mediocrity. Accustomed to being awe-inspiring and the recipient of adulation - the narcissist cannot countenance his social isolation and the pathetic figure that he cuts. The narcissist suffers from mental progeria. Subject to childhood abuse, he ages prematurely and finds himself in a time warp, constantly in the throes of a midlife ...

Rescue fantasies, malignant optimism, how to love, live with, or abandon a narcissist, narcissistic tactics, relationship dynamics, remaining friends with the narcissist.

450 pages about Borderline, Narcissistic, Antisocial-Psychopathic, Histrionic, Paranoid, Obsessive-Compulsive, Schizoid, Schizotypal, Masochistic, Sadistic, Depressive, Negativistic-Passive-Aggressive, Dependent, and other Personality Disorders.

Psychodynamic study of pathological narcissism, relationships with abusive narcissists and psychopaths, and Narcissistic Personality Disorder, using a new vocabulary and a model of personality disorders as post-traumatic conditions.

Most con-artists, fraudsters, and scammers are psychopathic narcissists. They have grandiose, delusional fantasies and are convinced in their own omnipotence and immunity. They are above the Law. Indeed, they are a law unto themselves. They cultivate cults of believers, followers, and fans: ultimately, their victims.

Sam Vaknin served as economic advisor to several governments and in various management functions in multinationals. He is the former UPI Senior Business Correspondent and the author of several books and numerous articles on topics in economics, business management, and finance. In his programmatic and data-laden tome, “Capital in the Twenty-first Century” (2014), Thomas Piketty makes several assertions, two of which merit a closer look: (1) That r (the return on capital) is, in the long-run always greater than g (the growth of the real economy), thus enriching the rich; and (2) that ...

Dozens of Frequently Asked Questions regarding Pathological Narcissism, relationships with abusive narcissists and psychopaths, and Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD).

A first-hand account of the anatomy of a malignant mental illness (Narcissistic Personality Disorder): its traumatic origins, its inexorable unfolding, its pernicious outcomes.

I. What is Narcissistic Supply? II. What are the functions of Narcissistic Supply in the narcissistic pathology? III. Why does the narcissist devalue his Source of Secondary Narcissistic Supply (SSNS)? IV. Could negative input serve as Narcissistic Supply (NS)? V. Does the narcissist want to be liked? VI. How does the narcissist treat his former Sources of Narcissistic Supply? VII. How does the Narcissist React to Deficient Narcissistic Supply?

Writing is like painting with words. A long time ago, words were comprised of a succession of letters in the form of tiny images (pictograms), or visual ideas (ideograms). People vocalized these images: they uttered them aloud. Words were spoken long before they were written. Some words – known as onomatopoeias - even captured natural sounds: bottle, gurgle, jingle, bubble, or flip-flop. Good writing reflects these rhythms of speech. Good writing is akin to music. In poetry, we come closest to these musical roots of writing. No wonder all songs have poems as their lyrics. Other writing ...

The ancient institution of monogamous marriage is ill-suited to the exigencies of modern Western civilization. People of both genders live and work longer (which renders monogamy impracticable); travel far and away frequently; and are exposed to thousands of tempting romantic alternatives via social networking. But the roots of the crumbling alliance between men and women go deeper and further in time. Long before divorce became a social norm, men and women became two disparate, incompatible, and warring subspecies. The 20th century was a monument to male fatuity: wars and ideologies almost...

Short stories about bizarre mental health disorders. The mind is the most terrifying place of all!

Columns on economics, culture, society, politics, and geopolitics in a changing world.

Some narcissists are lone wolves, recluses, or hermits. They loathe human company and avoid it. All narcissists go through such phases of withdrawal, integral parts of their idealization-devaluation cycles (approach-avoidance repetition complex.) Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) and Schizoid Personality Disorder share the same aetiology, psychodynamics, traits (such as grandiosity) and behavior patterns.

Russia's economy and politics under President Vladimir Putin.

Issues in ethics - the right to life, cloning, abortion, animal rights and other controversial topics.

This is a series of articles written and published in 1996-2000 in Macedonia, in Russia, in Egypt and in the Czech Republic. How the West lost the East. The economics, the politics, the geopolitics, the conspiracies, the corruption, the old and the new, the plough and the internet – it is all here, in prose, as provocative and vitriolic and loving and longing as I could make it. From "The Mind of Darkness": "'The Balkans' – I say – 'is the unconscious of the world'. People stop to digest this metaphor and then they nod enthusiastically. It is here that the repressed memories of ...

Sex is dead as is monogamous marriage. What will replace them? read about alternative lifestyles (such as swinging), sexual preferences (such as bi- and homosexuality), sexual paraphilias (such as incest, fetishism, and pedophilia), and the role of malignant narcissism in the disintegration of all relationships between men and women.

Corruption runs against the grain of meritocratic capitalism. It skews the level playing-field; it imposes onerous and unpredictable transaction costs; it guarantees extra returns where none should have been had; it encourages the misallocation of economic resources; and it subverts the proper functioning of institutions. It is, in other words, without a single redeeming feature, a scourge. Strangely, this is not how it is perceived by its perpetrators: both the givers and the recipients. They believe that corruption helps facilitate the flow and exchange of goods and services in hopelessly...