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Psychology

• The Myth of Mental Illness - Part I
  (Fri Dec 9th, 2005 05:31:31 PM, by Sam Vaknin) "You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird… So let's look at the bird and see what it's doing – that's what counts. I learned very early the diff...
• Intuition - Part II
  (Fri Dec 9th, 2005 05:31:31 PM, by Sam Vaknin) The a-priori nature of intuitions of the first and the third kind led thinkers, such as Adolf Lasson, to associate it with Mysticism. He called it an "intellectual vision" which leads to the "essence of things". Earlier philosophers and theologians la...
• Intuition - Part I
  (Fri Dec 9th, 2005 05:31:31 PM, by Sam Vaknin) I. The Three Intuitions IA. Eidetic Intuitions Intuition is supposed to be a form of direct access. Yet, direct access to what? Does it access directly "intuitions" (abstract objects, akin to numbers or properties - see "Bestowed Existence")? Are...
• The Shattered Identity - Part I
  (Fri Dec 9th, 2005 05:31:31 PM, by Sam Vaknin) I. Exposition In the movie "Shattered" (1991), Dan Merrick survives an accident and develops total amnesia regarding his past. His battered face is reconstructed by plastic surgeons and, with the help of his loving wife, he gradually recovers his wi...
• The Shattered Identity - Part II
  (Fri Dec 9th, 2005 05:31:31 PM, by Sam Vaknin) But the unconscious is as much a part of one's self-identity as one's conscious. What if, due to a mishap, the roles were reversed? What if Dan's conscious part were to become his unconscious and his unconscious part - his conscious? What if all his c...
• The Narcissist in the Workplace
  (Fri Dec 9th, 2005 05:31:31 PM, by Sam Vaknin) Question: The narcissist turns the workplace into a duplicitous hell. What to do? Answer: To a narcissistic employer, the members of his "staff" are Secondary Sources of Narcissistic Supply. Their role is to accumulate the supply (remember eve...
• Narcissism - Treatment Modalities and Therapies - Part II
  (Fri Dec 9th, 2005 05:31:31 PM, by Sam Vaknin) The fourth edition of the authoritative "Review of General Psychiatry" (London, Prentice-Hall International, 1995), says (p. 309): "(People with personality disorders) ... cause resentment and possibly even alienation and burnout in the healthcare ...
• Narcissism - Treatment Modalities and Therapies - Part I
  (Fri Dec 9th, 2005 05:31:31 PM, by Sam Vaknin) Question: Is the Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) more amenable to Cognitive-Behavioural therapies or to Psychodynamic/Psychoanalytic ones? Answer: Narcissism pervades the entire personality. It is all-pervasive. Being a narcissist is ...
• Eating Disorders and Personality Disorders (narcissism)
  (Fri Dec 9th, 2005 05:31:31 PM, by Sam Vaknin) Question: Do narcissists also suffer from eating disorders such as bulimia nervosa or anorexia nervosa? Answer: Patients suffering from eating disorders either binge on food or refrain from eating and sometimes are both anorectic and bulimic....
• Gender and the Narcissist
  (Fri Dec 9th, 2005 05:31:31 PM, by Sam Vaknin) Question: Are female narcissists any different? You seem to talk only about male narcissists! Answer: I keep using the male third person singular because most narcissists (75%) are males and more so because there is little difference between t...

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