
Prof. Sam Vaknin
Professor of Psychology, Business Management in CIAPS (Cambridge, Birmingham UK; Ontario, Canada; Lagos, Nigeria), SEEU (Visiting, N. Macedonia). My work relies on interviews with thousands of narcissists. I use "I" for dramatic educational purposes only. See links for rebuttal of smear campaign. PhD in Physics. Visiting Professor of Psychology, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia (2017-22). Former economic advisor to governments, multinationals. Founder Healthcare Committee, Macedonia. Columnist, editor. Narcissist or Psychopath in your life? Subject to abuse, heartbreak, dysfunctional relationships, violence, intimidation, stalking, or harassment? This is the channel for you: insider info, evidence-based tips, and time-tested advice. Based on the bible of narcissism: "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" by Sam Vaknin (1st edition 1999, 10th edition. in 2015). Resume/bio: http://www.narcissistic-abuse.com/cv.html Twitter: https://www.x.com/samvaknin
Episodes


Narcissist’s Discordant Notes: Why Uncanny Valley Reaction (Conference Presentation)

3 Narcissists: Faker, Iconoclast, Doomsayer

Why Narcissist Warns You: Stay Away? Upfront Narcissist: Preemptive Disclosure, Ostentatious Honesty

Exorcise Narcissist in Your Mind (EXCERPT Lecture in University of Applied Sciences, Elbląg, Poland)
Recovering from narcissistic abuse requires navigating complex, multi-layered grief stemming from the dissolution of the "shared fantasy," where the victim mourns the loss of both a child and a mother figure. Narcissists exploit "entrainment"—using repetitive, hypnotic communication—to install a hostile "introject" tha...

Narcissist’s Mask of Normalcy, Normality

How Narcissist Survives Defeats, Errors, Failures

Narcissist’s Opium: How Narcissists Use Fantasies to RULE

Narcissist's MELTDOWN: Becomes Raging Borderline, Psychopath (Narcissism Summaries YouTube Channel)

How You BEHAVE is NOT Who you ARE (Identity, Memory, Self)

Unconditional Love in Adult Relationships (Family Insourcing and Outsourcing)

Sociosexual Narcissist: CRM vs. Agency Models (Clip Skopje Seminar Opening, May 2025)

Baited, Ejected: YOU in Narcissist’s Shared Fantasy (CLIP, University of Applied Sciences, Poland)

Psychology of Fraud and Corruption (Criminology Intro in CIAPS, Cambridge, UK)

Abuse Victims MUST Watch This! (with Psychotherapist Renzo Santa María)

"Bad" Relationships Are Opportunities (with Daria Zukowska, Clinical Psychologist)

Narcissism: BIBLE Got There FIRST! (FULL VIDEO in Description)

Why Narcissists MUST Abuse YOU (Skopje Seminar Opening, May 2025)
Pathological narcissism functions as a contagious mental illness that traps victims within a "shared fantasy," a surrealistic landscape where the narcissist converts others into internal objects to regulate their own profound emptiness. This process, often mistaken for genuine intimacy, relies on the narcissist’s inabi...

How Narcissists Betray You to Protect Their False Self (Narcissism Summaries YouTube Channel)

Narcissists Never Criticize: They Vanish YOU Instead
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