Is Narcissism A Natural Reaction To Trauma? Sam Vaknin & Vinny Eastwood

31/1/2019

Is Narcissism A Natural Reaction To Trauma? Sam Vaknin & Vinny Eastwood

Narcissism has risen to epidemic proportions and accelerating due to urbanisation, family unit destruction and rampant social media use.
Without extended family units and smaller communities, narcissists have been forced to expand into the online domain in an effort to obtain the narcissistic supply (attention) they need.
But, with all the demonisation of this condition in non-clinical discussions online, it may have escaped many's attention that the symptoms of complex post traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) and Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), are so similar, one might even call them identical.
The questions emerge, is narcissism just a natural reaction to trauma?
What is narcissism?
Is it a post-traumatic condition?
A positive adaptation?
Are narcissists the new elite?
A form of artificial intelligence?
Is narcissism a new faith?
A conspiracy against the masses?
Narcissistic and psychopathic leaders throughout history: biology or mere coincidence?

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4 Comments

Alberta Vince

3/2/2019 11:25:21 am

A most fascinating and even, enlightening interview with Dr. Sam!

While I don’t agree with all of his assumptions -(example: that humanity NEEDS psychopaths in order to establish order in order to achieve objectives ... since there is no sacred everlasting purpose to anything anyway)- but ... let’s give credit where credit is due.

If he is correct about narcissists being treatable through his “cold therapy” and that narcissism is rooted in depression caused by “childhood trauma,” then perhaps the next logical assumption would be that such trauma causes resentment and that resentment actually lies at the root of all of these problems?

What is resentment? Wikipedia has a fairly in-depth article on resentment ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resentment) for anyone interested and it seems that the root cause of resentment is a feeling that something greater or more powerful than one’s self has maliciously caused an irreversible damage to one’s own destiny. This perception causes feelings of helplessness and hopelessness with the ONLY recourse being ... REVENGE.

Since the damage is perceived to be irreversible, the revenge is never-ending as well because it’s always only “getting back” at this power to achieve some kind of feeling of equalization. There can never be a defeating of this enemy; only revenge for equalization.

And because a defeat of this “enemy” is impossible ... the revenge is always a hollow victory because it never resolves anything in the bigger picture. Resentment ultimately consumes its victims completely since it’s largely imaginary and has no resolution, ever.

Interestingly too, resentment seems to be a transferrable commodity. “Cosa Nostra,” for example, means “our thing”. What is that thing? Resentment and revenge?

I would say that in the Cosa Nostra, resentment is actually elevated into a twisted sense of HONOR! Nothing is more honorable than to be shot down like a dog in the street for serving this huge resentment thing.

Resentment is really foolish when you stop and think about it.

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16/8/2019 07:17:38 am

thank you so much for this comment man! Brilliant!

Jeff

30/3/2019 07:46:21 am

Hi Vinnie, I found this podcast thought provoking. I don't believe you are a full fledged narcissist. Why? Because I know narcissists that will never, ever, ever admit to being a narcissist. And I mean never. They'd burn down the planet before admitting to being a narcissist (at least to those whom they exert their narcissism, usually close family members).

Try using emotional freedom technique (tapping, look it up) every time you become aware that this compulsion to CONTROL is triggered in your subconscious.

Your tapping "mantra" might be something along the lines of, "I want to align my life to the principle of caring give and take in a relationship. I reject external compulsive control over others, including when I'm the offender."

I've done a lot of surveying into this issue. You can investigate "calcium shell." Good books that cover some relevant information are 1. Shrinking the Judge; Freeing the Inner Child, Strands of Health, and Nutrition Balancing. The Nutrition Balancing book can be found at this link:

http://drlwilson.com/READ.BOOKS.htm

Calcium Shell (Ca is chalk, Mg is energy. Too much Ca in cells dulls senses. Ca and Mg are antogonists that should be balanced)
https://www.drlwilson.com/articles/CALCIUM%20SHELL.htm

https://coppertoxic.com/calcium-shell

http://www.arltma.com/Newsletters/CalciumShellNews.htm

16/8/2019 07:16:57 am

Oh yes I am, just not malignant cos I can admit when I'm wrong, apologise, feel empathy and shame.