Prof Sam Vaknin
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When Covert Narcissist is DEPRESSED (PsyPedia Conference, Russia)
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1:11:58Now PlayingAre covert narcissists the only real narcissists? Are over narcissists a variant of Antisocial Personality Disorder or psychopathy?
Grandiosity gap (implicit vs. explicit self-esteem), failure of compensatory functions, not structures.
Narcissistic collapse leads to a covert phase
Negative affects (shame, guilt, envy)
Borderline-like features (emotion/affective dysregulation, suicidal ideation)
Internalized bad object activation
Self-betrayal (self-harm, self-defeat)
Dysphorias: loss-induced, deficiency-induced, self-worth lability, grandiosity gap/self-concept, self-punitive
Internal vs. external reset or solutions (Libby) of self-concept, locus of grandiosity (victimhood), self-enhancing narrative: I chose and orchestrated my collapse, self-supply, devaluation of sources (alloplastic defenses)
New Pathological Narcissistic Space (PNS)
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