The narcissist told me, “Don’t you dare ruin my reputation.” I replied, “You did that all by yourself.”
@user-lm6uh3fd3n6 ай бұрын
Time heals all wounds in human beings not in narcissists! That part 🗣️
@johntracey41966 ай бұрын
💯% absolutely true
@TDGCmote6 ай бұрын
okay i'll but more therapy instead if healing then
@johnkosi67986 ай бұрын
More time means more opportunity for grievance ruminating.
@suzystone2446 ай бұрын
Narcissist = no empathy = No remorse = Got out = Stayed out = Recovery does happen ❤
@maryfrances13076 ай бұрын
I love your story. Short, sweet, and to the point.
@kayb9476 ай бұрын
No contact is the only way . Walk away when they try to engage in small talk to get a foot in the door. Walk away with no expression.
@juliie0074 ай бұрын
That’s what I did too with a narcissistic relative had to cut them out completely and that includes the flying monkeys who are readily gullible to be manipulated by the narcissist.
@debhadden2052 ай бұрын
@@juliie007Heartbreaking. I am scared this might be what I'm going to have to do.
@Admin-gy3kdАй бұрын
@@juliie007I did that now he’s stalking me 😢
@louiseramsey15715 ай бұрын
"Absence parading around as a presence". 👌
@jaijai88296 ай бұрын
Yes!! He s stalking me like crazy since i bloked him! When he wasn t bloked he would n t give me any attention, always busy! They are very sick, i m aware he s comin back for revenge!
@danmeck59784 ай бұрын
The ex tried to hoover me just 1 week after i humiliated him in court. I would have to be dead in the brain to not realise he wanted me back just to punish me 😅.. The man didn't even have the patience to let the dust settle a bit. Loser!
@MJacobsHarris6 ай бұрын
Goodness you always tell me, Narcissist are not human. I truly believe and agree. I find myself always saying they dont have feelings.
@AboveAndBeyond176 ай бұрын
They have feelings,but..only the bad ones.
@Fawn-hv7mx6 ай бұрын
According to Black's Law Dictionary the word 'human' means 'monster'. Interesting world we live in.
@fredrikburstrom-cw1ho6 ай бұрын
If you see any positive feelings they are not Narcissist
@lucyhanks5003 ай бұрын
@@fredrikburstrom-cw1holike laughing at human behaviours like they’re normal and even comical? Perspective of artificial intelligence in what’s socially acceptable and what’s seriously unkind and culturally corrosive?
@DelSunflower336 ай бұрын
My mom …. I blocked her for the first time and my creativity is coming back now
@dominusbalial8356 ай бұрын
I was a feral child raised by a single mother suffering some kind of strange maternalistic psychosis. But she kept me locked up for 22 hours day, until i got into school because she wasn't actually doing it consciously as abusive but rather was manifesting maternal instincts in the absolute opposite and worse way? it was so strange her behaviours were close to the exact opposite reaction she should have had. She didn't let me have any autonomy either, she wouldn't let me shave my moustache for example because she didn't want me to cut my lip and get hurt. When I attempted to express autonomy and violated this ruling and cut my lip the first time I was shaving. My mother physically assaulted me, because she didn't want me to hurt myself shaving my lip. Doesn't make any sense does it? Best thing I ever happened to me was separate from my family system which was just my mother. She kept herself isolated and kept me isolated from my family. And honestly I don't think I could ever integrate myself because i'm also autistic on top of being horrifically abused. Although I've never experienced what I'd consider a healthy relationship where I was valued, I worry that i'm wrong but I can never figure out how i could possibly be wrong unfortunately. But it just seems statistically improbable the amount of shit i've encountered with relationships with people. Anyways sorry for the rant, I also haven't slept in 2 days because I suffer from some form of mild chronic stress related insomnia? Give yourself a lot of time, I don't know your relationship with your mother, mine was not normal or healthy at all, many parents aren't. This might be one of the best things that ever happened too you if you give it a little time. I hope things get better for you my guy.
@pjmrees6 ай бұрын
This video is Perfect timing. My Nex has been trying to rehoover after the divorce he insisted on. I had a gut feeling it was a rouse trying to get back at me. He's mad that I am not crying to get him back. He was embarrassed in court when he thought the divorce was based on irreconcilable differences but I counter claimed with adultery and abuse with video and pictures. I believe he's out for revenge.
@erickonassis63104 күн бұрын
Yes, he wants to destroy you...watch out for the I m sick hoover, I had no one else to call
@charlesscholton5252Ай бұрын
Hoovering for revenge is spot on tactic.
@MJacobsHarris6 ай бұрын
Sam you’re always on point. I want revenge myself, on the narcissist for being such a nasty individual.
@GLsJAwtomatica6 ай бұрын
Their miserable existence is their karma; they have no access to positive emotions
@lauradelregno996 ай бұрын
@@deborahserafin8253 Love your comment, I used to feel the same way as the first commenter. Understanding the mental disorder gives you closure.
@nynckeschepen27506 ай бұрын
Dear prof. Vaknin, yet another piece of the what - the- hell- happened- in - my-relationship?!- puzzle that I am solving step by step. I feel a deep gratitude for the books you have written and video's you made. All the work you have done. The video's and writings are so spot on, sometimes mindblowingly accurate. 😅 Thanks Sam for every puzzle piece that saves me from going crazy...
@aleksandraola52506 ай бұрын
My sweet, lovely amazingly vise teacher thank you from the depths of my hearth for your lectures . Breaking up with a narcissist year ago ,suffering trough a 3.5 year relationship with him left me depressed and drained ..how could the man that made all those promises to love me forever to never leave me block me from his life when i wanted to make things right between us ..when he told me he cares for me ..what you say in your lecture helps me to understand the ins and outs of our relationship
@user-gd5gx2mx6i6 ай бұрын
Great video that describes this behavior of eternal resentment very well. I myself was always stunned at how someone could be so unforgiving, be offended by every little thing and hold my "misbehavior", no matter how small, against me forever. Until I understood that I was dealing with an (undiagnosed) narcissist. It took me a long time to "swallow" this because it was an old university friend who I trusted and who I actually used to really like. But I can't maintain a friendship with such "grudge holders". Such a shame. And I feel sorry for these people.
@Tinga6664 ай бұрын
From the bottom of my heart I thank you Sam. Your videos give me strength and educate me. You saved me from a Hoover.
@MrHDProd6 ай бұрын
How can we get those type of peoples in jail ? Why do we have to deal with those type of individuals ?
@samvaknin6 ай бұрын
Stalking and harassment are criminal offenses in most jurisdictions.
@CoiutzMicutz6 ай бұрын
@@samvakninwhat if theyre married?
@dominusbalial8356 ай бұрын
How would you leverage society to help you if your autistic? I feel completely and utterly isolated from support networks and completely and utterly at the mercy of anyone in society. It's seemingly impossible for someone to actually do something wrong too me, even when I explain in extreme detail why and/or how i find "X" comment or "X" situation uncomfortable or offensive to be put in or have directed towards me. But then somehow I'm overly sensitive? and yet at the same time I'm also insensitive? How to I organize myself in a manner that's conductive towards society not singling me out to generate neuroticism in or exploit. If my paranoia is continually validated and reinforced by real world experience from my friends and family, is it paranoia? Am I potentially narcissistic? I've been told I was narracistic before I even got into school dozens of times, was called narcissistic by my elementary school teachers, by my bother, by my mother. I can't see anything i've done to anyone in particularly, that wasn't a result of social ineptness at least, that could have upsetted other people. What does it say when strangers in your personal life treat your better than your close friends? Thank you for all your videos too you've provided me with a wealth of education I watch your content almost everyday sometimes a few times a day. @@samvaknin
@dominusbalial8356 ай бұрын
I don't feel superior I feel very isolated and vulnerable, I live a very schizoid style of life.
@kristinapace6 ай бұрын
Yes yes yes and playing gospel songs like they are a true patriot ..... It's sooooo hard bitting my tounge
@kristinapace6 ай бұрын
Hopefully I will be gone soon I pray I pray
@DamienEng-uz6diАй бұрын
Once you leave he will attack everything around him Then his paranoia will be unbelievable DO NOT BE THE LAST TARGET
@nadinesoussi73526 ай бұрын
Professor ,you are amazing ,it's like you are living in their heads.
@zenmaiden16 ай бұрын
Yes Insists on betrayal that never happened in a created scenario - yes he said cannot be salvaged, ruminates . Punitive indeed, death by 1000 cuts.
@lilithjesus77185 ай бұрын
Prof V, thank you . What you're describing just puts into external real words that which i have been perceiving and my gut has been saying about a past love of my life. As a former victim of lifelong gaslighting, you being well qualified and articulate and explicitly explaining with such great accuracy that which was mostly in my private inner world is a lifesaving dynamic. 🙏 I can't thank you enough.
@annaconcepcion12494 ай бұрын
Check to each! He's holding a grudge and hoovers to punish!
@dawnhandelman3086 ай бұрын
They are dangerous ✝️🙏
@faddy243 ай бұрын
Highly insightful. One thing I've never done and never will do is beg for forgiveness and accept all the responsibility for something I didn't do, no matter how much I love a particular person.
@Chez8922-kf6cy5 ай бұрын
The last straw for me was when I called my covert narcissist sibling out on Facebook in front of a couple hundred people from our home town for stealing stuff out of our father's house after our father died. He did it. My dad's family took his side. I had to cut contact with our entire family because he went on a vicious Machiavellian smear campaign. It was impossible for me to do anything because he lives in the same town as the family and I'm a hundred miles away. Its been ten years now and he still paints me as bitter, holding on to animosity and ashamed of myself. He's tried forcing contact twice. I never gave in. I even had to walk away from burying our father's ashes because he refused to bury our father for five years after he died. Then he told the whole family i wont bury our father. It was a setup the whole time.
@Chez8922-kf6cy5 ай бұрын
This will be a grudge he holds til his grave!
@annatetiad.49913 ай бұрын
great job - yes, often they will infiltrate your family to get them on his/her side. Key is to focus on your journey forward and only that. But narcissists do hate when you win especially in court, etc.
@jayfakhuri6 ай бұрын
Invaluable advise!!!! Thank you my good man. Thank you for your work.
@hauntedsalmon79316 ай бұрын
An ex started a grow op with his brother. He went to pick up his grade school children and threw a couple of beer cans he was drinking out of the car. A parent saw that and reported it. The police wrestled and handcuffed him at home. His brother panicked and removed the grow op evidence to his control only. Years later, this guy was stealing his brother’s pot opening his door with a butter knife. When I asked why he was stealing, he told me , “He owes me”! Forever I guess.
@donnadwarika63708 күн бұрын
Everything you say is like you know my ljfe always on point.Thank you Sir.
@Acceptancetoday6 ай бұрын
Big switch about 2 weeks in and it never stopped. Wanted money he thought he had a right to
@silversilver06 ай бұрын
My sister is the golden child narcissist who cant get over any man who rejects her and wants to avoid her drama and entitlement. She stalks these guys on social media, Hoovers and even has her friend joining in on harassing these dudes.
@Ripaltico6 ай бұрын
Lol at your sister.
@silversilver06 ай бұрын
She's super pathetic @@Ripaltico
@silversilver06 ай бұрын
She is pathetic! @@Ripaltico
@Acceptancetoday6 ай бұрын
Learned that he donned a toupee and made false identity 20 years younger……wow wow
@BNyaB6 ай бұрын
😳😳😳
@StefanieDonnellyАй бұрын
How could they have so much confidence with a hair hat ? What?
@angiemcguinness3556 ай бұрын
Very interesting and illuminating. Thank you Sam.
@Konstantinos1435 ай бұрын
Thank you so much Pr Vaknin - this explains PLENTY about the overall behavior of certain individuals in my life in the past 9 years!
@toiletfarm6 ай бұрын
I see this in my son’s mom. Acts like a little kid in many ways, she speaks with either a mouse’s voice or Batman’s and it shifts depending on the environment. Her “boyfriend” is the one who has to parent our child when he needs it and it’s screwing up my kid. Can’t fix these people. The grudges she holds and broadcasts is insane
@maryfrances13076 ай бұрын
Batman’s voice? From a grown woman? 😁😂😂 I don’t know if it’s my mood, but I’ve read the funniest scenarios on this particular KZbin video.
@superfields11942 күн бұрын
I love your videos Sam they offer the most professional reasoning of Narcissists. I watch them often for growth and recovery. I have been no contact and the ex has tried to reachout through email which i cannot block entirely as its gmail. But i refuse to read it.
@francesvacas93326 ай бұрын
The problem can be that when those related to the narcissit ( your own family for eg) see and understand no contact as a grudge or even a vendetta.
@maryfrances13076 ай бұрын
The problem can be that you care more about what other people see and understand than you do your own sanity and safety.
@user-xp2rr7iy2n4 ай бұрын
Yes I am speaking from my experience and I am still going through the process of getting the lengthy process of researching for this information
@janiseluvspink87696 ай бұрын
i ghosted my narcissist after i found solid proof he was cheating he made tiktok videos making himself the victim in one vid he was singing with an angry face singing the song by reo speedwagon take it on the run baby🙄
@charliebubbles95016 ай бұрын
Excellent and very illuminating. 👍🏻
@karenellisbrown81695 ай бұрын
I must be a narcissist as I can't forgive him.
@preciousandrare1777Ай бұрын
That's not good or healthy. The Creator forgives you for offenses against His laws and if you can't forgive? It's detrimental to u and u give power to the people who u can't forgive. Holding a grudge destroys u and keeps u from having peace. It doesn't change anything that's been done. The person goes on living their life while u are being bitter. Forgive and go on with your life.
@redwarrior2424Ай бұрын
Forgiveness of the perpetrator by the victim is overrated
@DamienEng-uz6diАй бұрын
After 30 years he will do this NO MATTER WHAT
@pattyrooney13236 ай бұрын
Thank you, Sam.
@leslypompy13576 ай бұрын
superb teaching. thank you .
@Ranaaboufayad9 күн бұрын
We have a son, and according to our law after divorce i am supposed to be the care giver unless i am accused of some moral offense or getting married again or having affairs.. and he is threatening that he with the help of his lawyer are capable of setting me such a charge .. i am so scared he would do it, I can’t believe he can be such a devil
@tricia51046 ай бұрын
Thank you for your knowledge
@Ranaaboufayad9 күн бұрын
He is subtly threatening me, and this scares me ..
@OlympianVenus5 ай бұрын
@Sam Vaknin, if he fails to get revenge, can they take it on their next supplies ?
@samvaknin5 ай бұрын
Yes. It is called “displacement”.
@stefandarkveil46644 ай бұрын
Yes. Cheated on her so she had to leave me due to toxic shame. Smeared me all over. Now I have a baby with someone else and living not far. (Although it was not easy on my own, I'm an expat and she is native). She obliterated me for 3 years while I still had feelings for her and is coming back only now. ALL the signs are present. I destroyed her life in 2 seconds, she adored me, she says ... 😅 ( I do believe that by the way )
@Ellethebutterfly4 ай бұрын
Thank you! This is a very accurate explanation.
@venissasanti6 ай бұрын
Uncanny timing
@CharlotteRodgers-d6uАй бұрын
Oh wow.this i remember laurie used to .always say to me." You win" when there wasnt a competition playing out i was standing my ground and refusing to let him get away with his bullshit...man crazy
@suzanavukolic35386 ай бұрын
Yes, yes and yes. All of these. Yesterday he tried to run me over with a lift truck.
@BNyaB6 ай бұрын
😱😱
@cleopatras74886 ай бұрын
So if I’ve been with a narcissist who hurt me so bad and wasted 10 years of the best years of my life. Because of him I’m not be a mother in my life. Now I’m so angry of what he did and can’t forgive him. Does that make me a narcissist?
@dawnhandelman3086 ай бұрын
No maybe you are like me that didn’t know anything about this or recognized it until it was extremely painful & crazy out of control I as well wasted 10 + years Grateful to be out and in peace ☮️ 🕊❤️🙏
@cleopatras74885 ай бұрын
@@dawnhandelman308 yes unfortunately I am like you. It took me all these years to understand who he really is. I got IBS because of him. In pain most of the time for years and doctors have no explanation :(
@tippimaravala5 ай бұрын
❤pls take care for he will use somebody or other to destroy u if he finds u helping his victim
@DeeMansfield-lw1pz3 ай бұрын
He hates me I sent him back to prison Reality hit hard NOT one of his so called " Friends " would take him Not his daughter who said ahe dosent teust after he went back to the same behaviour as before Im SO ok he hates me He will leave me alone Hes immature criminal behaviour will destroy him He blames everyone else But once he told me my questioning his behaviour thats why he kills people Wicked pure EVIL Hes the victim
@tdesq.24632 ай бұрын
What!!!
@Super1Luckydog4 ай бұрын
What about in the case of a possible narcissist who finds out 20 years later that he married a possible borderline's who self trashed with several men? That there was suspicion, lies, gaslighting and deception for 20 years. Can these two ever get over this?
@tdesq.24632 ай бұрын
20 years? ... Just getting around to figuring it out? Sounds like a pretty unlikely state of affairs (yes, pun intended). But, it is theoretically possible. I don't know this guy; but if it were me ... well ... it wouldn't be. Else, she would be no longer. Know what I mean?
@Drogonmoon5 ай бұрын
If she - the narcissist was falling in love, what can be expected ?
@samvaknin5 ай бұрын
Narcissists cannot and do not love. Watch the shared fantasy playlist.
@urzsulaz26044 ай бұрын
@@samvakninYeah
@arkadysoldatov69622 ай бұрын
thank you
@brentdrake54143 ай бұрын
Great video.
@tippimaravala5 ай бұрын
❤right on mark u are.🎉 He nxt door now using my neighbour and daughter to control me for him and using my sister and others are used to mind control on me on internet, he wants me to lie that he is hero because he is several ceo amd does a have my barclays cloned card and santander ,he she is trans and wants to be me and i know not loves me at all ,he and tom cruise sabotaged kate of royals, he nxt door and controls and blocks my medical and pushs crazy mental ill on me.i do need help because i have cysts and strokes and he bullies hospitals to neglect me.god bless u ,u mr angel
@wkwndndhshhshs6 ай бұрын
Fascinating 31:11 31:20 31:27 .
@wkwndndhshhshs6 ай бұрын
An internal process which is utterly unpredictable. Wow .. that is scary. 37:12 No contact seems to be a great solution. maybe the only solution?
@timothylewiswasatchayurveda29 күн бұрын
I so want her to see this.
@user-xp2rr7iy2n4 ай бұрын
Curious if you can give any examples of retaliation or punishment etc.
@VienzoMclaren3 ай бұрын
I can give you some examples but it's better if you don't know. It might give you nightmares.
@emilyaitch814328 күн бұрын
I believe I was dating a narcissist and I fell for this type of Hoover after the restraining order I had on him ended. He graped me and discarded me like a piece of trash 🙃😢
@Tinga6666 ай бұрын
You’re the best
@fattounaish6 ай бұрын
What does the narcissist mean by saying you are stronger than me ?
@noaha77196 ай бұрын
They tend to assume (i did) that everyone has as much inner turmoil as them, they just believe everyone else handles it better, because they see the selves as inherently deficient
@GLsJAwtomatica6 ай бұрын
Could be that you don't "sweat the small stuff"
@fattounaish6 ай бұрын
@@noaha7719 could be .
@fattounaish6 ай бұрын
@@GLsJAwtomatica may be
@fattounaish6 ай бұрын
@@noaha7719 could be
@user-zq3iw3mc3j5 ай бұрын
The whole stinking family holds a grudge? Seriously folks didn't you learn how to play nice in elementary school? Hmmm I wonder.
@CiociaFrania-oo1nu23 күн бұрын
What if I can provide proof of his actions?
@seekintruth3332 ай бұрын
Is this grudge-holding not a radioactive version of scapegoating?
@samvaknin2 ай бұрын
No.
@guilhermecastro29218 күн бұрын
gosh, sometimes I am so nice to people, and when they try to fuck things up thats what I do hehe Im quite tough if I want to, but Im so lazy nowadays... you dont want me coming back at you, cause you're gonna pay more than you deserve to, and even I dont want you to be in such a prejudice keep up with the good work, professor!
@Rubyrude20682 ай бұрын
Yooo I definitely made the right move bc he did say I caused too damage to him and all those meltdowns couldn’t have been for nothing 💀🥴
@tippimaravala5 ай бұрын
❤ he she is has many identities and is nikki nicolava four powencett ter ilford who fixed up my computer and mobile now and is fake dion dior and has been growing cannibies in my loft and using my hot water,cold and electricity and put shower up there and owns k and t heating who help him her