Thank you Prof. Vaknin.  I've read a lot of books on the subject and watched a lot of videos, but since I discovered your YouTube channel, the behavior of some narcs finally makes "sense" to me (now no-contact). It's a shame that we only have quacks in Germany, because my english isn't that good and I often don't understand everything or I have to listen to it carefully more often.
I'm still waiting for when the time will finally come and you'll release videos in German 😁
Thanks a lot for this channel.

Your knowledge has been helping me tremendously. I appreciate you sharing the facts.
There are so many behaviors u discuss that exemplify my intimate partner. Listening to your videos has helped me alot and going no contact is becoming easier. Thanks.

“ a joy ride” for sure! A horror ride!

My narcissist told me stories from his childhood, that his older sister tried to kill him several times and that his parents locked him in his room so that his sister wouldn't hurt him.
I met his parents and they are people with strong characters and a very heavy vibe, I never liked them, neither did they.
My narcissist told me that he liked to pick at the pimples that appeared anywhere on his body until they bled and opened the skin and he would let them dry, then he would get into the shower and sit under the water for hours to soak the scabs and tear them off. To this day he has marks on his body, I saw them.
Once when he was young he pulled a nail by accident and that was the reason for him to gradually remove it with his teeth and with the help of his other nails he ended up completely removing the nail, he completely tore the nail off his finger himself, He says that it was an incredible pain, but that afterwards he would put a bandage on it to stop the bleeding and that's it.
Another thing that caught my attention about him is that his favorite shows are interviews with murderers by the police, and "art" movies that are about sexual violence and gore.
I would like to have some answers, I think he is dangerous, he got fired from his job for sexual harassment
​btw I left him, and blocked him from all my social media. Last time I saw him I had to call the cops on him.
This relationshit lasted for 5 months. I walked away october 2023. Now Im ok, Im a tough cookie , beautiful latina with too much to offer, extremely emotional and compassionate that's why he wanted me...

Merry Christmass

Failure to thrive

Oh sweet Jesus. Think this might be me. I watch all your videos. Love them. Through out horrific relationships taken as a challenge sometimes. I thought i was more of a people pleaser. I was the last in line with two older brothers. One was 5 years older and the other 7 years older. Dad worked to feed the tribe and mad Welsh Bitch blew smoke and hit her.kids with a boiler stick that was used back in the seventies when using a twin tub washing machine. She snapped it on my middle brothers back. The stick still worked but it shortly afterwords went missing. For years I had the pride of wearing the badge of blame. Why wouldn't she blame the child she actually hit with it. Stupid woman. Turns out many years later it was found hidden under the floor boards. My dad had hidden it. Music was always my thing. Headphones and imagination. Learned to play guitar from 15 onwards and confidently expressing thoughts through art as singer/guitars through 20s and 30's. The kind of girls I dated were savage. Let's say not wife material. High speed. Off-road and  wreckless women. It's nice to have a few titles I can give each one now that I look back.  My question which type does the most damage to others. This is the first time I have heard this type.  I'm rather disappointed that I might be a narc.  I know rock star screams narc but i never felt compfotable being center stage and i didn't wish to allow anger to be what I was all about.  Anger fuelled heavy metal no matter how cool or good the songs were. I'd still have to answer for teaching the world to hate    by repative rhythmic dominance and arrogance.  Still looking for something I'm as comfortable doing as I am at raging retributional harmonic mind fuckery via resonance and shear volume. Nothing is as entertaining as an animal going primal apeshit for the crowd. I live and love art and see it in everything. It's pure and easy to appreciate. People often are not. They are delicate little things. Abusers of different degrees are not sick. They are the virus.  We get sick when we absorb them trying to understand and live through their historic trauma looking for answers and understanding. We stay too long. Mesmerised. Stunned with eyes wide open. The little princess that was screaming for help had enticed us to rescue them from a dark raging storm. Then suddenly the sun comes out, and we find ourselves in an endless field filled with rainbow coulered landmines of all shapes and sizes. As we continue with our rescue the princess isn't really trying to help you get her out of the field. Instead, she is making it difficult and pushing and pulling us towards these bombs. So many hidden and many huge and  obvious ones. Those pesky red flags.  She insists that no one gets to leave the field. Her role as princess needs a dramatic scene for the book and the movie that the world is bound  to want to make about her. FFS. Ten years later I can see the edge of the field and the gate that sealed my fate all those years ago.  I'm just venting people. Thanks.  UK survivor and professional nutcase.

Are all rock singers just projecting rather than being artistic. Isn't the  better out than in the same as someone showing bravery in sharing creativity?  Rather than giving it out because I don't want it in there as a defence. I didn't choose it. It chose me. I have resisted it since becoming a father and constantly aware of a  talent that I dare not release. Art that I dare not show or opinions I'd rather not plippently speak or slip out. Is privacy issolation or a wise strateagic and reasoned tactic?  You keep doing you. there's no need to answer. I'm just  venting.   I absorb your wisdom with never-ending curiosity and fascination. Priceless and very calming at the darkest of times in custody battles. I'm in the middle of our second custody court filled with rainbow coloured slander.   FFS.!   Don't worry lads. I got the Sam Vaknin narc repellent starter pack many years ago. For all things that relate to any vinegar titted witch problems you may be having. Great work, Sam. Much appreciated. Stay stoic people.

what is the difference between schizophrenia and psychosis regarding the core or ego or self? maybe someone can elaborate this? maybe there are already good videos from prof. vaknin about the one or the other?