Acne is the most common skin disorder. Over 10% of Americans age 25 – 44 have acne. Over 85% Americans age 12 – 25 will have acne at one time or the other.If ignored, acne can become infected, create scars, and pockmarks that become permanent on your face. I don’t want this to […]
QUESTION Number 1 - Who is a Narcissist?Dear Dr. Vaknin,I read the excerpts you placed on your web site with great interest.I wanted to ask:Isn’t your definition of malignant narcissism too wide? Having read it, I think that it fits my neighbours, friends, and family to a “t”. Everyone seems to be a narcissist to […]
(ARA) - One of the most exciting developments in modern medicine has been the discovery that cancerous tumors have the potential of being “starved” out of existence, or at least into dormancy. Scientists, doctors and, of course, patients, are all anticipating the prospect that cancer patients may take a drug that will stop a tumor […]
We are all terminally ill. It is a matter of time before we all die. Aging and death remain almost as mysterious as ever. We feel awed and uncomfortable when we contemplate these twin afflictions. Indeed, the very word denoting illness contains its own best definition: dis-ease. A mental component of lack of well being […]
Do all personality disorders have a common psychodynamic source?To what stage of personal development can we attribute this common source?Can the paths leading from that common source to each of these disorders be charted?Will positive answers to the above endow us with a new understanding of these pernicious conditions?Acute AngerAnger is a compounded phenomenon. It […]
Storytelling has been with us since the days of campfire and besieging wild animals. It served a number of important functions: amelioration of fears, communication of vital information (regarding survival tactics and the characteristics of animals, for instance), the satisfaction of a sense of order (justice), the development of the ability to hypothesize, predict and […]
INTRODUCTIONMoral values, rules, principles, and judgements are often thought of as beliefs or as true beliefs. Those who hold them to be true beliefs also annex to them a warrant or a justification (from the “real world”). Yet, it is far more reasonable to conceive of morality (ethics) as a state of mind, a mental […]
Most narcissists (75%) are men.NPD is one of a “family” of personality disorders (formerly known as “Cluster B”).Other members: Borderline PD, Antisocial PD and Histrionic PD.NPD is often diagnosed with other mental health disorders (”co-morbidity”) - or with substance abuse, or impulsive and reckless behaviours (”dual diagnosis”).NPD is new (1980) mental health category in the […]
FIVE DON’T DO’SHow to Avoid the Wrath of the NarcissistNever disagree with the narcissist or contradict himNever offer him any intimacyLook awed by whatever attribute matters to him (for instance: by his professional achievements or by his good looks, or by his success with women and so on)Never remind him of life out there and […]
