Previously Members-Only: 1 Hour Live Q&A with Prof. Sam Vaknin

🔒 This 1-hour Live Q&A was originally available only to Members of ‪@NarcissismSummaries‬
Due to overwhelming interest, it’s now released publicly on Narcissism Clips.
👉 Future personal Q&As remain Members-Only:    / @narcissismsummaries  

In this session, Prof. Sam Vaknin answers rapid-fire questions from members on: preventing personality disorder development after childhood abuse, narcissistic humiliation recovery, rumination/addiction, spirituality & Cluster B, BPD + eating disorders, lucid dreams and “self-supply,” psychedelics and personality disorders, boundaries in relationships, communal narcissism, splitting, mortification & shame, sadism, and why “restoring dignity” is the wrong question.

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Chapters:
00:00 “I’m alive… I’ve never been alive before.” + why he did the Live
01:47 Preventing NPD after abuse: modeling a healthy adult
03:45 NPD after public humiliation: internal/external solutions + rumination risk
06:10 Spirituality vs psychology: two “languages,” what actually works
08:42 BPD + binge eating: treat concurrently, not as one condition
11:00 Lucid dreams & internal objects (pseudo-psychosis angle)
12:33 DMT/psychedelics & personality disorders: what evidence exists (and doesn’t)
15:14 Relationships as premeditated work: boundaries, regulation, “love ≠ butterflies”
17:46 Communal narcissism: public charity vs private genuine care
20:02 Biblical “narcissism”: the Davidian joke/tangent
21:26 “BPD coping strategies”? features vs full disorder
23:24 Alcohol/cocaine and “simulated narcissism” (brief)
25:28 Can narcissists know they’re narcissists without transforming? insight vs emotion
30:00 “Are narcissistic men closeted gay?” what research does/doesn’t show
34:05 Mortification → borderline state? access to shame specifically
34:46 Victims flipping all-good/all-bad: splitting (also in CPTSD)
36:04 Can sadism be cured? (Vaknin’s position)
40:36 Husband in fantasy world + resentment: escapism vs shared fantasy
44:05 “Self-aware psychopath mocks you” → why “fight” is the wrong frame
48:47 “Coercive control” reframing: aloplastic defenses + victimhood stance
51:06 Trauma symptoms resembling ADHD/autism: differential diagnosis pitfalls
53:10 Closing: support the channel + “badger them for another Live”

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