Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited

Articles

All articles on this page were written by me--Dr. Sam Vaknin

1. Born Aliens - the development of our psyche.
2. Althusser - a Critique: Competing Interpellations - an analysis of Louis Althusser and his effect on human sanity.
3. Dis-ease - defining and diagnosing mental states.
4. The Metaphors of the Mind: The Dialogue of Dreams - what do our dreams mean and what do they accomplish?
5. On Empathy - defining empathy and how it relates to narcissism and other personality disorders.
6. The Family Cycle: The Good Enough Family - concept of family and how it impacts individual members.
7. The Egoistic Friend - what are friends for?
8. The Habit of Identity - the difference between habits and our identity.
9. The Virtual Home - in today's world, "home" has a different meaning.
10. The Offspring of Aeolus: On the Incest Taboo - discussion of incest and how it relates to narcissism.
11. The Cultural Narcissist: Lasch in an Age of Diminishing Expectations - a discussion of Christopher Lasch and his take on narcissism.
12. The Family Cycle: Euphoric and Dysphoric Phases in Marriage - the psychological reasons behind why people marry.
13. The Iron Mask: The Common Sources of Personality Disorders - the underlying psychology of personality disorders.
14. Metaphors of the Mind - dissecting the mind.
15. The Happiness of Others - connection between our actions and the happiness of others.
16. Parenting - The Irrational Vocation - why do people bother with parenting? The child, another provision of Narcissistic Supply.
17. The Madness of Playing - the meaning behind the games we humans play.
18. Form and Malignant Form- The Metaphorically Correct Artist and other Romanticist Mutations - how we romanticize our lives and things in them.
19. The Manifold of Sense - an essay on emotions vs. sensations.
20. The Murder of Oneself - the meaning of suicide. is it alright to kill yourself?
21. On Achievement - what constitutes achievement?
22. Traumas as Social Interactions - trauma and post traumatic stress phases
23. On Uniqueness - being unique and special is at the heart of narcissism
24. The Talented Mr. Ripley - an anatomy of the psychopath and his victims
25. The Meaninglessness of External Causes - the meaning of life is derived from outside sources of meaning
26. What is Abuse? - how to resist abuse and set boundaries
27. Narcissistic Leaders - extract narcissistic supply from their own public
28. Collective Narcissism - some cultures, societies and human collectives are narcissistic
29. The Psychology of Torture - the tortured bonds with the torturer and the aftermath is often worse than the harrowing experience
30. Object Relations - The Psychology of Serial and Mass Killers
31. Serial Killers as a Cultural Construct - serial killers act to an audience
32. The Myth of Mental Illness - Is mental health a myth perpetrated by self-interested industries?

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