Interview With Professor Sam Vaknin - Author of Malignant Self Love: Narcissism Revisited - Part 1

Trauma & Narcissism Redefined

Caroline Strawson

Narcissisticabuse, Health & Fitness, Narcissist, Self-improvement, Education, Recovery, Mental Health, Trauma

4.8 • 701 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

This episode is the first part of an enlightening interview with Sam Vaknin, Professor of Psychology & Finances at the Southern University of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, PhD in Philosophy and Physics, and author of the book "Malignant Self-Love: Narcissism Revisited."

In this first of a three-episode series, we talked about why the narcissistic abuse experience is different from other abusive relationships, and why each narcissistic abuse story is unique.

What You Will Learn In This Episode:

- How it was connecting with narcissistic abuse victims before the internet era

- The uniqueness of the narcissistic abuse experience

- How narcissists live inside their mind

- Why making demands or having expectations threatens a narcissist’s equilibrium

- The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) vs. the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual (PDM)

When Professor Vaknin started working with narcissistic abuse trauma back in 1995, there was no terminology, no words to describe it. One of his first jobs was to coin terms like narcissistic supply, somatic narcissist, cerebral narcissist, and narcissistic abuse itself. He has been studying the subject passionately for over 26 years, helping thousands of people to recover from their trauma.

Resources:

- Malignant Self-Love: Narcissism Revisited by Sam Vaknin

- Connect with Professor Sam Vaknin on LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube

- Join my Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/thriveafternarcissisticabuse

- Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carolinestrawson/

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the narcissistic abuse recovery podcast. I'm Caroline Stawson and I'll be sharing with you
0:09.2	awareness, understanding and education about the devastating effects of narcissistic abuse to help you thrive.
0:16.8	I want you to know that I've been exactly where you are now and I believe you.
0:21.4	And this show is all about taking you from trauma to transformation.
0:30.5	Over the next three episodes, I'm really, really excited because I got the opportunity to interview an incredible man actually called Sam Vaknin, a really, really exciting because I got the opportunity to interview an incredible man actually
0:39.6	called Sam Vaknan, a really, really interesting character. You may well have seen him on YouTube
0:44.3	and on Instagram. He's the author of Malignant Self-Love, so Narcissism Revisited. He's a professor.
0:52.9	He has a PhD in philosophy and physics and a professor of
0:56.8	psychology in the Southern Federal University in Russia. Such an incredibly interesting man.
1:03.3	I warn you now, trigger warnings, that there may be parts of this that you may find triggering
1:08.6	as well. But it was just such an amazing interview.
1:12.7	And it was a, I think it was about an hour 40 long in total. And I didn't really want to do it
1:18.8	all in one for you. So over the next three weeks, because I think it's so important to hear
1:23.7	other perspectives of all of this. And Sam Vaknian actually founded the term narcissistic
1:29.7	abuse recovery as well. So I think it's a really, really great interview. I'd love you to listen in.
1:36.7	I'd love to hear your thoughts on all of it as well. Obviously, I'm coming at it from very much a
1:41.8	trauma-informed lens too. So we agree on lots of things.
1:46.1	A couple of things maybe not so as well. But the respect that was there between us was brilliant.
1:52.1	And we'll definitely be doing more work together in the future and more interviews.
1:55.7	So I hope you really, really enjoy. So you will have this one. And then over the next couple of weeks as well so that you can
2:02.7	hear my interview with Sam Vaknin. And like I say, he's a professor of psychology and has a PhD
2:09.3	in philosophy and physics and the author of Malignant Self-Love, Narcissism Revisited.
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