BPD & the Psychotic Component - Sam Vaknin and Richard Grannon

What are psychotic disorders, how do they form and how to heal them, about love, marriage, sex and more. Sam Vaknin and Richard Grannon discussion.

(00:00) History of the Term Psychosis

(06:27) Difference Between Internal and External

(08:45) Psychotic Disorders and Their Relationship With External World

(11:35) Narcissists and Their Relationship With External World

(12:46) Borderlines and Their Relationship With External World

(14:37) Psychopaths and Their Relationship With External World

(16:40) Is It Possible for People With CPTSD to Develop Psychotic Disorder as a Response to Trauma?

(20:11) Formation of Narcissism in a Child and What Happens Next

(21:25) Borderline Response to Trauma

(25:40) The Reason Why Most Borderlines End Up With Narcissists, Abusers and Psychopaths

(31:03) Key Principle to Healing Borderline

(32:50) Why Peace in a Home Makes Borderline Worse?

(34:40) Personal Disorders and Their Reaction to Love

(39:18) Erotomaniac Stalking is a Form of Narcissism

(41:30) Personal Disorders’ Issues of Intimacy

(45:10) When Marriage in Long-term Relationship Work, is That Because the Bridge Between Internal and External is Strong?

(50:50) Love is a Synthesis Chemical Reaction

(52:50) How to Keep Marriage Strong

(57:25) What’s the Point in Marriage Taking in Account Today’s Morality?

(1:00:00) Difference Between Sexual Exclusivity, Monogamy and Marriage

(1:03:34) What is Monogamy Historically and What It is Now

(1:06:27) What is Marriage Historically and What It is Now

(1:10:32) Giving a 100% is Setting Your Partner for Failure

(1:15:49) Confusing Altruism With Giving a 100%