Prof Sam Vaknin
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Are You Self-sabotaging? (Fears of Failure, Imperfection: Success is State of Mind, Behaviors)
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25:01Now PlayingSelf-handicapping is not a behavior exclusive to narcissist. Anyone who is afraid of failure or afraid of success or is a perfectionist would tend to engage in it
Success at failing
Fear of success:
Hard to repeat
Imperfection and Impostor syndrome (fear of exposure)
Attracts abusers (like golddiggers)
Survivor guilt (leaving people behind)
Abandonment anxiety
Schzioid aversion to being in the limelight, shyness, avoidance, social anxiety
Aversion to responsibility
Keeping things simple
Provoking haters and other social problems (backlash avoidance), especially if traumatized or abused in previous successes
Low self-efficacy
Low expectations
Labile sense of self-worth and compensatory narcissism
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