... on the Links and Factoids Study List http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linknfactoid Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovsk... ...Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-review.org/... ...l Download free anthologies here: http://samvak.tripod.com/freebooks.html Visit Sam Vaknin's United Press International (UPI) Article Archive – C... ...s than 80 subscribers. Strowger died in 1902 but his company still survives as AG Communications Systems. http://www.roserpark.net/greenwood/strow... ...heir Interpol National Central Bureau (NCB) using Interpol's secure global police communications system, I-24/7. Interpol's I-24/7 Global com... .../ http://www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/louie/class/100/plate- tectonics.html Eating Disorders The media would have us believe that the victims of e... ...vosa are among people older than 45. Actually, the median age of death from eating disorders and related causes among women is 69 and among men - 8... ...ection. Most narcissists (75%) are men. NPD is one of a "family" of personality disorders (formerly known as "Cluster B"). Other members: Borde... ...and assembly, and violations of the privacy of postal, telegraphic, and telephonic communications, and warrants for house- searches, orders for conf...

... The Suffering of Being Kafka 1 st EDITION Sam Vaknin Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelo... ... The Suffering of Being Kafka 1 st EDITION Sam Vaknin Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovska... ... without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk or to vaknin@link.com.mk Short Fiction in English and Hebrew ... ...com.mk or to vaknin@link.com.mk Short Fiction in English and Hebrew http://gorgelink.org/vaknin/ http://samvak.tripod.com/sipurim.html Poetry of... ... The Suffering of Being Kafka Short Fiction A Beheaded Cart by Sam Vaknin Read the Hebrew original. (In Hebrew... ...uck and, with assorted other junk, incinerated. Return Language of Black and Red by Sam Vaknin Eli and I sit on ladder-backs next to... ...msy. Out in nature – as reified by shrivelling potted shrubs – I experience a breakdown in communication with my wand. I find myself cajoling it bo... ...oxic Relationships Study List, and the Link and Factoid Study List. Editor of mental health disorders and Central and Eastern Europe categories in v...

... The Conundrums of Psychology 1 st EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovsk... ...a@unet.com.mk or to vaknin@link.com.mk Find additional articles about personality disorders here - click on the links: http://www.narcissistic... ...The Myth of Mental Illness IV. The DSM Pros and Cons V. The History of Personality Disorders VI. The Metaphors of Mind – The Brain VII. The Metaph... ...The Third Text and Competing Interpellations XII. The Author On Dis-ease By: Dr. Sam Vaknin We are all terminally ill. It is a matter of time be... ...emselves to their environment and if the latter changes - they change. Personality disorders are the best possible responses to abuse. Cancer may b... ...Normal Personality First published here: "Personality Disorders (Suite101)" By: Dr. Sam Vaknin In their opus magnum "Personality Disorders in Modern ... ...ain-storming", conceived by "minds". What is a computer, a software application, a communications network if not a (material) representation of cer... ...described by modern physics. Though these black boxes communicate - it is not the communication, its speed, or efficacy which determine the overal... ...ivities. Redundant hardware -different centers to perform similar tasks. Redundant communications channels with the same information simultaneously...

... The Developmental Psychology of Psychopathology 2nd EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovsk... ... The Developmental Psychology of Psychopathology 2nd EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovska ... ... written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk or to vaknin@link.com.mk Find additional articles about personality d... ...a@unet.com.mk or to vaknin@link.com.mk Find additional articles about personality disorders here - click on the links: http://www.narcissistic... ...y Brain and Personality Psychosexual Stages of Development Gender and Personality Disorders The Genetic Roots of Personality Disorders Defense Mech... ...lopmental Psychology Brain and Personality First published here: "Personality Disorders (Suite101)" By: Dr. Sam Vaknin Phineas Gage was a 25 ye... ...and Personality First published here: "Personality Disorders (Suite101)" By: Dr. Sam Vaknin Phineas Gage was a 25 years old construction foreman ... ...nal Development First published here: "Personality Disorders (Suite101)" By: Dr. Sam Vaknin The Viennese neurologist, Sigmund Freud, was among t... ...ient - misinterprets the child's body language and inter-personal cues. His social communication skills are impaired and he fails to adjust informa...

...e at this discussion site, and to those who participated in producing this document. Sam Vaknin C O N T E N T S Narcissistic ... ...: American Psychiatric Association (2000). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition, text revision (DSM-IV-TR). Washin... ...n, DC: American Psychiatric Association. Malignant Self Love – Narcissism Revisited by: Sam Vaknin, Narcissus Publications, Skopje and Prague, 1999-... ...n one – and even when he is long out of their life." Article: Other People's Pain by Sam Vaknin http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/npd/76632 "... ...tial for it to be used against you. In my own situation I have shut down all avenues of communication with the N. The ONLY communication I will perm... ...al health pathology ever. Many researchers also believe that all Cluster B personality disorders (Histrionic, Antisocial, and Borderline) have an u... ... "Question: Many of the symptoms and signs that you describe apply to other personality disorders as well (example: the Histrionic Personality Disor... ...spiracy theories, rumours, phobias and hysterias. Theirs is a solipsistic world – where communication is permitted only with oneself and the aim of ... ...erbally and behaviourally, and body language is an important weapon in their arsenal of communication. And, yes, your reaction is absolutely normal....

...endSiters Digital Content And Web Technologies 3rd EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovska ... ... other related issues. http://samvak.tripod.com/internet.html Visit Sam Vaknin's United Press International (UPI) Article Archive – Click HERE!... ...hor bio, including the link to the author's web site. AUTHOR BIO: Sam Vaknin ( http://samvak.tripod.com ) is the author of Malignant Self Lov... ...And, most important, the bulk of the Internet is free. Users pay only the communication costs. The long-heralded transition from free content to ... ...ve been similarly heralded as "global" and transforming. Every medium of communications goes through the same evolutionary cycle: Anarchy Th... ...ars are forgotten and public attention reverts to fresher issues. A new Communications Act was enacted in the USA in 1934. It was meant to transfor... ...eodore Millon, a great scholar and an undisputed authority on personality disorders. 5. Wikipedia is not an encyclopedia Truth in advertising is n... ... Study List, and the Link and Factoid Study List. Editor of mental health disorders and Central and Eastern Europe categories in various Web directo... ...Open Directory, Search Europe, Mentalhelp.net). Editor of the Personality Disorders, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, the Verbal and Emotional Abu...

...issism Revisited 1 st EDITION 8 th Revised Impression EXCERPTS – NOT the full Book! Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. The Author is NOT a Mental Health... ...nt ISBN: 978-80-238-3384-3 Created by: Lidija Rangelovska, Skopje REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA "Sam Vaknin is the world's leading expert on narcissi... ...ychopathic narcissist." Ian Walker, ABC Radio National Background Briefing, July 18, 2004 "Sam Vaknin is a leading authority on the topic of na... ... FAQ # 55: Narcissism – The Psychopathological Default FAQ # 56: Narcissism, Other Mental Health Disorders, Substance Abuse, and Reckless Behaviours... ..., Substance Abuse, and Reckless Behaviours (Co-Morbidity and Dual Diagnosis) FAQ # 57: Eating Disorders and the Narcissist FAQ # 58: Can the Narc... ...hange, does not live. What is Personality and What is Normal? In their opus magnum "Personality Disorders in Modern Life", Theodore Millon and Roge... ...tions, conspiracy theories, rumours, phobias and hysterias. Theirs is a solipsistic world: where communication is permitted only with oneself and th... ...to throw others off the scent or to obtain Narcissistic Supply. This has profound implications. Communication through unequivocal, unambiguous, inf... ..., mates, and colleagues. There can be no hale society without unambiguous speech, without clear communications, without the traffic of idioms and c...

... Cyclopedia Of Philosophy 4th EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovsk... ...rious offence that it is punishable by the strongest religious penalty: eternal ex- communication ("Karet"). If abortion is indeed murder how should... ...vocation by an outside agent. It would seem that people suffering from personality disorders are in a CONSTANT state of anger, which is effectively... ...ed on the angry person by the world). These are also the two sources of personality disorders. The personality disordered is moulded by recurrent an... ...ger is not acute, of fear). The striking similarity between anger and personality disorders is the deterioration of the faculty of empathy. Angry ... ... rights accorded to infants. Many animal species exhibit awareness, cognizance and communication skills typical of human toddlers and of humans wit... ...motions are but phrases in this language. This language must exist - otherwise all communication between humans would have ceased to exist. It woul... ...se formal logical niches that superstition thrives. Appendix - Interview granted by Sam Vaknin to Adam Anderson 1. Do you believe that superstition... ... the successful and happy exchange of goods and services. THE AUTHOR Shmuel (Sam) Vaknin Curriculum Vitae Born in 1961 in Qiryat-Yam...

... Cyclopedia Of Philosophy 4th EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovsk... ...rious offence that it is punishable by the strongest religious penalty: eternal ex- communication ("Karet"). If abortion is indeed murder how should... ...vocation by an outside agent. It would seem that people suffering from personality disorders are in a CONSTANT state of anger, which is effectively... ...ed on the angry person by the world). These are also the two sources of personality disorders. The personality disordered is moulded by recurrent an... ...ger is not acute, of fear). The striking similarity between anger and personality disorders is the deterioration of the faculty of empathy. Angry ... ... rights accorded to infants. Many animal species exhibit awareness, cognizance and communication skills typical of human toddlers and of humans wit... ...motions are but phrases in this language. This language must exist - otherwise all communication between humans would have ceased to exist. It woul... ...se formal logical niches that superstition thrives. Appendix - Interview granted by Sam Vaknin to Adam Anderson 1. Do you believe that superstition... ... the successful and happy exchange of goods and services. THE AUTHOR Shmuel (Sam) Vaknin Curriculum Vitae Born in 1961 in Qiryat-Yam...

... Terrorists And Freedom Fighters 2nd EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovsk... ...to: palma@unet.com.mk or to vaknin@link.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-review.org/... ...A tried to defend villages aligned along a Pec-Djakovica line and thus disrupt the communications and logistics of Serb Military Police and Special... ...d officers, codes and procedures, a radio station and a news agency, an electronic communications interception unit, a word of mouth messenger serv... ...ns than ever before (though it was still short of medical supplies, ammunition and communications equipment). The KLA now had shoulder-fired anti-... ...e in history. Return Narcissists, Group Behaviour, and Terrorism Interview with Sam Vaknin Published in "The Idler" Sam Vaknin is the au... ...erican Psychiatric Association. (1994). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, fourth edition (DSM IV). Washington, DC: American Ps... ... o NPD (=the Narcissistic Personality Disorder) is one of a "family" of personality disorders (formerly known as "Cluster B"). Other members: Border... ...tisocial PD and Histrionic PD. o NPD is often diagnosed with other mental health disorders ("co-morbidity") - or with substance abuse, or impulsi...

... Narcissistic And Psychopathic Leaders 1 st EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.                          ... ... Narcissistic And Psychopathic Leaders 1 st EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.                            ... ...c, emotional, or erratic) Personality Disorder. Other Cluster B personality disorders are the Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), the Antisocial ... ...cific rubrics". It relegates it to the category "Other Specific Personality Disorders" together with the eccentric, "haltlose", immature, passive-ag... ...c, "haltlose", immature, passive-aggressive, and psychoneurotic personality disorders and types. The American Psychiatric Association, based in Wash... ...try, third edition, 1996, reprinted 2000. Oxford University Press, Oxford. Vaknin, Sam, Malignant Self Love – Narcissism Revisited, seventh revised... ...ird edition, 1996, reprinted 2000. Oxford University Press, Oxford. Vaknin, Sam, Malignant Self Love – Narcissism Revisited, seventh revised impress... ...ysis and Developmental Psychology. New York, Basic Books, 1985 30. Vaknin, Sam. Malignant Self Love – Narcissism Revisited. Skopje and Prague, Narc... ...hip that is direct, almost mystical, and transcends the normal channels of communication (such as the legislature or the media). Thus, a narcissist...

...use, Torture, And Trauma and Their Consequences and Effects 1 st EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.                          ... ... Torture, And Trauma and Their Consequences and Effects 1 st EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.                            ... ...c, emotional, or erratic) Personality Disorder. Other Cluster B personality disorders are the Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), the Antisocial ... ...cific rubrics". It relegates it to the category "Other Specific Personality Disorders" together with the eccentric, "haltlose", immature, passive-ag... ...c, "haltlose", immature, passive-aggressive, and psychoneurotic personality disorders and types. The American Psychiatric Association, based in Wash... ...ird edition, 1996, reprinted 2000. Oxford University Press, Oxford. Vaknin, Sam, Malignant Self Love – Narcissism Revisited, seventh revised impress... ...ysis and Developmental Psychology. New York, Basic Books, 1985 30. Vaknin, Sam. Malignant Self Love – Narcissism Revisited. Skopje and Prague, Narc... ...body becomes an accomplice of the tormentor, an uninterruptible channel of communication, a treasonous, poisoned territory. It fosters a humiliating... ...In some cultures, abuse is commonplace and accepted as a legitimate mode of communication, a sign of love and caring, and a boost to the abuser's se...

... Capitalistic Musings 1 st EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovsk... ...to: palma@unet.com.mk or to vaknin@link.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-review.org/... ...w": http://www.ce-review.org/authorarchives/vaknin_archive/vaknin_main.html Visit Sam Vaknin's United Press International (UPI) Article Archive – C... ...on drubbed traditional booksellers. eBay thrashes Amazon. Bell was forced by Covad Communications to implement its own technology, the DSL broadban... ...sing knowledge was leading to increasing specialisation - with little or no cross- communication between experts in different fields ... ... Matur... ...her popular imaging standards, GIF and TIFF. BT Group sued Prodigy, a unit of SBC Communications, in a US federal court, for infringement of its p... ...oblematic species: those suffering from serious psychological problems, personality disorders, clinical phobias, psychoneuroses and the like. This ... ... in "The Culture of Narcissism" and Theodore Millon in his books about personality disorders, singled out American society as narcissistic. Litigio... ...f to it" and on the pathological envy it fosters. Not surprisingly, narcissistic disorders are more common among men than among women. This may b...

... Facts and Fictions in The Securities Industry 1 st EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovsk... ...dija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-review.org/... ...w": http://www.ce-review.org/authorarchives/vaknin_archive/vaknin_main.html Visit Sam Vaknin's United Press International (UPI) Article Archive – C... ...es. Technical Plan • Description of manufacturing processes (hardware, software, communications, other); • Need for know-how, technological tran... ... (skilled and unskilled); • Infrastructure (power, water, etc.); • Transport and communications (example: satellites, lines, receivers, transmitt... .... To fully computerize all the above activities in a combined hardware-software and communications system which will integrate into the systems of ... ...ionships Study List, and the Links and Factoid Study List. Editor of mental health disorders and Central and Eastern Europe categories in various W... ...ctories (Open Directory, Search Europe, Mentalhelp.net). Editor of the Personality Disorders, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, the Verbal and Emo... ...s regarding relationships with abusive narcissists), Prague, 1999-2007 Personality Disorders Revisited (e-book about personality disorders), Prague...

... Wars and Empire 2nd EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovsk... ...Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-review.org/... ...w": http://www.ce-review.org/authorarchives/vaknin_archive/vaknin_main.html Visit Sam Vaknin's United Press International (UPI) Article Archive – C... ... Christopher Lasch in "The Cultural Narcissist" and Theodore Millon in "Personality Disorders of Everyday Life" have singled out the United States ... ...ian Federation. Russia is positioning itself to become an indispensable channel of communication and intermediary between the USA and what the Stat... ...n unco- operative since 1988. The trick is to apply during public holidays, or when communications are down (as they are now), because the borrower'... ...hould be the avoidable outcome of gradual escalation, replete with the unambiguous communication of intentions. It should be a last resort - not a ... ...e must be serious prospects of success; the use of arms must not produce evils and disorders graver than the evil to be eliminated." A just war is... ...ationships Study List, and the Link and Factoid Study List. Editor of mental health disorders and Central and Eastern Europe categories in various W...

...The Labour Divide 2nd EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovska ... ...unet.com.mk or to samvaknin@gmail.com Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review" http://www.ce-review.org/authorarc... ... by the same author - available! http://samvak.tripod.com/guide.html Sam Vaknin's "Central Europe Review" Author Archive: http://www.ce-revie... ...d crafts and trades – actually increased. But construction, transport and communications, and, to a lesser extent, housing, utilities, landscaping, ... ...added, as it forecast a deficit of 1.7 million workers in Information and Communications Technologies throughout the Union: "A declining EU work... ...on of social and cultural issues. Jane Taylor, Information Manager at the Communications Workers Union, writing recently for the online research gui... ...ertainty is further exacerbated by the pandemic eruption of mental health disorders - 15% of the population are severely pathologized according to t... ... Study List, and the Link and Factoid Study List. Editor of mental health disorders and Central and Eastern Europe categories in various Web directo... ...pen Directory, Search Europe, Mentalhelp.net). Editor of the Personality Disorders, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, the Verbal and Emotional Abu...

...The Silver Lining Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema 3 rd EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovsk... ...selective amnesia: hypnosis, trance and possession, hallucination, illusion, memory disorders (like organic, or functional amnesia), depersonalizati... ...versing any stage in the complex processes involved - or by preventing the entity's communication with its environs. Another method of annihilation ... ...om humans. But it will have to be non-intrusive and not involve overt and prolonged communication. The alternative is a protracted teletype session,... ...nstitutes the "Personal Narrative", or "Personality". Thus, "organic" and "mental" disorders (a dubious distinction at best) have many characterist... ...n principle) minds or 'subjectivities'. It thus implies that there is some sort of communication between those minds; which in turn implies that ea... ...t Encounter. It may also be our last. Return T H E A U T H O R SHMUEL (SAM) VAKNIN Curriculum Vitae Born in 1961 in Qiryat-Yam, Isra... ...ionships Study List, and the Links and Factoid Study List. Editor of mental health disorders and Central and Eastern Europe categories in various W... ...s. It is like time travel. It is like revisiting one's childhood." The Author Sam Vaknin is the author of Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Rev...

... Speculations and Physics 1 st E DI T I O N Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. Editing and Design: Lidija Rangelovsk... ...e Entities". Our emotions and thoughts can be communicated - but they are NOT the communication itself or its contents. They are "Subjective Entit... ...ot be communicated to quantum systems with each and every measurement because such communication would have to be superluminal. The only logical co... ...laws of physics. Another question is what is the currency used by the two in their communication. Physical forces are mediated by subatomic particl... ...ed or replicated elsewhere and at other times even when they are conducted with the SAM E subjects (who are no longer the same owing to the effects... ...rstition thrives. Continue to Science and Religion Appendix - Interview granted by Sam Vaknin to Adam Anderson 1. Do you believe that superstition... ... transition was characterized by transitional pathologies reminiscent of psychotic disorders. The exceptions are (arguably) the disciplines of medi... ...orbidden" thinking. These rigid ceremonies are reminiscent of obsessive-compulsive disorders in individuals who engage in ritualistic behavior patt... ... by his own yardsticks. Descriptive criteria aside, what is the essence of mental disorders? Are they merely physiological disorders of the brain,...