From Borderline to Psychopath to Narcissist: Abused Language and Self States

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• PU

  @punkrockgirl1999 · 2 years ago

  Professor, you were YEARS ahead of everyone in your field when you posted this lecture. Well done, sir. 😮

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• AB

  @abdelfane3789 · 4 years ago (edited)

  Sam Vaknin is the best psychology professor I've heard of at this point 👍

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• VI

  @VisualIntuitive · 6 years ago

  You’re damn right they can act! My nex’s first language is Spanish and in court he pretended to not know English! Even though he and I communicated in English 99% of the time! He even sat and waited for the translator to translate the words he knew and understood, looking clueless until she translated it! I almost stood and clapped for that performance. He was so method. He straight up acted and it was Oscar worthy. He did that to look innocent and also feign naïveté.

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  @101Bettis · 5 years ago

  "Psychopaths Just Wanna Have Fun" -Cindy Lauper

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• LA

  @lancesolomons7581 · 6 years ago

  This video should be part of the school curriculum

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• ZE

  @zeddeka · 4 years ago

  Fantastically interesting stuff. The famous psychoanalyst Otto Kernberg believed that narcissism was a psychological defence mechanism against an underlying Borderline Personality. It makes so much sense that the cluster B personality disorders are related like that.

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• KA

  @KAFitAfter45 · 6 years ago

  That is exactly what I’m dealing with!!!! Exactly! Thank you!!!! Trying to divorce this is the hardest challenge I ever took on 🤦🏻‍♀️

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• EA

  @earthfriendlydesignhub725 · 4 years ago

  On behalf of all people like myself, surrounded by nacissist, father and siblings with divastating effect on my quality of life.<br>I say thank you Processor Vaknin.

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• PH

  @philsdon8932 · 4 years ago

  I love your command of the language. Listening to you is a luxury.

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• AI

  @aimeeblack76 · 6 years ago

  I&apos;ve noticed that with some people who have personality disorders, in addition to exhibiting traits from quite a few of the cluster B personalty disorders when triggered, they also seem to suddenly act a certain age, for example, a 10 year old boy, and then other times they will act a bit older and playful like a collage age person, and then, of course when things are going ok, they will behave their actual age (grown man). <br>It&apos;s fascinating to be there when this happens. It&apos;s like you&apos;re with another person, but it&apos;s them, just younger.

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• VI

  @vincentwilliams8685 · 6 years ago (edited)

  Gosh! These videos are truly amazing. Narcissism has so much stuff going on behind the scenes; the resentment; DID; envy etc it just goes on and on. No wonder it&apos;s called a &apos;disorder&apos;. I can&apos;t keep up with it all. Truly interesting and sad and yet they are &apos;happy&apos;? I can&apos;t work it out. So complex.

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• LI

  @LimitlessThinker · 6 years ago

  This is so much better than some of the classes I had in psychology when in university. Sam, you are amazingly adept and knowledgeable. I love your use of vocabulary. Refreshing.

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