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Sick Society Makes YOU Sick (Loneliness Industry Podcast)

The podcast episode featured an in-depth conversation with Sam Vaknin on the psychological cycle of narcissism, exploring the transition between covert and overt narcissistic states and their societal implications. They examined the pathological nature of Western spiritualism, magical thinking, and collective delusions as coping mechanisms for vulnerability and disempowerment. The discussion also critiqued contemporary psychology’s limitations, the social control embedded in mental health diagnoses, and the impact of atomization and fear-driven conformity on individual autonomy and empathy. Sick Society Makes YOU Sick (Loneliness Industry Podcast)

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15.11.2025
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When Narcissist Reminds You of Someone: Narcissistic Transferences (Idealizing, Mirror, Twinship)

The video discussed the psychological concept of transference, particularly focusing on narcissistic transference as explained through psychoanalysis and self psychology. It detailed how individuals project unresolved childhood dynamics onto others, creating expectations that these new relationships fulfill past unmet needs, often leading to distorted perceptions and dysfunctional interactions. The speaker emphasized the therapeutic importance of recognizing and working through transference and counter-transference to improve self-awareness and relational functioning, especially in narcissistic relationships. When Narcissist Reminds You of Someone: Narcissistic Transferences (Idealizing, Mirror, Twinship)

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15.11.2025
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Lovebombing to Discard: 5 Energies of Narcissist’s Cathexis Cycle

The video discussed the emotional investment cycle of narcissists, highlighting their characteristic oscillation between intense emotional involvement and complete withdrawal, termed “splitting cathexis.” It explained how narcissists engage in a shared fantasy with others involving stages of idealization, devaluation, discard, and replacement, driven by psychic energy allocation to internal objects rather than genuine external attachments. The presenter emphasized that narcissistic behaviors are governed by unconscious energy management, with transitions between relationships following specific psychological rules rather than randomness. Lovebombing to Discard: 5 Energies of Narcissist’s Cathexis Cycle

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15.11.2025
Borderline Enchantress

Tips: Survive Your Borderline Enchantress

The lecture discussed coping strategies for living with individuals, particularly women, with borderline personality disorder (BPD), highlighting core issues such as abandonment anxiety, identity disturbance, emotional dysregulation, and transient paranoid ideation. It emphasized the importance of establishing stability, reality testing, communication protocols, emotional regulation techniques, and gradual transfer of personal responsibility to help manage symptoms and prevent harmful behaviors like self-mutilation and acting out. While acknowledging the challenges and emotional toll, the speaker also recognized the deep, unconditional love and unique gifts that come with relationships with borderline individuals for those dedicated to sustained effort. Tips: Survive Your Borderline Enchantress

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13.11.2025
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Sadistic Envy: Pleasure of Destroying Your Betters (Narcissism Summaries Clip)

The video discussed the role of malicious envy as a central characteristic of covert narcissism, highlighting its connection to sadism through the desire to exert power and control over others. It differentiated between grandiose and vulnerable narcissism, emphasizing how both types derive pleasure from dominance and the pain of others, with covert narcissists being more emotionally dysregulated and reliant on controlling others. The discussion concluded that malicious envy and narcissistic rivalry underpin aggressive behaviors that reinforce the narcissist’s grandiose self-image, often leading to destructive outcomes. Sadistic Envy: Pleasure of Destroying Your Betters (Narcissism Summaries Clip)

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13.11.2025
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Silence, Guilt After Narcissist’s Discard (Narcissism Summaries Clip)

The video explored the concept of survivor guilt experienced by those who leave or are discarded by narcissists, emphasizing the complex emotions tied to abandoning a narcissistic partner perceived as a vulnerable child. It highlighted the distorted nature of the narcissist’s identity and the shared fantasy in the relationship, explaining that survival requires rejecting a manipulative, illusory narrative rather than a genuine person. Ultimately, it encouraged survivors to recognize they have not truly abandoned a real individual but a harmful fantasy, urging them to prioritize their own well-being and self-preservation. Silence, Guilt After Narcissist’s Discard (Narcissism Summaries Clip)

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13.11.2025
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Reality as Narcissistic Injury (Grandiosity Gap)

The speaker discussed the inherent contradiction in psychology and self-help between expanding oneself through exploration and the simultaneous societal demand for self-control and limitation. This paradox is pronounced in pathological narcissism, where individuals reject the constraining reality in favor of an inflated, fantastical self-concept, resulting in a persistent conflict between reality and fantasy. The narcissist’s refusal to accept reality leads to narcissistic injury, rage, and abuse, ultimately causing emotional dysregulation and the formation of a false self disconnected from true reality. Reality as Narcissistic Injury (Grandiosity Gap)

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13.11.2025
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Narcissistic Abuse: Un-Shadow Your Life, Mind (with Sara Martinez, Vine Sisters)

In this video, Professor Sam Vaknin discussed the complexities of narcissistic and covert abuse, emphasizing how victims are often trapped in a distorted reality due to the abuser’s manipulative behaviors like gaslighting and intermittent reinforcement. He highlighted the long-term psychological and physiological impacts on survivors, including identity loss, addiction to idealization, and challenges in trusting others, while assuring that recovery is possible with patience and support. Additionally, Professor Vaknin addressed broader societal parallels of abuse, decoding the manipulative tactics of narcissists as well as misconceptions about narcissism, its origins, and the difficulties in healing or changing the abuser. Narcissistic Abuse

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13.11.2025

Borderline’s Mating Strategies, Aggression Mismanaged

The video is focused on the mating strategies and aggression patterns of Cluster B personality disorders, particularly borderline personality disorder (BPD), highlighting their self-defeating behaviors and difficulty in managing aggression. It explained how borderline individuals use manipulative tactics in relationships, struggle with approach-avoidance dynamics due to misdirected aggression, and internalize their anger leading to self-destructive behaviors. The discussion emphasized the need for Cluster B patients to learn healthy externalization and sublimation of aggression through therapy and socially acceptable outlets. Borderline’s Mating Strategies, Aggression Mismanaged

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10.11.2025

Cold Empathy of Psychopathic Narcissists: Uncanny Valley

The speaker discussed the concept of the uncanny valley, likening psychopathic narcissists to humanlike robots that evoke repulsion due to their lack of genuine empathy. They explained that narcissists possess a cold, manipulative form of empathy used primarily for personal gain, contrasting it with true emotional empathy which fosters morality and social connection. The speaker lamented the societal decline in genuine empathy, linking it to increased antisocial behavior, cultural shifts towards narcissism, and a rise in mental health issues marked by empathy deficits. Cold Empathy of Psychopathic Narcissists: Uncanny Valley

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10.11.2025

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