Monsters are Made (pizzagate)

submitted ago by Narcissism

How an abused child develops into an abuser and the processes that underpin it. Sam Vaknin describes Malignant Narcissism and the Psychology of the abuser in this wide ranging interview. For people not familiar with Narcissism this is a real eye opener. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQM1sOk57xM

Relates to Pizzagate because it is a commonly asked and perplexing question among #pizzagaters Why do people abuse children? Why would someone who was abused themselves go on to abuse others?

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Cc1914 ago

Wow what a great piece of info ! Thank you !

think- ago

Yes, avoid them whereever you can. Fleeing is the best thing you can do to survive emotionally (as a kid or a partner). Staying near them and fighting them or hoping for a change is useless and a waste of energy.

Unfortunately, many people don't get the amount of malice in malignant narcissts. Those who are emotionally healthy have trouble imagineing that someone is not capable of being emphatic and not willing to change. It's all about control and power.

Cc1914 ago

Exactly ! It's the hardest thing to imagine that someone could simply have no feelings at all About anything. It makes the victim second guess themselves and think they are the evil one for even suspecting this. Once a narc knows your " on to them " watch out ! They will do any and everything to project their behavior on you! I've had it done to me my whole life from a distance . 2017 has been the year of awakings for sure .

think- ago

What has been really an eye opener to me was reading / learning about 'gaslighting', which seems to be employed by many malignant narcissts:

Gaslighting is a form of manipulation that seeks to sow seeds of doubt in a targeted individual or in members of a targeted group, hoping to make them question their own memory, perception, and sanity. Using persistent denial, misdirection, contradiction, and lying, it attempts to destabilize the target and delegitimize the target's belief.

Instances may range from the denial by an abuser that previous abusive incidents ever occurred up to the staging of bizarre events by the abuser with the intention of disorienting the victim.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslighting

Once you learn how they function, it's easier to deal with them.