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April 10, 2023 13 mins

In this episode, Ross Rosenberg, M.Ed., LCPC, CADC, explains the paranoid and dangerously harmful characteristics of a malignant narcissist.

Malignant narcissism is “Narcissistic Personality Disorder on steroids.”  Great examples of this personality type would be Stalin, Hitler, Castro, Mussolini, and Saddam Hussein.

Typical characteristics include:
-  Paranoid, suspect deceit, doubt loyalty
-  Defy, challenge & demean authority figures
-  Aggressive and controlling
-  Manipulatively cast themselves as victims
-  Outwardly selfish and unapologetic
-  Emotionally, physically, and/or sexually abusive
-  Reckless indifference (psychopathic tendencies)
-  Grandiose
-  Fantasies of power
-  Entitled
-  Believe they have a special destiny in life

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Ross Rosenberg's Biography
Ross Rosenberg M.Ed., LCPC, CADC is a psychotherapist, educator, expert witness, and celebrated author. He is also a global thought leader and clinical expert in codependency, trauma, pathological narcissism, narcissistic abuse, and addictions.

Ross's pioneering codependency contributions are responsible for the sweeping theoretical and practical updates and developing a treatment program that permanently resolves it.

Ross has been featured on national TV and radio and is a regular radio and podcast guest. In addition, he has traveled the world, giving his one-of-a-kind keynote presentations and educational workshops.

His global impact is best illustrated by his YouTube channel with 23 million views and 251,000 subscribers, and his book, The Human Magnet Syndrome

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ABOUT ROSS ROSENBERG
Ross Rosenberg, M.Ed., LCPC, CADC, is a psychotherapist, educator, expert witness, and celebrated author. He is also a global thought leader and clinical expert in codependency, trauma, pathological narcissism, narcissistic abuse, and addictions.

Ross's pioneering contributions to codependency have provided sweeping theoretical and practical updates and developed a treatment program that permanently resolves the issue. Ross has been featured on national TV and radio and is a regular radio and podcast guest.

In addition, he has traveled the world, giving his one-of-a-kind keynote presentations and educational workshops. His global impact is best illustrated by his YouTube channel, with 30 million views and 297,000 subscribers, and the sale of 190,000 Human Magnet Syndrome books published in 12 languages. In 2013, Ross created The Self-Love Recovery Institute, a hub for his personal development, workshops, professional training, retreats, other programs, and services.

Learn more at www.SelfLoveRecovery.com.

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