Self-assessment questionnaires, tips, and tests for victims of abusers, batterers, and stalkers in various types of relationships.
What behaviour constitutes abuse? Are you being abused?
If you answer even ONE of these questions in the affirmative, then you are the victim of abusive conduct!
1. Are you being lied to on a regular basis?
2.
An anthology of articles and essays regarding the societies, politics, economics, geopolitics and history of countries in Central Eastern Europe
and South Eastern Europe (Balkan).
"How the West lost the East. The economics, the politics, the geopolitics, the history, the conspiracies, the corruption, the old and the new, the plough and the internet—it is all here, in prose, as provocative and vitriolic and loving and longing as I could make it. Reading this book, I wish upon the reader the joy and the revulsion, the dark fascination of this region and its surrealist dreams and nightmares. This is what I experience daily here and it is my hope that I succeeded to convey the siren's song, the honeyed trap, the lure and the allure of this tortured corner of the earth."&
Hundreds of excerpts from the archives of the Narcissistic Abuse Study List regarding Pathological Narcissism, relationships with abusive narcissists, and the Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD).
In his programmatic and data-laden tome, “Capital in the Twenty-first Century” (2014), Thomas Piketty makes several assertions, two of which merit a closer look: (1) That r (the return on capital) is, in the long-run always greater than g (the growth of the real economy), thus enriching the rich; and (2) that inherited wealth tends to create a “patrimonial” form of capitalism, akin to the aristocracy in the French and British ancient regimes.
In his programmatic and data-laden tome, “Capital in the Twenty-first Century” (2014), Thomas Piketty makes several assertions, two of which merit a closer look: (1) That r (the return on capital) is, in the long-run always greater than g (the growth of the real economy), thus enriching the rich; and (2) that inherited wealth tends to create a “patrimonial” form of capitalism, akin to the aristocracy in the French and British ancient regimes.
Putting aside the somewhat artific
Issues in ethics - the right to life, cloning, abortion, animal rights and other controversial topics.
Generations of malleable Israeli children are brought up on the story of the misnamed Jewish settlement Tel-Hai ("Mount of Life"), Israel's Alamo. There, among the picturesque valleys of the Galilee, a one-armed hero named Joseph Trumpeldor is said to have died, eight decades ago, from an Arab stray bullet, mumbling: "It is good to die for our country." Judaism is dubbed "A Teaching of Life" - but it would seem that the sanctity of life can and does take a back seat to some overriding values.
The right to life - at least of human beings - is a rarely questioned fundamental moral princ
The Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) and relationships with abusive narcissists - The point of view and lessons of the victims.
A collaborative effort of the members of the Suite101 NarcissisticPersonality Disorder Topic (community) - "The Narcissism Book of Quotes"contains hundreds of quotes, carefully selected from more than 12,000 entries in 1300 discussion threads.
Family members - parents, children, spouses - colleagues, friends, and acquaintances discuss their experiences with abusive and controlling narcissists. Verbal abuse, mental abuse, stalking, bullying, harassment, indifference, and anguish are all described honestly and intimately in this small tome.Includes links to online resources
The history of four terrorist organizations in the Balkan and a general introduction to terrorism and freedom fighting. Also includes essays about religious co-existence in the Balkan and about pathological narcissism as a precursor to terrorism.
The European Union, NATO, the euro, and central and eastern Europe after the fall of communism.
Shifting geopolitical and geo-strategic realities in the wake of the September 11 atrocities have rendered the European project all the more urgent. NATO - an erstwhile anti-Soviet military alliance is search of purpose - is gradually acquiring more political hues. Its remit has swelled to take in peacekeeping, regime change, and nation-building.
Psychopathology as the outcome of problems in early childhood development.
NEW BOOK : MENTAL HEALTHTitle : "The Developmental Psychology of Psychopathology" - Second Online EditionAuthor : Shmuel (Sam) VakninDescription :Psychopathology as the outcome of problems in early childhood development.URL OF FREE CONTENT: http://samvak.tripod.com/index.htmlDOWNLOAD FREE EBOOK (MS-Word File, latest edition):
Modern labour theories and practice. Covers issues like employment, unemployment, migration, brain drain, entrepreneurship, workaholism, and trade unions.
The Best Offer. Beaver. The Place.These and many other movies deal with moral and ethical dilemmas. "The Matrix" - with the nature of reality, "Titanic" - tackles the moral obligation versus self-preservation and "The Truman Show" - tackles the relationship between God and us, humans. "The Talented Mr. Ripley" deals with the thin line between pathological narcissism and self-promotion, ambition and envy, love and obsession. "Being John Malkovich" deals with this question (among others): are we the owners of our brains? "Shattered"
Essays dedicated to the new media, doing business on the web, digital content, its creation and distribution, e-publishing, e-books, digital reference, DRM technology, and other related issues.
The Future of Electronic Publishing
By: Sam Vaknin
UNESCO's somewhat arbitrary definition of "book" is:
""Non-periodical printed publication of at least 49 pages excluding covers".
The emergence of electronic publishing was supposed to change all that. Yet a bloodbath of unusual proportions has taken place in the last few months. Time Warner's iPublish and MightyWords (partly owned by Barnes and Noble) were the last in a string of resounding failures which cast in doubt the business model underlying digital content. Everything seemed to have gone
The effects on victims and survivors of traumatic experiences, long-term and repeated abuse, and torture. Includes in-depth profile of the Narcissistic Abuser and hundreds of links to literature and resources.
The effects on victims and survivors of traumatic experiences, long-term and repeated abuse, and torture. Includes in-depth profile of the Narcissistic Abuser and hundreds of links to literature and resources.
An anthology of 51 previously published articles and essays regarding the politics, economics, geopolitics and history of countries in CEE and SEE (Balkan).
This is a series of articles written and published in 1996-2000 in Macedonia, in Russia, in Egypt and in the Czech Republic. The first part of the book is a social critique. The author's main thesis is that the West missed a unique historical opportunity to unite Europe and that the peoples of Central, Eastern and Southern Europe are beyond salvation, deformed and pathologized by communism irreconstructibly. The second part comprises articles about the economies of the region. Quite a few articles deal with the history of the region with emphasis on Yugoslavia, Albania and inbetween (Kosovo).
Free cyclopedia of issues in modern philosophy - 1000 pages of essays and articles.
More than 200 essays about various topics in current philosophy.The main emphases are on:- The philosophy of science- The cognitive sciences- Cultural studies- Aesthetics, art and literature- The philosophy of economics- The philosophy of psychology- Ethics
Six essays about the alleged incompatibility between God and modern science and four essays about Psychoanalysis and its role in the landscape of modern, scientific psychology and evidence-based psychotherapies.
Six essays about the alleged incompatibility between God and modern science and four essays about Psychoanalysis and its role in the landscape of modern, scientific psychology and evidence-based psychotherapies.
Checklist for reforms in the healthcare sector: purchasing, provision, delivery, commissioning, and stewardship. Detailed case studies from Germany and Eastern Europe.
Checklist for reforms in the healthcare sector: purchasing, provision, delivery, commissioning, and stewardship. Detailed case studies from Germany and Eastern Europe.
Anthology of fascinating historical and scientific facts and links to relevant Web sources.
NEW BOOK : LINKS and FACTOIDSTitle : "Links and Factoids"Author : Shmuel (Sam) VakninDescription :Anthology of fascinating historical and scientific facts and links to relevant Web sources.URL : http://samvak.tripod.com/factoidsindex.html
The Study List:
The Free Preview includes excerpts only. The full print edition is available from Barnes and Noble. Both the print and electronic editions are available from the publisher's Web site ("Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited").
The Narcissistic Personality Disorder and relationships with abusive narcissists Described and Analyzed. 100+ frequently asked questions (FAQs), excerpts from the archives of the Narcissism Revisited List, essay and appendices.
When the personality is rigid to the point of being unable to change in reaction to changing circumstances — we say that it is disordered.Such a person takes behavioral, emotional, and cognitive cues exclusively from others. His inner world is, so to speak, vacated. His True Self is dilapidated and dysfunctional. Instead he has a tyrannical and delusional False Self. Such a person is incapable of loving and of living. He cannot love others because he cannot love himself. He loves his reflection, his surrogate self. And he is incapable of living because life is a struggle towards, a st
Essays and articles about modern physics, speculations in science, pseudo-science and the alleged incompatibility between God and modern science
NEW BOOK : PHILOSOPHY
Title: "Speculations and Physics"(2010 Edition)
Author: Shmuel (Sam) Vaknin, Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:
Essays and articles about modern physics, speculations in science, pseudo-science and the alleged incompatibility between God and modern science
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NEW BOOK : MENTAL HEALTHTitle : "The Conundrums of Psychology" - Second Online EditionAuthor : Shmuel (Sam) VakninDescription :The fundamental assumptions underlying the modern study of psychopathology examined.URL OF FREE CONTENT: http://samvak.tripod.com/index.htmlDOWNLOAD FREE EBOOK (MS-Word File, latest edition):
Sex is dead as is monogamous marriage. What will replace them? read about alternative lifestyles (such as swinging), sexual preferences (such as bi- and homosexulaity), sexual paraphilias (such as incest, fetishism, and pedophilia), and the role of malignant narcissism in the disintegration of all relationships between men and women.
Sex is dead as is monogamous marriage. What will replace them? read about alternative lifestyles (such as swinging), sexual preferences (such as bi- and homosexulaity), sexual paraphilias (such as incest, fetishism, and pedophilia), and the role of malignant narcissism in the disintegration of all relationships between men and women.
What was in Hitler's personal file kept by the Nazi Party's own intelligence agency, the SD? Israel Sarid Roth, only son of two survivors of the Holocaust is about to find out, as a routine assignment in Jerusalem plunges him into the center of a deadly nightmare.
I am looking for a literary agent or a publisher for this book. My contact details - click here or write to: palma@unet.com.mk NEW BOOK : THRILLERTitle : "The Hitler File" - excerpts (first 200 pages)Author : Shmuel (Sam) VakninDescription :W
A second volume of short stories and poetry by Sam Vaknin.
wrote my first tome, "Requesting My Loved One" in jail:
It was a voyage of painful self discovery. The stranger I saw in my mirror stared back and hard."Requesting My Loved One" and "Malignant Self Love" are twins. In the latter I generalized and non-fictionalized the former.I
I. Scams, Scandals, and Scoundrels
II. Men, Women, Gender Wars
III. Narcissists, Psychopaths, and Other Predators
IV. Sex and Intimacy: Forgotten Arts
V. Democracy, History, and Other Fictions
VI. Me, Me, and Me
VII. Public Intellect, Private Rants
I. Scams, Scandals, and Scoundrels
II. Men, Women, Gender Wars
III. Narcissists, Psychopaths, and Other Predators
I. Scams, Scandals, and Scoundrels
II. Men, Women, Gender Wars
III. Narcissists, Psychopaths, and Other Predators
IV. Sex and Intimacy: Forgotten Arts
V. Democracy, History, and Other Fictions
VI. Me, Me, and Me
VII. Public Intellect, Private Rants
I. Scams, Scandals, and Scoundrels
II. Men, Women, Gender Wars
III. Narcissists, Psychopaths, and Other Predators
From Alexander the Great and Jesus through the likes of Hitler and down to Barack Obama and Donald Trump, narcissistic and psychopathic leaders come in all shapes and degrees of virulence. Learn to recognize them in various settings (the workplace, religion, politics) and to cope with the toxic fallout of their "leadership".
From Alexander the Great and Jesus through the likes of Hitler and down to Barack Obama and Donald Trump, narcissistic and psychopathic leaders come in all shapes and degrees of virulence. Learn to recognize them in various settings (the workplace, religion, politics) and to cope with the toxic fallout of their "leadership".
The Narcissistic Personality Disorder and abusive relationships with narcissists and psychopaths described and analyzed. 102 frequently asked questions (FAQs), excerpts from the archives of the Narcissism Revisited List, essay, journal entries and appendices.
Question:
What kind of a spouse/mate/partner is likely to be attracted to a narcissist?
Answer:
The Victims
On the face of it, there is no (emotional) partner or mate, who typically "binds" with a narcissist. They come in all shape
The e-book version of Sam Vaknin's "Malignant Self - Love - Narcissism Revisited". Contains the entire text: essays, frequently asked questions and
appendices regarding pathological narcissism and the Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD).
When the personality is rigid to the point of being unable to change in reaction to changing circumstances — we say that it is disordered. Such a person takes behavioral, emotional, and cognitive cues exclusively from others. His inner world is, so to speak, vacated. His True Self is dilapidated and dysfunctional. Instead he has a tyrannical and delusional False Self.
Such a person is incapable of loving and of living. He cannot love others because he cannot love himself. He loves his reflection, his surrogate self. And he is incapable of living because life is a struggle towa
Dozens of Frequently Asked Questions regarding Pathological Narcissism, relationships with abusive narcissists, and the Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
Borderline, Narcissistic, Antisocial-Psychopathic, Histrionic, Paranoid, Obsessive-Compulsive, Schizoid, Schizotypal, Masochistic, Sadistic, Depressive, Negativistic-Passive-Aggressive, Dependent, and other Personality Disorders!
Personality traits are enduring, usually rigid patterns of behavior, thinking (cognition), and emoting expressed in a variety of circumstances and situations and throughout one's life (typically from early adolescence onward). Some personality traits are harmful to both oneself and to others. These are the dysfunctional traits. Often they cause discomfort and the person bearing these traits is unhappy and self-critical. This is called ego-dystony. At other times, even the most pernicious personality traits are happily endorsed and even flaunted by the patient. This is called
Eight e-books regarding Pathological Narcissism, relationships with abusive
narcissists and psychopaths, and the Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD).
