Sam Vaknin: Diagnosing Narcissism, Trauma, Fake Humans, Mysticism, Chronon Theory

Sam Vaknin is an Israeli writer and professor of psychology. He is the author of Malignant Self Love: Narcissism Revisited (1999), was the last editor-in-chief of the now-defunct political news website Global Politician, and runs a private website about narcissistic personality disorder (NPD).

More about Sam Vaknin’s credentials and work:
https://www.narcissistic-abuse.com/re...
https://www.narcissistic-abuse.com/me...
https://www.narcissistic-abuse.com/cv...

Regarding Sam's Chronon Field Theory:
   • Introduction to Chronon Field Theory (Vakn...  
   • Physics Not About Reality: Chronon Field T...  

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Mental Disorders
03:53 - Sam’s Background
08:55 - “Who Am I?”
11:04 - What is Narcissism?
39:21 - Functional Narcissism
41:54 - Diagnosing Narcissism
46:00 - Uncanny Valley
56:00 - Dissociation
01:00:25 - Psychopath vs. Narcissist
01:03:29 - NPD Can’t Be Healed
01:10:14 - The Five Factors
01:12:30 - Childhood
01:13:57- Mind-Body Problem
01:26:10 - Wittgenstein / Internal States / Private Language
01:48:50 - Chronon Theory
01:51:30 - Outro

Links Mentioned:
SAM'S BOOK Malignant Self Love: https://amzn.to/4bnvHMe
DSM Criteria: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health...
Sam Vaknin Youtube:    / @samvaknin  

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