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Your Defensive Identification with the Aggressor (Abuser)

The psychological concept of “identifying with the aggressor,” where victims of abuse unconsciously adopt traits and behaviors of their abusers as a defense mechanism to cope with trauma and gain a sense of control. This process, rooted in childhood development and psychoanalytic theory, often leads to maladaptive coping, perpetuates the cycle of abuse, and results in long-term negative mental health impacts. Despite being a survival strategy, this identification does not protect victims but exacerbates victimization, causing internal conflict and complicating recovery.

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03.10.2025

Back to Our Future: Neo-Feudalism is End of Enlightenment (Starts 01:27)

The speaker discussed the ongoing societal shift from Enlightenment ideals—science, liberal democracy, and bureaucracy—toward a resurgence of feudalism characterized by theocracy, oligarchy, and totalitarianism. This regression reflects widespread disillusionment with elitism and institutional failure, leading to a nihilistic period where the masses reject Enlightenment values in favor of authoritarian models reminiscent of the Renaissance and Middle Ages. The speaker concludes that this transition represents a clash between two opposing worldviews, with feudalism and totalitarianism likely to dominate in the near future. Neo-Feudalism.

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02.10.2025

Healthy Self-regulation vs. Dysregulation

Sam Vaknin explores the concept of self-regulation, emphasizing that it primarily concerns controlling behavior rather than internal processes, and highlights its significance in goal attainment and impulse control. He critiques the traditional notion of the “self” in self-regulation, noting the fluidity of identity and the social context’s role, and discusses the challenges posed by impulse control disorders and emotional dysregulation, especially in conditions like borderline personality disorder. The talk also touches on the distinction between self-regulation and self-management, the biological basis of impulses, and behavioral therapy’s role in developing regulatory strategies.

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01.10.2025

SECRET Reason Narcissist Devalues, Discards YOU

The speaker explores the complex behaviors of narcissists, particularly their tendencies to devalue, discard, and replace partners as a reenactment of unresolved childhood conflicts with their mothers. They explain how narcissists manipulate their partners mentally by internalizing and controlling their inner critic and ego functions, leading to emotional abuse that is more about the narcissist’s internal struggles than the victim. The discussion concludes by connecting the rise of narcissism to broader societal shifts from agricultural to urban living, and predicts even more adverse psychological effects with the advent of the metaverse and virtual realities.

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01.10.2025

When YOU Adopt Slave Mentality in Narcissist’s Shared Fantasy

The speaker explored the concept of slave mentality in victims of narcissistic abuse, explaining how narcissists enforce a shared fantasy that suppresses victims’ autonomy and identity. The speaker emphasized that victims often succumb to this mentality because it offers a deceptive sense of safety, predictability, and unconditional love akin to a secure childhood base. Additionally, the discussion highlighted how abuse and slave mentality serve as organizing principles providing victims with a structured, albeit harmful, worldview that is difficult to escape despite the oppressive nature of the relationship.

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01.10.2025

10 Signs: YOU are Broken, Damaged, Scarred

Sam Vaknin discusses the psychological patterns and clinical features common among damaged and broken individuals, emphasizing the impacts of trauma, mistrust, emotional detachment, and difficulties with intimacy and boundaries. He highlights defense mechanisms such as hypervigilance, emotional numbness, conflict avoidance, perfectionism, and the harsh inner critic, explaining how these behaviors serve as survival strategies but ultimately hinder healthy relationships. Vaknin encourages therapy and self-awareness to overcome these patterns, promoting the acceptance of inherent self-worth independent of achievements or others’ approval. 10 Signs: YOU are Broken, Damaged, Scarred

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29.09.2025

Narcissism is So Hard to Believe! (with Yulia Kasprzhak, Clinician)

In-depth analysis of narcissistic personality disorder, emphasizing the distinction between narcissists, psychopaths, and borderlines, highlighting narcissists as delusional and psychotic with impaired reality testing and confabulation rather than manipulative liars. It discussed the complexities of narcissistic relationships, including “hoovering,” the dynamics of narcissistic abuse, and the detrimental impact on partners, advocating no contact as the only long-term solution. The session also touched on the challenges in treating narcissism, potential future medical advancements, and the interactions and conflicts between narcissists and psychopaths in relationships.

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29.09.2025

Your Therapist Ignores Your BODY At YOUR Peril (Vaknin Narcissism Summaries YouTube Channel)

The speaker discussed the complex relationship between psychological trauma, especially from narcissistic abuse, and the manifestation of somatic symptom and conversion disorders, emphasizing that these physical symptoms are genuine expressions of psychological distress rather than fabricated or purely neurological conditions. The talk also highlighted the diagnostic evolution from somatization and conversion disorders to somatic symptom and functional neurological symptom disorders, noting the importance of recognizing the psychological underpinnings often overlooked by medical professionals. Finally, the speaker introduced an upcoming seminar focused on evidence-based healing techniques for narcissistic abuse survivors and encouraged engagement for deeper understanding and recovery. Your Therapist Ignores Your BODY At YOUR Peril (Vaknin Narcissism Summaries YouTube Channel)

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27.09.2025

3 Ways to Manipulate Codependent People-pleasers (Clip: Vaknin Narcissism Summaries YouTube Channel)

The video discusses three manipulative steps to control people pleasers: clearly communicate expectations, show measured pleasure when expectations are met, and express profound disappointment when they fail. It then delves into the psychological dynamics of people pleasers, highlighting their core automatic thoughts such as believing their happiness comes at others’ expense, needing to earn happiness through hard work, having to bribe others for acceptance, and feeling compelled to compromise their own boundaries. These insights explain the internal struggles of people pleasers and those parentified in childhood, linking their behaviors to deep-seated beliefs and introjects from critical or absent parental figures. Vaknin Narcissism Summaries

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27.09.2025

Narcissist Talks AT You – Not TO You (Clip) (Vaknin Narcissism Summaries YouTube Channel)

The speaker explained that effective communication with narcissists involves focusing on the underlying motives behind their words rather than the content itself. They outlined four primary reasons narcissists communicate: to impress and manipulate others, to confabulate due to memory gaps, to support their grandiose self-image, and to exert control for personal gain. Ultimately, narcissistic communication is goal-oriented and weaponized to maintain their false self and influence others.

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26.09.2025

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