Personality disorder empathy Videos

Sam, is this why a narcissist never seems to open up and share their deep inter feelings with anyone? My wife would display these ridiculously sad looks on her face or cry to show her empathy. However, when she didn't get the supply she was looking for the sad looks or crying would stop immediately and turn to anger. I remember a few times during this fake crying the phone rang and she answered it. The crying stopped and within a few short minutes she would be laughing with the caller.

it is always very sad for me to see so many seemingly unrelated people favoriting your videos. this problem appears to be rampant today. i continue to have my own deep empathy for those who exhibit these qualities. it is after all, something that has been thrust upon them. they didn't ask to be horrifically abused and emotionally abandoned from birth. but i do agree, trying to help a narcissist is self destructive at best. i pray for them.

You just went straight back to the Middle Ages. Do you honestly believe this or are you just using this as a kind of "explanation example reason" or hyperbole? Which do you think is more likely--A) the narc is psychiatrically different from others and it effects their behavior, or B) a supernatural entity has entered them, an entity that no one can see or otherwise mark the existence of, has "possessed" the person. Really?

Wow thank you so much for this video! It was truly amazing! I'm a survivor of domestic violence & could never understand how my ex husband could treat me in such a way! I knew something was wrong with him because he lacks compassion & empathy! I learned about narcissism a few years ago after leaving him but you truly gave a detailed description of narcissism! It was as if you were decribing him!

obviously if you haven't got a stable sense of self it would be impossible to allow yourself to become someone else even for a nano second. Nothing can't turn into something. Sometimes I think, there HAS to be someone down there, even if its deeply buried, almost totally destroyed, but thats probably just because I think to truly be a narc must be unbearable nearly all the time

i truly believe that narcissists are demon-possessed. they are suffering because they have let a demon take over their personality and take their empathy away. i have experience w/ this as i have been possessed and had my empathy taken away by a demon. i believe that this is essentially whats wrong w/ narcissists and psychopaths

Ive recently come to terms that I am a narcissist.its only costed me the family I created, the family who cares for me.no one knows what its like to just EXISTS...jist to be sn empty shell. All the things people search for in life I can never apart of. I'm my mind, I'm dangerous to others personality & emotions.

I will never forget the day my father was diagnosed with cancer - at the time I was stil married to my now ex husband , that first night I could not stop crying my ex said to me "I don't know why you are getting so upset , he's not dead yet!"

Dear Sam, I am so grateful for you to be able to translate so very well narcissism and I wanted to thank you for explaining my entire history so very well. You truly are a threat to many psychiatrist's incomes. Thank you again and bless you

my "husband" used to refer to me as "his DeLyla". And when I quit giving "her" the same unconditional love I gave "him", "she" said I was not DeLyla. Devaluating me to to point of denying my very existence.

Fake empathy is same as no empathy. Empathy is private and not visible from outside, so it cannot be faked. I think it could be repressed empathy, which actually exists but does not influence actions.

I recently observed what I call "full-circle" empathy, where they feel so horribly compassionate for others that it incompacitates them. Still being all about them and their feelings!

Positive emphaty is love Negative emphaty is hate but what the hell is cold emphaty? it cant be empathy if it is unrelated to emotions it is just modeling or theory of mind.

I would like to know what your opinion is on my "full-circle empathy" observation, is it true empathy to allow the tragedy of the world to take down your own life?

+Kaleb st clair Narcissists and psychopaths have cold empathy. Learn about cold empathy here: //www.narcissistic-abuse.com/personalitydisorders68.html

Empathy without compassion is what I call "cold empathy" //www.narcissistic-abuse.com/personalitydisorders68.html

Not entirely OT, but wasn't the lesson of his, to be quip, that he advised against opening your mouth at all? Because every single thing you say could be interpreted every single which way? Which explains his rubber boots, the quirky accent, and his christian beliefs being so personal they were private until after his death ?Private language.. What's the point of that anyway? To speak of others in their presence? Intimacy? Hm.. May just be my temporary lapse of imagination, but I think I missed the context. I'll shut up now and listen for it.

You got Vaknin backwards: I said that Wittgenstein was the first to suggest the possibility of the existence of a private language, not that he thought that private languages actually exist: //plato.stanford.edu/entries/private-language

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Narcissist Loves his Disorder and Narcissistic Personality

I disagree. Sometimes the difference between two different types of crying - happy and sad - is unrecognizable. We always run the "danger" of incorrectly identifying emotional states and therefore there are situations when we have to be careful with our statements, for example in front of a jury.Magicians and illusionists are experts in fooling people. But it's not them being great at what they do, it's us being bad at calling their bluffs. Our perception is not nearly as great as we often think it is. A lot of the time we walk around and don't realize how incorrect our world view is.

+Sam Vaknin I understand and agree whit what your saying, Tho', trough different methods of "reading" the our biology's outputs, we can match certain patterns which can be inferred as "compatible".That is if we accept the premise we are biologically built the same way.If we are, and our brain activity works along the same guides, then by reading our different biological outputs we can determine if two patterns are 80% alike or not, there for, we can affirm, two people are very probably feeling the same Feeling, not necessarily the feeling strength, or the thought process that triggered this emotional reaction.

If you and I are having the same emotion is does not mean that we are EXPERIENCING this emotion in an IDENTICAL way. Actually, it is much more reasonable to assume that the way you feel sad is NOT the same way that I feel sad. Simply because you are you and I am not you.

they are complete opposite, can't place them together. Can't be connected to Altruism if your efforts have predetermined selfish rewards. May use altruism as a disguise but not truly altruistic.

Ugh. This describes my ex-husband perfectly. Scary, scary...but the realization helps me move on...

The unspoken slave-trade in modern times, narcissists ultimatum, the apocalypse.

This describes my mother perfectly. I hate the bitch. 

Reminds me of George Soro's INET socialists.

Description of someone whom I know

The final fracture.

Spot on ;)

+Tanquray Jones ❤❤Thank you for the lovely compliment!! :-)

+Tanquray Jones In general, if someone is mesmerized looking into someone's eyes, their facial expression and body language will match the sentiment. A sociopathic stare is cold and uninviting.

+Sacha Slone Playing dumb has helped me in dealing with these types because they "reveal" themselves. It's been easier to "read" them when they think I'm just an idiot who doesn't have a clue. You gather a lot of data from someone who thinks you're too stupid to see through their façade.

+Narcissists Happen Do you personally always 'challenge' toxic people whenever you meet them or do you also 'play dumb' depending on the situation? I'm curious to hear your thoughts, if you've already made a video on this topic, please post the link or your video title. :-) I think this is a great topic to discuss: the pros and cons of challenging toxic people.

+ForOutOfZionShallGoForthTheTorah ❤Thank you❤

+Blessed Butterfly "....quickly disconnect and separate from each other if possible." That is so interesting!

+Sacha Slone It's kind of frightening ye enlightening at the same time to actually observe how they function.I've also seen two N/P individuals meet each other for the first time and they do the same staring but they don't hold the gaze for long and also it's really strange but they seem to figure out that thy both are N/P individuals and quickly disconnect and separate from each other if possible. It's almost like they "respect" one another to not invade each others area or energy.

+Blessed Butterfly You are right, I've read that sociopaths are absolutely 'studying' us when they are 'staring' at us, either directly in the eyes or from a distance. The two times I've been 'stared down' by sociopaths, I kept thinking 'are they aware of how ridiculous they are?' I knew exactly what they were doing, therefore it took away their power to dominate me. I suppose in the past, before I knew about sociopathic traits, I just thought the person was socially inept, lol.