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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- N Friends
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- Nice child became an N young adult...
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- whats the best prevention i can plan?
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- Lying? Or something else?
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- Why do narcissists get married
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- Narcissism and Alcoholism
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- NM
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- question about exN
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- Daughter's Narcissistic Boyfriend
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- I think I might suffer from Narcissist
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- Am I crazy or am I dealing with a Narcissist?
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- violence
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- Do INs have a better chance of recovery?
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- My N mother
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- Help! I need to break this cycle
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- Dr. V: Ns link to gender?
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- The Lying
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- If a borderline, how to know if it's in your head?
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- Hi Dr S V
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- The narcissist and reality
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- One element missing
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- Narcissism and ADD/ADHD
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- Can't get over it
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- delete
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- Inverted Troubles
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- new to forum
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- MY NMIL TURNED MY HUSBAND INTO A ZOMBIE
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- Cerebral narcissist in a somatic phase
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- his kids
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- Long-term PTSD vs. NPD
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- Recognizing other Ns
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- is it me?
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- Do most N's have self-awarness about their condition?
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- When your child stands up to N Dad
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- How do I get my ex to stop fighting to win the kids?
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- Different kind of N?
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- Question for Sam-
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- N in our family
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- Should I report sucide notes?
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- Somatic Narcissist falling apart
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- Hyper sexual
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- Love and Sadness
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- Hillary Clinton, is she one?
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- Dear Sam
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- Just won't let go
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- Wrong
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- Taken to court by narcissist/ psychopath
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- Different Type of Narcissist
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- Stats on children with NPD parent(s)
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- Figuring out my ex's behaviour.
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- Going to Court in 3 wks
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- any advice re: living with injustice, etc?
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- Does it run in the family?
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- Spontaneous Disconnection
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- I think mum has NPD please help me as I feel alone with this
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- Question from 'learning' -- Sister's Irrational Behaviour
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