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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- NPD and Importance of Past
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- When it becomes a adult NPD?
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- Dealing with narcissist mother
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- Dangerous situation Need Help!
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- Breaking the silence.... without sounding crazy yourself...
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- An inverted Narcissist - the struggle to regain my sanity
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- Dr Sam
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- Is HE an N?
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- "Best" Friend backing off as I get healthier.
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- Attachment Disorder
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- Narcissistic mother in law.
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- Secrecy of Two Lives
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- Question about going NC
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- finding treatment?
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- Bipolar or N?
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- cerebral
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- Is it reasonable to confront with diagnosis?
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- Coparenting with an N
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- What do they think when they are caught in a lie?
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- Question for Dr. Vaknin
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- this is a confusing website... I need advice
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- Question from S
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- Boundries for Narcissistic mother
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- Dr. Sam
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- Would a "full-blown" narcissist do this?
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- Emdr
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- The Psychology of Entertainment
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- Golden child / Mirrored Child - How should I deal ?
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- psychologist involved with NPD possibly psychopath
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- manipulation & emotions involved
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- age of abuse or abandonment
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- From new member Carol
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- Obesssive Compulsive or what?
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- borderline personality disorder
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- Psychopath? I believe
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- Mental Illness/Disorders Philosophy
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- Is my mother brainwashed?
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- Cerebral AND somatic?
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- Suboordinate Friends?
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- Question Please?
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- Why does he insist on seeing me in public?
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- A court challenge for conservatorship of my son with disabil
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- Narcissistic Mother who molests her children
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- Is perfectionism synonymous with narcissism?
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- the manic in manic depressive
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- I need help Dr. Vaknin!
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- wrong diagnosis?
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- Have I done the right thing?
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- Is my friend displaying narcissistic behaviours?
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- Have I been discarded
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- Do Ns/Ps recognize one another?
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- Dr Vaknin
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- I have gone back - I want out
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- when his lies are revealed
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- Will he change?
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- Stalking Narcissist?
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- Talking to your child about their N parent
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- What can I expect next?
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- Future behaviour of a N
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