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Shmuel "Sam" Vaknin (born April 21, 1961) is an Israeli writer and professor of psychology and business studies. [1] [2] He is the author of Malignant Self Love: Narcissism Revisited (1999), was the last editor-in-chief of the now-defunct political news website Global Politician, and runs a private website about narcissistic personality disorder (NPD).
The film was not well received by some critics. Sam Wollaston from The Guardian referred to it as "an excuse to show some really nasty people and their behaviour on the television". Though he does feel the documentary improves towards the end: "When a contributor who has featured throughout, Sam Vaknin, reveals that he is a sufferer. And then ...
The narcissist pretends that his false self is real and demands that others affirm this confabulation, meanwhile keeping his real imperfect true self under wraps. [ 27 ] For Vaknin, the false self is by far more important to the narcissist than his dilapidated, dysfunctional true self; and he does not subscribe to the view that the true self ...
Lev says Donny's diagnosis isn't quite as clear cut as Martha's. Throughout the series, Donny struggles with his confidence and sexual identity after being raped by a former mentor.
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People with narcissistic personality disorder, a personality disorder characterized by a long-term pattern of exaggerated feelings of self-importance, an excessive need for admiration, and a lack of empathy toward other people. [1]
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Sam Vaknin isn't a narcissist, he's a psychopath. He's even been the subject of a documentary about it: I, Psychopath. He wrote a book "Malignant Self-Love" and claims to be an expert; however, he has no credentials, he simply has a personality disorder. Furthermore, he isn't describing malignant narcissism, he's describing psychopathology.