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Is he or isn't he?

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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Is he or isn't he?

Postby winnie on Sat Oct 24, 2009 10:52 am

Hi there, this is my only question based upon:
Initially charming, proposed soon after meeting me. Expected more and more from me when he got a new male business colleague and friend. Extra sensitive, always pre-empting my ending the relationship, but I was never trying to. Sees friends as weak if they put family before him. Hates negative critisism, even when feedback is asked for, and genuinely given. Is envious of people with children....calling them brats, dislikes older people calling them oxygen thieves, is racist. Doesn't approve of qualifications. Used to talk about spoiling me, or me spoiling him, odd in an adult relationship. Poor memory relied totally on computer for birthdays etc. Reliant on spreadsheets for everything. Doesn't celebrate birthdays or Christmas, has many insecurities, too fat, boring( which he can be, simply because he likes to hear himself speak), short legs, double chin, needs a hip replacement. Uses phrases such as I'm speaking now. Used to check up on me, although it was a long distance relationship, and his wife had walked out on him, however I trusted him.
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Re: Is he or isn't he?

Postby samvaknin on Wed Nov 04, 2009 5:06 pm

Only a qualified mental health diagnostician can determine whether someone suffers from Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) and this, following lengthy tests and personal interviews.

These may be of help - click on the links:

http://malignantselflove.tripod.com/1.html

http://malignantselflove.tripod.com/npdglance.html

http://malignantselflove.tripod.com/faq82.html

http://malignantselflove.tripod.com/faqpd.html

Click on these links for detailed topic guides - everything you ever wanted
to know about narcissists and psychopaths:

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Toxic Relationships with Malignant Narcissists and Psychopaths
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How to Recognize a Narcissist or a Psychopath on Your First Date, Before It
is Too Late?

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/na ... ssage/4976

Narcissists and Personality disordered Mates, Spouses, and Partners

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/na ... ssage/5013

Narcissists, psychopaths, sex, and marital fidelity

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/na ... ssage/4920

Narcissistic and Psychopathic Parents and Their Children

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/na ... ssage/4727

Projection and Projective Identification - Abuser in Denial

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/na ... ssage/5002

Approach-Avoidance Repetition Complex and Fear of Intimacy

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The Narcissist or Psychopath Hates your Independence and Personal Autonomy

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I miss him so much - I want him back!

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/na ... ssage/4934

Guilt? What guilt?

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/na ... ssage/4931

How Victims are Pathologized and re-abused by the System

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/na ... ssage/5068

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The Narcissist and Psychopath in Society
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The Narcissist and Psychopath as Criminals

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/na ... ssage/5003

The Narcissist is Above the Law

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/na ... ssage/4983

The Narcissist as Liar and Con-man

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/na ... ssage/4951

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Pathological Narcissism, Narcissistic Personality disorder and Psychopathy
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Does the Narcissist Have a Multiple Personality (Dissociative Identity
Disorder)?

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/na ... ssage/4950

Narcissists as Drama Queens

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/na ... ssage/4948

The Narcissist as Know-it-all

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/na ... ssage/4945

The Narcissist as VAMPIRE or MACHINE

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/na ... ssage/4944

Narcissists and Psychopaths Devalue Their Psychotherapists

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/na ... ssage/4939

Violent, Vindictive, Sadistic, and Psychopathic Narcissists

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/na ... ssage/4938

Portrait of the Narcissist as a Young Man

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/na ... ssage/5048

Grandiosity, Fantasies, and Narcissism

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/na ... ssage/4923

Narcissists and Emotions

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/na ... ssage/5248

Narcissists and Mood Disorders

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/na ... ssage/5067
Encyclopedia of Narcissism and Psychopathy:

http://www.narcissistic-abuse.com/siteindex.html

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