Sam Vaknin is the author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" and 8 other books about personality disorders and abuse in relationships with narcissists and psychopaths. He is the owner and moderator of support forums and the first person to have written about the Narcissistic Personality disorder (NPD) online (in 1997). He invented many of the terms currently used to describe the disorder and its effects on family, the workplace, and in various professions.
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- OUR FORUM MISSION STATEMENT.
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- OUR FORUM RULES
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- why is the N so malicious?
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- the self-aware N
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- looking for help
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- I Left. Why Am I Soooooo Tired?
by Nikki-Living-Free » Sun Feb 08, 2009 6:04 pm
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- I have been verbly and physically abused by ND, cant survive
by dilop » Mon Feb 09, 2009 11:14 am
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- What makes the N into a marytr?
by alionsheart » Sun Feb 08, 2009 1:07 am
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- why does the N deny himself?
by alionsheart » Mon Feb 09, 2009 11:34 am
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- The mechanism behind the N's obsessive love for mother?
by alionsheart » Sat Jan 31, 2009 2:42 am
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- Pregnancy and Narcissism
by ConcernedK10H » Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:05 pm
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- Tell my ex the truth about what I think about him?
by anotherfreebird » Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:24 am
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- Hi I hope you can help me
by --Michelle-- » Sun Feb 01, 2009 12:25 pm
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- Schizophrenia
by 1PrettyMirror » Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:11 pm
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- How to heal from the N abuse?
by lynn1234 » Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:01 pm
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- Is the narcissist's superiority complex ..
by alionsheart » Mon Jan 26, 2009 2:15 am
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- Am I a narcissist?
by confused_soul » Mon Jan 19, 2009 3:44 am
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- why is this so?and what does it mean?
by myownwings » Fri Jan 09, 2009 4:06 pm
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- why do I keep going back for more abuse?
by lynn1234 » Sun Jan 11, 2009 6:54 am
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- How do I escape?
by fitzpats » Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:13 am
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- NPD and relationship with mother
by lynn1234 » Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:49 pm
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- How is it possible to dertermine if your spouse is a N?
by Married2NPDWife » Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:00 am
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- my stalker
by ahoffma » Fri Jan 02, 2009 1:57 am
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- confused relationship
by polyfila » Sat Jan 03, 2009 1:49 am
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- objects
by beenie1691 » Sun Jan 04, 2009 5:28 pm
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- psycho ex partner
by polyfila » Fri Jan 02, 2009 1:24 am
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- please help
by pinkstar » Fri Dec 26, 2008 5:55 am
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- What is wrong with my daughter?
by Julianne » Sun Dec 14, 2008 3:32 am
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- 15 year old son has gone to live with his father
by kinsey22 » Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:24 pm
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- How often do they discard completely vs continue contact?
by 4Gotten » Thu Nov 20, 2008 10:37 pm
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- hell
by vejimenez » Wed Dec 03, 2008 11:48 pm
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- Survived Divorce 4 years ago - now need HELP!!!!!
by star1 » Sun Nov 16, 2008 3:17 pm
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- need help with this!
by leeann » Thu Nov 13, 2008 7:13 am
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- Is a Sociopath an N?
by lynn1234 » Wed Nov 12, 2008 2:03 pm
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- singled out
by carrie4 » Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:44 pm
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- finishing with a narc and bonding
by john Edwards » Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:21 pm
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- Backlash for Beginning to Separate
by jcliff » Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:13 pm
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- Narcs in the pulpit
by 1PrettyMirror » Sat Nov 01, 2008 12:55 am
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- the woman after you....
by miimaa » Tue Oct 28, 2008 9:01 pm
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- why do N's parrot people ?
by lynn1234 » Fri Oct 24, 2008 12:33 am
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- Narcissist or just one component?
by GypsyGirl » Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:28 pm
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- substance abuse
by beenie1691 » Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:12 pm
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- Oh..where to begin.
by Stacyjo » Mon Oct 20, 2008 5:13 am
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- Yo-Yo effect
by sigmundseamonster » Tue Oct 21, 2008 1:40 am
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- What triggers enlightenment in ACON's - golden child
by sunnyday » Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:15 pm
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- My Islamic Narcissist Husband
by morena_jhilal » Fri Oct 10, 2008 2:50 am
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- Narcissist making you look like the crazy one
by sunnyday » Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:26 pm
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- How do I get daughter to understand w/o ruining relationship
by gideon65 » Thu Oct 09, 2008 1:41 am
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- Visiting my NMIL - please advise
by sunnyday » Fri Oct 10, 2008 8:17 pm
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- I'm a Narcissist magnet
by sigmundseamonster » Thu Oct 09, 2008 1:55 pm
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- Does this sound like an N, Dr. Vaknin?
by guest1 » Thu Oct 02, 2008 1:38 am
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- truth or dare...
by xblackwidowx » Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:00 pm
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- What was he doing to our son?
by sigmundseamonster » Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:32 pm
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- 2nd month of no contact why do I care what he is doing?
by finally » Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:43 pm
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- Having a VERY hard time deciding if I should leave him.
by devaro6969 » Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:11 pm
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- Why they cheat?
by free@last » Sun Sep 28, 2008 7:02 pm
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- Awfulising or truth
by hak » Sun Sep 07, 2008 5:48 pm
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- How can I help my daughter?
by Truly » Fri Sep 19, 2008 4:48 am
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- Why the possessiveness?
by guest1 » Sun Sep 21, 2008 3:15 am
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- to Sam
by mimi2 » Fri Sep 26, 2008 7:11 am
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- "incompatible" PDs?
by zanderman1 » Fri Sep 05, 2008 3:52 pm
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- What happens in his thoughts as he lays dying?
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