How Voiceless No More Expands on Sam Vaknin’s Work
How Voiceless No More Expands on Sam Vaknin’s Work Sam Vaknin has been one of the most influential figures in articulating the internal psychology of pathological narcissism. His work exposed narcissism as a structural disorder of the self, characterized by false identity construction, lack of empathy, objectification of others, and the instrumental use of relationships for regulation and supply. Vaknin named what many clinicians avoided: that narcissists do not relate to people as people, but as functions. https://amzn.to/4a6KfSm Voiceless No More: The Legal War on Narcissistic Abuse by Daniel Ryan Cotler begins where Vaknin’s psychological analysis leaves an unresolved gap. Vaknin’s work explains the mind of the abuser. Cotler’s work explains the destruction of the victim and insists that this destruction is not incidental, accidental, or mutual, but the predictable result of sustained psychological exploitation. Vaknin meticulously documents narcissistic behaviors such as mirro...
