LIBRARY of Kindle Books about Narcissists, Psychopaths, and Abusive Relationships

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Sam Vaknin author of "Malignant Self-love"

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Kindle Books about Narcissists, Psychopaths, and Abusive Relationships - click on this link: https://www.amazon.com/author/samvaknin 
 
In the page that opens, cick on "See all books" next to "Books by Sam Vaknin". In the new page that opens, click on "Kindle Edition" under Format)
 
 
How to Cope with Narcissistic and Psychopathic Abusers and Stalkers [Kindle Edition]

How to cope with stalkers, bullies, narcissists, psychopaths, and other abusers in the family, community, and workplace. How to navigate a system, which is often hostile to the victim: the courts, law enforcement (police), psychotherapists, evaluators, and social or welfare services. Tips, advice, and information.
 
 
The Aging Narcissist: Three Perspectives [Kindle Edition]
 
The narcissist ages without mercy and without grace. His withered body and his overwrought mind betray him all at once. He stares with incredulity and rage at cruel mirrors. He refuses to accept his growing fallibility. He rebels against his decrepitude and mediocrity. Accustomed to being awe-inspiring and the recipient of adulation - the narcissist cannot countenance his social isolation and the pathetic figure that he cuts.
 
The narcissist suffers from mental progeria. Subject to childhood abuse, he ages prematurely and finds himself in a time warp, constantly in the throes of a midlife crisis. On the other hand, he is a puer aeternus, an eternal child: immature, sulking and pouting, unable to delay gratification, unwilling to commit or to assume adult roles and chores.
 
 

Violent, Vindictive, Sadistic, and Psychopathic Narcissists [Kindle Edition]

 
 
Narcissists are not prone to "irresistible impulses" and dissociation (blanking out certain stressful events and actions). They more or less fully control their behavior and acts at all times. But exerting control over one's conduct requires the investment of resources, both mental and physical. Narcissists regard this as a waste of their precious time, or a humiliating chore. Lacking empathy, they don't care about other people's feelings, needs, priorities, wishes, preferences, and boundaries. As a result, narcissists are awkward, tactless, painful, taciturn, abrasive and insensitive. They are also prone to rage attacks and tempedr tantrums which they turn on and off at will.
 

Abuse, Trauma, and Torture - Their Consequences and Effects [Kindle Edition]
 
The effects on victims and survivors of traumatic experiences, long-term and repeated abuse, and torture. Includes in-depth profile of the Narcissistic Abuser and hundreds of links to literature and resources.
 
 
Coping with Stalking and Stalkers [Kindle Edition]
 
 
Stalkers are not made of one cloth. Some of them are psychopaths, others are schizoids, narcissists, paranoids, or an admixture of these mental health disorders. Stalkers harass their victims because they are lonely, or because it is fun (these are latent sadists), or because they can't help it (clinging or co-dependent behaviour), or for a myriad different reasons.
 
Clearly, coping techniques suited to one type of stalker may backfire or prove to be futile with another.
 
 
Cyclopedic Index of Narcissistic and Other Personality Disorder [Kindle Edition]
 
 
Links to more than 250 online encyclopedic entries about Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD), Self-love, Narcissism, Narcissists, Psychopaths, and Relationships with Abusers, Stalkers, and Bullies.
 
 
EXCERPTS ONLY Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited [Kindle Edition]
 
 
Narcissistic Personality Disorder and abusive relationships with narcissists and psychopaths described and analyzed in 100+ frequently asked questions (FAQs), and dozens of topical articles.
 
 
Excerpts and Case Studies from the Archives of the Narcissistic Abuse Study Group [Kindle Edition]
 
 
Hundreds of excerpts from the archives of the Narcissistic Abuse Study List regarding Pathological Narcissism, relationships with abusive narcissists and psychopaths, and Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD).
 
 
How to Divorce a Narcissist or a Psychopath [Kindle Edition]
 
 
Divorcing a narcissist or a psychopath is no easy or dangerless task. This book is no substitute for legal aid, though it does provide copious advice on anything from hiring an attorney, to domestic violence shelters, planning your getaway, involving the police, and obtaining restraining orders. Issues from court-mandated evaluation to custody are elaborated upon.
 
The book describes the psychology of psychopathic narcissists, paranoids, bullies and stalkers and guides you through dozens of coping strategies and techniques, especially if you have shared children.
 
 
How to Recognize a Narcissist or a Psychopath on Your First Date, before It is Too Late [Kindle Edition]
 
 
Is there anything you can do to avoid abusers and narcissists to start with? Are there any warning signs, any identifying marks, rules of thumb to shield you from the harrowing and traumatic experience of an abusive relationship?
 
Imagine a first or second date. You can already tell if he is a would-be abuser. This booklet tells you how.
 
 
How to Survive Relationships with Narcissists and Psychopaths [Kindle Edition]
 
 
Rescue fantasies, malignant optimism, how to love, live with, or abandon a narcissist, narcissistic tactics, relationship dynamics, remaining friends with the narcissist.
 
 
Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited - Frequently Asked Questions [Kindle Edition]
 
 
Dozens of Frequently Asked Questions regarding Pathological Narcissism, relationships with abusive narcissists and psychopaths, and Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD).
 
 
Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited - The Essay [Kindle Edition]
 
 
Psychodynamic study of pathological narcissism, relationships with abusive narcissists and psychopaths, and the Narcissistic Personality Disorder, using a new vocabulary.
 
 
Narcissism Book of Quotes [Kindle Edition]
 
 
A collection of quotes from the collective wisdom of 12000 online discussions about narcissists, psychopaths, and narcissistic abuse
 
 
Narcissism, Group Behavior, and Terrorism [Kindle Edition]
 
 
In the absence of legitimate political venues of airing grievances, terrorism is sometimes the only mode of expression. It also guarantees social mobility and respectability. It restores the terrorists' feelings of omnipotence, omnipresence ("we are everywhere and to be feared globally"), and omniscience ("we know best because we are the righteous") which are repeatedly shattered by the West's clear superiority in every conceivable field.
 
Terrorism is, therefore, a form of mass therapy through shared psychosis. This is an especially insidious recipe. As long as people are narcissistically injured, envious, and rageful - terrorism is here to stay.
 
 
Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) Catechism [Kindle Edition]
 
 
Questions and answers regarding all aspects of Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD), narcissists, psychopaths, and abuse in intimate relationships.
 
 
Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) and Other Mental Health Issues (Co-Morbidity and Dual Diagnosis) [Kindle Edition]
 
 
Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is often diagnosed together with Schizoid and Paranoid Personality Disorders; Histrionic Personality Disorder) and Somatic Narcissism; Depression; Dissociative Identity Disorder; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Bipolar Disorder; Asperger's Disorder; Generalized Anxiety Disorder; Borderline Personality Disorder; Schizotypal Personality Disorder; Psychosis; Antisocial Personality Disorder (Psychopathy); Neuroses; Masochism; and Sexual Perversions (paraphilias.)
 
 
Narcissistic Supply: The Narcissist's Drug [Kindle Edition]
 
 
I. What is Narcissistic Supply?
 
II. What are the functions of Narcissistic Supply in the narcissistic pathology?
 
III. Why does the narcissist devalue his Source of Secondary Narcissistic Supply (SSNS)?
 
IV. Could negative input serve as Narcissistic Supply (NS)?
 
V. Does the narcissist want to be liked?
 
VI. How does the narcissist treat his former Sources of Narcissistic Supply?
 
VII. How does the Narcissist React to Deficient Narcissistic Supply?
 
 
Narcissistic and Psychopathic Leaders [Kindle Edition]
 
 
 Narcissistic and psychopathic leaders come in all shapes and degrees of virulence. Learn to recognize them in various settings (the workplace, religion, politics) and to cope with the toxic fallout of their "leadership".
 
 
Narcissists and Women [Kindle Edition]
 
 
Narcissists are misogynists, women-haters. Women represent sex, intimacy, and family and, therefore, mediocrity.
 
The narcissist divides all women into sluttish huntresses and sexless saints. He aims to frustrate and subjugate them.
 
 
Personality Disorders Revisited [Kindle Edition]
 
 
450 pages about Borderline, Narcissistic, Antisocial-Psychopathic, Histrionic, Paranoid, Obsessive-Compulsive, Schizoid, Schizotypal, Masochistic, Sadistic, Depressive, Negativistic-Passive-Aggressive, Dependent, and other Personality Disorders.
 
 
Personality Disorders: Use and Abuse of Differential Diagnoses [Kindle Edition]
 
 
The differential diagnoses in the personality disorders section of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) contain many overlaps and culture-bound artefacts.
The categorical (non-dimensional) taxonomy leads to multiple diagnoses (co-morbidity) in the same patient.
 
 
Mini Dictionary of Mental Health and Psychology [Kindle Edition]
 
 
A mini dictionary of mental health disorders, psychological tests and interviews, signs and symptoms, and psychological defenses.
 
 
Psychological Defense Mechanisms [Kindle Edition]
 
 
According to Freud and his followers, our psyche is a battlefield between instinctual urges and drives (the id), the constraints imposed by reality on the gratification of these impulses (the ego), and the norms of society (the superego). This constant infighting generates what Freud called "neurotic anxiety" (fear of losing control) and "moral anxiety" (guilt and shame).

But these are not the only types of anxiety. "Reality anxiety" is the fear of genuine threats and it combines with the other two to yield a morbid and surrealistic inner landscape.
 
These multiple, recurrent, "mini-panics" are potentially intolerable, overwhelming, and destructive. Hence the need to defend against them. There are dozens of defense mechanisms. The most common among them are listed and described in this booklet.
 
 
Psychological Signs and Symptoms [Kindle Edition]
 
 
Symptoms are the patient's complaints. They are highly subjective and amenable to suggestion and to alterations in the patient's mood and other mental processes. Symptoms are no more than mere indications. Signs, on the other hand, are objective and measurable. Signs are evidence of the existence, stage, and extent of a pathological state. Headache is a symptom - short-sightedness (which may well be the cause of the headache) is a sign.
 
 
Psychological Tests and Interviews [Kindle Edition]
 
 
I. Introduction
 
II. MMPI-2 Test
 
III. MCMI-III Test
 
IV. Rorschach Inkblot Test
 
V. TAT Diagnostic Test
 
VI. Structured Interviews
 
VII. Disorder-specific Tests
 
VIII.PCL-R Test
 
APPENDIX: Common Problems with Psychological Laboratory Tests
 
 
Short Fiction about Narcissism and Mental Health [Kindle Edition]
 
 
Short fiction about narcissists, psychopaths, pathological narcissism, and mental health disorders.
 
 
The Conundrums of Psychology [Kindle Edition]
 
 
The fundamental assumptions underlying the modern study of psychopathology examined.
 
 
The DSM V and the Concept of Mental Illness Lecture Notes [Kindle Edition]
 
 
The DSM V approach to the concepts of normalcy and mental illness, with special emphasis on personality disorders and the insanity defense.
 
 
The Developmental Psychology of Psychopathology [Kindle Edition]
 
 
Psychopathology as the outcome of problems in early childhood development.
 
 
The Narcissist and Psychopath in Therapy [Kindle Edition]
 
 
Can narcissists and psychopaths be cured? Can their behaviour be modified? How are these mental health disorders diagnosed?
 
 
The Narcissist and the Psychopath in the Workplace [Kindle Edition]
 
 
How to identify narcissistic and psychopathic bullies (colleagues, bosses, suppliers, authority figures) in the workplace and how to cope with them.
 
 
The Narcissist's Mother [Kindle Edition]
 
 
Early childhood conflicts with the narcissist’s mother shape his traits, personality, and behavior patterns as an adult.
 
 
The Narcissist's Psychosexuality [Kindle Edition]
 
 
Cerebral narcissists use their intellect, intelligence, and verbal skills to derive narcissistic supply. Somatic narcissists leverage their body and sexuality to secure an uninterrupted flow of supply.
 
Each narcissist is either predominantly cerebral or somatic, but there is no type-constancy: the dominant type gives way to the recessive type in times of scarce, deficient, or absent supply (for instance: following a major life crisis).
 
Narcissists are also prone to incest and sexual paraphilias such as pedophilia and fetishism.
 
 
The Psychology of Serial and Mass Killers [Kindle Edition]
 
 
Serial killers represent a dual failure - of their own development as full-fledged, productive individuals - and of the culture and society they grow in. In a pathologically narcissistic civilization - social anomies proliferate. Such societies breed malignant objectifiers - people devoid of empathy - also known as "narcissists".
 
 
Toxic Relationships: Abuse and its Aftermath [Kindle Edition]
 
 
How to identify abuse, cope with it, survive it, and deal with your abuser.
 
 
WORKBOOK (Tests and Exercises) Toxic Relationships: Abuse and its Aftermath [Kindle Edition]
 
 
Self-assessment questionnaires, tips, and tests for victims of abusers, batterers, and stalkers in various types of relationships.
 
 
Women in Relationships with Narcissists and Psychopaths: Mates, Spouses, and Intimate Partners [Kindle Edition]
 
 
The psychological makeup of women in relationships with narcissists and psychopaths; the dynamics of such relationships; typical behavior patterns; and expected outcomes. Includes tips and advice on how to cope with abusers in intimate relationships.
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