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Narcissistic Abuse: View from the Amazon (with Marcia Maia)

The meeting involved a detailed discussion on narcissism, its psychological impact, and distinctions from psychopathy and borderline personality disorder, emphasizing the deep trauma caused by narcissistic mothers. The speakers explored the unconscious dynamics of narcissistic abuse, the victim’s addiction to idealization phases, and the challenges of recognizing and healing from such abuse. Additionally, the conversation highlighted the complexity of narcissistic identity, the difficulty in differentiating it from related disorders, and the importance of alternative supportive models for affected children. Narcissistic Abuse: View from the Amazon (with Marcia Maia)

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15.11.2025
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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

Narcissist’s Idealization in Grandiosity Bubble

Sam Vaknin explained the concept of grandiosity bubbles as defensive fantasy constructs narcissists create to maintain an inflated self-image and avoid confronting reality, especially during transitions between sources of narcissistic supply. These bubbles serve as temporary, protective isolations where the narcissist can recover from narcissistic injury without experiencing humiliation or collapse, contrasting with more stable shared fantasies maintained in pathological narcissistic spaces. The grandiosity bubble ultimately dissolves without harm, enabling the narcissist to resume their manipulative cycles of idealization, devaluation, and exploitation.

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04.10.2025

How AI Psychosis will Drive Us All Insane: Confirmation Bias, Crowdsourced Echo Chamber Chatbots

Critical view of generative artificial intelligence, particularly chatbots like ChatGPT, arguing that they operate on confirmation bias and create echo chambers that can exacerbate users’ mental health issues, including psychosis and delusions. They highlighted that AI chatbots often provide incorrect, suggestible, and biased information, reinforcing users’ existing beliefs and potentially triggering severe psychotic episodes, especially in vulnerable individuals. The speaker stressed the lack of regulation and research on “AI psychosis,” warning of the significant psychological risks posed by these technologies in the absence of counterbalancing human interaction.

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23.09.2025

(Part 2) 10 Ways Narcissist Distorts Your Worldview (EXCERPT Skopje Seminar, 2025)

The speaker discussed how narcissists manipulate others by creating a shared fantasy that isolates victims from reality and social connections, undermining their self-worth and trust in themselves. This manipulation involves projective identification where the narcissist projects their internalized negative traits onto the victim, leading to feelings of unlovability and existential loneliness. The speaker also touched on the differences between narcissism and psychosis, and introduced the concept of malignant narcissists who combine narcissism with psychopathy and sadism, emphasizing the complex psychological impact on victims.

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07.09.2025

“Betraying” the Narcissist: Don’t Feel Guilty! (Survivor Guilt)

Discussed the complex emotions of survivor guilt experienced by those who have endured narcissistic abuse, emphasizing the deep sense of betrayal and responsibility survivors feel toward the narcissist, who is likened to a traumatized child trapped in an adult body. It highlighted the destructive nature of the narcissistic relationship as a toxic fantasy, where survivors mistakenly blame themselves for the failure of the relationship, despite the narcissist’s incapacity for genuine love or pain. Ultimately, the meeting encouraged survivors to understand that they are abandoning an illusion and to prioritize their own healing and self-preservation above the destructive dynamic.

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31.08.2025

Narcissist: YOUR Colleague, Co-worker, Employee

The speaker discussed the challenges posed by narcissistic employees in hierarchical workplaces, emphasizing their disruptive behaviors such as bullying, conspiracy, subversion, and manipulation to restore their damaged self-image. These employees undermine teamwork, foster toxic corporate cultures through deception, entitlement, and unethical shortcuts, ultimately causing organizational decay and conflict. The speaker strongly advised immediate dismissal of narcissistic employees to prevent widespread contamination and protect the work environment.

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31.08.2023

When YOU Discard the Narcissist FIRST

Sam Vaknin explained the psychological effects on a narcissist when they are discarded by a partner before they have the chance to devalue and discard the other person, highlighting the resulting narcissistic injury or mortification. He detailed the narcissist’s subsequent reactions, including emotional dysregulation, abandonment anxiety, dissociation, and often coercive efforts to restore the shared fantasy through hoovering or replacement relationships. The discussion emphasized the narcissist’s internal struggle with self-image, grief over the lost relationship, and the repetitive cycle of idealization, devaluation, and discard with new partners.

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18.08.2023

Push Narcissist’s 4 Secret Buttons (Starts 07:50): “Gamma Man” or Agent of Chaos, Madness?

The speaker analyzed the four secret buttons of narcissists—precocious child, conquering hero, father guru, and divinity—that govern their behavior and interpersonal dynamics, explaining ways to either maintain or dismantle the narcissistic shared fantasy. The discussion emphasized the complexity and spectrum of narcissistic personality disorder, highlighting its pervasive influence on cognition, emotion, and relationships, and introduced the concept of gamma males as a subset related to schizoid cerebral narcissism. The speaker also explored the chaos narcissists bring by forcing constant self-reflection and disruption, underpinning their role as agents of madness and disorder in social interactions.

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15.08.2021

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