The speaker reviewed multiple models of narcissism—sociosexuality, the agency model, and the dominant psychodynamic/psychonamic synthesis—highlighting core traits such as grandiosity, entitlement, approach orientation, compulsivity, and repetition compulsion. He explained developmental origins (early childhood abuse or over-spoiling), introduced the “shared fantasy” mechanism and its staged dynamics (spotting, auditioning, baiting, co-idealization, love-bombing, the hall-of-mirrors, the dual-mothership bond, and eventual devaluation) that produce intense, co-dependent mother–child style attachments. The talk emphasized narcissistic relationships as compulsive reenactments that test and abuse partners to confirm ‘motherhood,’ leading to profound grief on separation and limited capacity for learning or lasting individuation. How Narcissist Baits You to Become His/her Mother (Skopje Seminar Day 2 Opening, May 2025)