Sociopaths, Psychopaths, and Malignant Narcissists, Oh my! |Shannon Petrovich LCSW

It is widely known that sociopaths, psychopaths, and malignant narcissists, are the most dangerous people in our society. Most of us realize they are skilled at charm, deception and manipulation. How do we understand these people so that we can recognize and steer clear of them?
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[amosmoses]

i sit here w a broken heart as i had to go no contact w my oldest brother...we were very close towards the end of our relationship as we both are north of 50...im 53 hes 58. but as you get older/wiser you cant lie to yourself anymore..i miss him, i love him, but i love myself more....why do they have to be so cruel.

[waterhead]

I had a boss who was a malignant narcissist. He could or wouldn't take responsibility for anything. When I would expose his behavior, his response was always, that's not the point. I worked for him for 5 months, it was the worst 5 months of my life.

[butterflymagicwithhottea]

Yes! Binge watching your channel and loving it.

[marmaladesunrise]

WOW, I really like you. Glad I found your channel. Straight forward and to the point. THANK YOU.

[Revelation-]

The ex-narc I was with kept the first same job for 10 years and the second job from then to the present, which has been about 18 years. He works at a news t.v. station. He also was good with money but didn't share it much, only when he wanted something in return or if it benefitted him.

[rosafisher]

Thank you so much for all your videos, Very grateful

[gigijoon]

There is one thing I would love covered and I've never seen anyone touch base on, and that's the inability to share in your joy. No one seems to really focus on that aspect and I wonder how important it is.

[barbaramarshall]

My mum must've done a good act because I never thought she could be so mean and heartless and yet that was what she did. The irony is that she said she cared, years later after three children with special needs, feeding pegs, wheelchairs, multiple therapists and Drs, a lawsuit, autism and other comorbid conditions and countless arguments and stress, my nerves are a mess. I finally have seen her for what she is and she is no longer welcome here anymore. I've even had nightmares, because of her. I'm done!

[jennifermaree]

Again, I admire your style and cut through the mess to analyse the traits we deal with. I can honestly say that this is a description of what I'm going through but on a more higher psychological level and post narcissist two years on my own because he must retain power using other manipulations only because he shares in my family. Yet he gossips, splits, divided, takes hostage golden children and uses them to cause pain emotionally to me even though they are adults they have been conditioned to often go along with his cruel jokes and that shows just how easy he influences others. How many more he has on his Facebook and YouTube I wouldn't know because I the wife was never asked for my email or gave his. He would become violent to cover up the fact that he had a Facebook. He has gone into a spin and is spinning quickly gaining a collective of people and reuniting with people from a very long time ago. He is attempting to create an illusion for a to make our that I am everything he is making it look, but it's not that at all.

He is deceiving every single person.

I don't like the fact that he uses flying monkeys to reprimand me and there has been a long history and it works every time.

Every description was so accurate and there are so many antisocial extreme things that only I know that he does. He is so egocentric he walks (parades himself in his undies) to collect the mail or simply walk around the front yard and street front. Ok of someone does just that it's nothing to talk of he would say, however there are hundreds more and that makes him exactly what I know that he is.

In order to heal there are a number of things I just settle and he has REFUSED to have any issue discussed by either one or both tactics you describe in the video. Door slamming has been one after he created the scene through lie upon lie where nothing was making sense except that I knew it was to cover up his external or macro life.

Everyone heals or hopefully heals without having to be tortured the rest of their days but this is how I am feeling two years post. I've lost or had taken away alot and he would scream the house down in a rage and was always agitated. Restless legs talking then toes and calves spasming as he conducted himself in such a bully domineering way that solidly will not allow me peace for he refuses to accept the truth of who he is.

I've been let down by the system and I intend to do something and believe we should be able to take out class actions for the pain and suffering, loss and grief of the most diabolical web we got in innocently or are still trapped in its sticky fibres within.

[roxyg]

Yes, the physical came and I told him how wrong he was. This was ridiculous. Yes always talked about big things and never wanted to follow through. He and his mother played this game all too well.

[roxyg]

He really feels he is above the law. He is not suppose to do what he is required to do.

[johnmurray]

Iv been absorbed by these vids, from this elequent lady.
She describes perfectly how these monsters work.
I'm compelled to tell you an abridged
Many years ago I had the misfortune of marrying a divorced attactive, intelligent, vivacious, quick witted, outgoing, sexy woman, with genuine understanding of life and a perfect mother to boot.
Perfect.
What an act, a perfect one.
better,
too bloody perfect ! !
Ahhh hindsight !
Then the mask fell off.
Since then I learned that she had imploded a number of times and hospitalised numerously.
She has been diagnosed as cluster B sociopath.
She actually carried all 9 personality traits on the scale to a perfect T along with multiple personality disirder ( just too perfect )
Frightening.
The suffering she created , was, and still is by all counts
immeasurable .
The gaslighting,
The cruelty ( including/focused on the children )
Her infidelity/promiscuity.
That awful dead stare.
I'm so lucky I managed to get out, at a cost of over ten years of therapy after leaving her.
I understand her lovely children have abandoned her, along with the grandchildren, also her brother ( not the one she was sleeping with ).
Extended family, and friends, everyone.
I truly feel for the poor chap she's leached onto now, she has him well under the influence. ( hes already going thru it .)
Best of luck fella
As I said, I'm lucky.
I'm now in full contact with my wonderful son ( it used him as a weapon against me for over 24years ) .
Didn't have any contact with him, as she buggerd off with yet another sucker with a bank balance.
Both my son and I have an true, loving father and son relationship that nothing in the world can touch now.
Im pleased, he seems to have coped well.
So please read this.
Despite all odds , no matter what, you can be a survivor and never, never give up.
There is karma, and it couldn't be better. X

[jadeblues]

I know what they are I just want to know how I can stop them from doing this to somebody else?

[leighdixoncopeland]

I’m always listening to talks about narcissists and cluster B with the hope of understanding my experience with someone I think is borderline. Perhaps I don’t need too careful a diagnosis to do the right thing and take the next step, but as you know, we empaths want to know the truth, are you devoted to love as the universal fix all and are therefore often drawn towards, not away from, trait lists like this. Do you like the idea that ‘Cluster B’ is all I need to know and that I’ve been abused and that there’s something so other/directed, nice Guy, no boundaries love devotee about me that I make myself bait for every species of fish in that pond?

[mariamkinen]

I would state that this is my F. Thanks. 💕. My ex .

[juliavank]

What do I do when thecnewcsupplybto my ex does not want to listen? I already told her that he lied to her. She says that he is honest. When I know for a fact, and have proof that he isn't
Help!