Narcissist: No Sex, please, I am Cerebral!

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He abruptly loses interest in sex and in all his sexual partners. The frequency of his sexual activities deteriorates from a few times a day -- to a few times a year. He reverts to intellectual pursuits, sports, politics, voluntary activities -- anything but sex (a process that Freud labelled "sublimation.")
This kind of narcissist is afraid of encounters with the opposite sex and is even more afraid of emotional involvement or commitment that he fancies himself prone to develop following a sexual encounter. In general, such a narcissist withdraws not only sexually -- but also emotionally. If married -- he loses all overt interest in his spouse, sexual or otherwise. He confines himself to his world and makes sure that he is sufficiently busy to preclude any interaction with his nearest (and supposedly dearest).
He becomes completely immersed in "big projects", lifelong plans, a vision, or a cause -- all very rewarding narcissistically and all very demanding and time consuming. In such circumstances, sex inevitably becomes an obligation, or a maintenance chore reluctantly undertaken to preserve his sources of supply (his family or household).
The cerebral narcissist does not enjoy sex and by far prefers masturbation or "objective", emotionless sex, like going to prostitutes. Actually, he uses his mate or spouse as an "alibi", a shield against the attentions of other women, an insurance policy which preserves his virile image while making it socially and morally commendable for him to avoid any intimate or sexual contact with others.
(From the book "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" by Sam Vaknin - Click on this link to purchase the print book, or 16 e-books, or 3 DVDs with 16 hours of video lectures on narcissists, psychopaths, and abuse in relationships: www.narcissistic-abuse.com/the...)

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  • @RoseTaliwe
    @RoseTaliwe5 жыл бұрын

    All these years, I kept thinking it was me that was the problem. The no sex was because of my body, the lack of intimacy - no kissing ... because maybe i was bad at that. I always thought the person was just "cold" and now everything makes sense.. the shudder he has when i touch him, the lack of emotion and commitment. The endless debates about always being right.

  • @necrochic13

    @necrochic13

    4 жыл бұрын

    I can relate to your story. He started pulling away, working more and more. Always taking on more projects and starting a new business. Anything to stay away from family. Looking back, there were signs from the beginning. I just didnt know what to look for. I thought I had met my dream man. He answered all my prayers, until he started showing the "real" him. I walked away on Valentine's Day this year after he spent 3 hrs gaslighting me (Im not successful/good enough for him) and telling me how he didnt know if he loved me enough to move forward. So, your comment really helped me not to feel alone.

  • @adampsica

    @adampsica

    3 жыл бұрын

    I can relate to it to the t

  • @cindy6576

    @cindy6576

    3 жыл бұрын

    No kissing is a huge red flag. You just summarized a man that leaves you to do one thing....no contact and block.

  • @marthagonzalez7401

    @marthagonzalez7401

    Жыл бұрын

    Wow! It now makes sense 😢

  • @subfry9996
    @subfry99964 жыл бұрын

    This entire time I thought it was me! I thought I wasn’t attractive. It was him the entire time . Thank you!

  • @eastbaysf
    @eastbaysf8 жыл бұрын

    Story of my life Sam.. both my husbands.. I am blown away by the romance at the beginning and ignore the lack of sex..Then I go insane with neglect and depression. They both have tricked me into thinking they are superior for not needing sex, that men who need sex are "inferior" in some way.. its so insidious. I no longer exist and should be happy to be in his presence nothing more. I am sick of this. i'm getting out! Both highly educated men.

  • @Sumiya-lp8mm

    @Sumiya-lp8mm

    6 жыл бұрын

    Daniel Guess I'm a sociopath mascarading as an empath because that ass was broke down like a double barreled shotgun on several occasions until he cries mercy! First time I met his parents, they saw this and his mom and dad kidded him about it until he became enraged and projected his black goo on me and his parents believed it. He then, then felt as though he had the go ahead to continue to lie on me and actually admitted he was doing it because I wouldn't go along with his childlike manner. He now has a list of what disgusts me about him...I'm nowhere near him and refuse to send pictures, visit or share his religious beliefs about men, marriage, and head of household without a real source of income.

  • @angell30

    @angell30

    6 жыл бұрын

    Daniel I’m engaged to what looks and feels like true cerebral NPD. With CPTSD, possibly borderline as well. Probably more. I’m co-dependent. And at times counter-dependent. I love him. I’m willing to work through everything. I just don’t know how. I know when I’m strong and mirror his behavior, lash back, he submits, or reflects on his own behavior. Crying, sulking, depression, asking for validation, doesn’t work. I have a thousand questions. Been studying and researching daily, for hours, for about 7 months. I’ve made mistakes though. And he is holding them over my head, big time right now. I feel trapped. I was confused and suffering (obviously by default/indirect consent) for a long time, but see my vacuum that allowed it. I need help. I need help.

  • @SovereignStatesman

    @SovereignStatesman

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lorraine: You just described feminism, which is the equivalent of female narcissism; since it claims that women are superior for not needing sex, and that men who need sex are simply "seeking to abuse and degrading women as an act of power." In this way they can shame men and abuse them for being normal.

  • @lj7780
    @lj77805 жыл бұрын

    too many suffering from such relationships, just leave such a man, and find a new with loving hands and not sqeezing hands

  • @eastbaysf
    @eastbaysf8 жыл бұрын

    Sam you deserve the Nobel Prize for this video.

  • @patchlange
    @patchlange7 жыл бұрын

    Wow! You just explained my ex-husband. A narc. Hates sex. Hates women. Hates sex with women.

  • @pollynunnally5863

    @pollynunnally5863

    2 жыл бұрын

    Gay?

  • @Bornagainagain749

    @Bornagainagain749

    Жыл бұрын

    @@pollynunnally5863 so dumb😊

  • @TheGoldnLuna
    @TheGoldnLuna10 жыл бұрын

    This also applied to my past relationship. These videos are helping me tremendously by letting me realize that it really wasn't "me". This behavior he displayed toward me made me feel ugly, unwanted and undesirable. I'm happy to see a video on this subject. Thanks

  • @katharinevann7372

    @katharinevann7372

    9 жыл бұрын

    Im going through the same thing.....l feel undesirable and ugly to my 'partner'(lm not even sure l am his partner) its such a damn shame, l think a lot of him,but am realising that he probably doesnt feel much for me.....

  • @katharinevann7372

    @katharinevann7372

    8 жыл бұрын

    ***** l have run- and am now as free as an eagle in the thermals.....

  • @lisarose4729

    @lisarose4729

    6 жыл бұрын

    I felt exactly the same Amy....for 28 years, Im still trying to get away from him but he wont leave ...not because he loves me he never did, but because he cant be bothered to find another source of supply and probably doesnt want to 'have to' have sex again. He was defo molested by his mother I've always suspected that and he hates women, especially me!

  • @JohnSmith-ji7xt

    @JohnSmith-ji7xt

    5 жыл бұрын

    I am in the same boat. We had a sexless marriage, but I always thought he was sleeping around, and his hyper-sexual issues happened after some type of loss. He left me for the OW when his mother died (she had been terminal ill). I found their sex videos. They had so much sex, but he would refuse to have sex with me while married. I used to think it was me even though I am attractive and tried to keep in top notch shape. I thought if I could have a perfect body, he would want me. He didn't. The woman he left me for wasn't as attractive, educated, or accomplished as I am. She never went to college and has a weight issue. Those things don't make her a bad person; sleeping with a married man does, though. She can have him. We never had any type of intimacy.

  • @shombie2737

    @shombie2737

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@JohnSmith-ji7xt 😥

  • @auptag4846
    @auptag48467 жыл бұрын

    Yep..exactly my experience. I wish I would have seen this video 15 months ago.

  • @claudiar8954
    @claudiar89544 жыл бұрын

    Best description by far of a narcissist. I'm currently going through this and find myself miserable in my sexless and emotionless marriage but not wanting to leave in hope of a change.

  • @jillb7234

    @jillb7234

    4 жыл бұрын

    Move on it only gets worse. Trust me!

  • @joanneharris1751

    @joanneharris1751

    4 жыл бұрын

    There will be no change. It's been so long I can't remember the last time.

  • @Minerva-sv2zv

    @Minerva-sv2zv

    3 жыл бұрын

    Forget it! JUST LEAVE! Pack your things and go! Better today than tomorrow!

  • @celesteconnor76

    @celesteconnor76

    3 жыл бұрын

    prepping to leave after 21 yrs

  • @cancerninja9008

    @cancerninja9008

    3 жыл бұрын

    I am just learning about this now too and wow this is my life with me going crazy and thinking that its me and that I don't try hard enough and yadda yadda. I just spent 5.5 years and finally realized that its him and he's a covert. You can't change them and you deserve so much better. I finally asked him to leave the other day and I am trying so hard to stay strong and not to let him back

  • @lizzyflip7578
    @lizzyflip75784 жыл бұрын

    Wow... my husband so much as told me he prefers his hand over me.. cannot handle intimacy

  • @samvaknin
    @samvaknin11 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your kind words. I suggest that you buy the book from Barnes and Noble (online or in a store near you). Copies sold via Amazon are second-hand and MUCH MORE expensive! Or go to my website and purchase the e-book edition!

  • @eliseintheattic9697
    @eliseintheattic96974 жыл бұрын

    What you just said describes my ex husband perfectly. He was constantly pursuing crazy financial schemes. His "supply" didn't come from women, it came from the people he convinced to buy into whatever latest money making venture he was on.

  • @geogriapeach5211
    @geogriapeach52115 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. I'm not crazy now. It all makes sense now. Your explanation is very clear. He is charming, all the girls want him, but no one gets any. Or he is cheating.

  • @EB-iz3rn
    @EB-iz3rn7 жыл бұрын

    if you a narcissist this is like he is telling you your future

  • @777Incredible
    @777Incredible8 жыл бұрын

    I am amazed with the accuracy of this information. Thank you so much, Sam! YOU ARE BRILLIANT!

  • @ms.erikamartin1981
    @ms.erikamartin19815 жыл бұрын

    Are people really like this? It's almost too sad to believe!

  • @Ivorygarden1
    @Ivorygarden17 жыл бұрын

    I'm struggling so hard with my cerebral narc. I can't live without physical touch very well. Mine withholds and hates to be touched. I've been celebate for so long. Maybe this is just my life. I'm very sad.

  • @francessibbitt8247

    @francessibbitt8247

    5 жыл бұрын

    Can't you please love yourself enough to find a more boring kind of guy and maybe not as handsome who can be there for you emotionally, no-one would put up with him...the selfish ass.

  • @jillb7234

    @jillb7234

    4 жыл бұрын

    Atari Santos Get out of the relationship. Things only get worse and you will start to get bitter towards everything in life! hey are such emotionless asses.

  • @mohitgarhwal5049

    @mohitgarhwal5049

    Жыл бұрын

    Get the hell out. Anything is better than this sh!t Go get a life you are survivor and we are with you ❤

  • @samvaknin
    @samvaknin12 жыл бұрын

    If you are planning to buy the PRINT edition of my book "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" (thank you!), my advice is: do NOT purchase it from Amazon. I sell only Kindle e-books via Amazon. New, authentic, cheaper PRINT copies of my book, directly from my publisher are available ONLY via Barnes and Noble.

  • @Strongerxthanxall
    @Strongerxthanxall9 жыл бұрын

    I never understood asexuality until I started watching these videos correlating it to narcissism. It kind of makes sense now. Interesting.

  • @phoenixrising8007
    @phoenixrising80073 жыл бұрын

    💥🎯 Cerebral narcs prefer self gratification. Sexually intimacy is considered a reluctant obligation, a chore/bore. 💥🎯 He uses his spouse as an ALIBI, a shield, against the sexual advances of others. He uses his mate as an insurance policy to maintain a noble public image of a loyal mate. He feels both righteous as being faithful and resentment against his spouse for being confined to one partner so punishes his mate by abstaining from sex. He alternated between A sexual and hyper sexual. He becomes a hermit, a recluse, this activating his abandonment wounds. He alternates between Repressed sexuality and prostitution objectified sex. Absence of intimacy in all acts

  • @TheArtemis07
    @TheArtemis076 жыл бұрын

    You have described my partner exactly. You have taught me so much, and I want to thank you. I downloaded a sample of your book on kindle, and I'm definitely going to purchase it. I want to express my deepest gratitude, Dr. Vaknin.

  • @pamhemphill1598
    @pamhemphill15984 жыл бұрын

    He said because we don’t live together having sex would make him miss me more. You’re a genius as this is my boyfriend 100%

  • @patchouliskunk
    @patchouliskunk6 жыл бұрын

    Can one be a cerebral and a covert narcissist?

  • @GreyCat827
    @GreyCat827Ай бұрын

    Thank you. While I am in no contact with a cerebral/somatic narcissist, I have a great deal of empathy for the emptiness he surely feels. I understand that he is not able to be any other way; but I still feel for his humanity.

  • @cindyhinkle8624
    @cindyhinkle86244 жыл бұрын

    We married. Having a rough time and says he won't have sex bevause he fears getting me pregnant. I stopped asking. I've isolated myself from him. Funny how before it never bothered him before. I'm done.

  • @cindyhinkle8624

    @cindyhinkle8624

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@isabellalora6533 I left him Nov. 2019. Divorced in Feb. 2020. I've got a wonderful full time job, my own cozy place & a new vehicle. I've lost 15lbs. I'm healthier, happier & free! All with my 4 kids. Btw. We JUST started getting along but I keep a healthy distance. We share a 4 yr old son. :)

  • @faa1412

    @faa1412

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@cindyhinkle8624 I'm happy to hear this! Good for you!

  • @taraoc1193

    @taraoc1193

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@cindyhinkle8624happy for you!!! Just curious, did he remarry???

  • @RhysChristian490
    @RhysChristian4907 жыл бұрын

    Whoa! This is has given me a dialogue and understanding of my behavior. So enlightening, thank you.

  • @dre79ful
    @dre79ful12 жыл бұрын

    Yes, but its probably rare. I am a cerebral narcissist and reading about it all the blanks in my life filled in, but I had always been trying to find answers to why I was a certain way, so theres at least a need for the desire to find out about yourself for any kind of insight and acceptance to take place.

  • @jacquesmains7453
    @jacquesmains74535 жыл бұрын

    This video describes me to the letter. Even the chains of reasoning behind the behavior. Thanks a lot for this vid! At least I know it wasn’t her fault, nor mine.

  • @ms.erikamartin1981

    @ms.erikamartin1981

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ante Mirrorsious you consider yourself to have NPD? If so, how did you discover it, accept it, etc.?

  • @jacquesmains7453

    @jacquesmains7453

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@ms.erikamartin1981 I wouldn't dream of going that far, not this soon! I got that "I've found home"-feeling when I listened to this video, and during the last 3 weeks, I've found very little to suggest otherwise. But I see no point, besides embarassing myself, claiming I have the PD. But accept it... That's difficult. Since this video completely ripped the veneer from my own personal reasoning and exposed a whole sewer of, objectively malignant tendencies and underlying causes, I'm still struggling to put the pieces back as they should be, not as I've arranged them for 30+ years. And when I've succeeded there, I'll see if I can accept what's left :D

  • @VPSantiago

    @VPSantiago

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jacquesmains7453 I definitely feel like this video describes me very well! I guess there is nothing that can be done about it?

  • @thebrimm1
    @thebrimm19 жыл бұрын

    Im writing an essay on cerebral narcissists and wanted to know are cerebral narcissists afraid of getting close to someone and do they avoid relationships and do they play mind games

  • @vickibates7877
    @vickibates787712 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much Sam... Your work and the information you share has transformed me and my life... This is life transforming and life saving information...You have brought so much light to something that has troubled me and many others I know... I accept and am forever changed by listening to your videos and reading the most excellent book Malignant Love... I will be continuing to learn and grow from the information you bring forth... Thank You...

  • @M3Besh
    @M3Besh12 жыл бұрын

    Thats it... I'm buying this book.

  • @kelleywhite8379
    @kelleywhite83798 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Sam, this explains so much.

  • @OCStandup
    @OCStandup12 жыл бұрын

    Really great video series about narcissism. I have a questions and thank you for a response: Q: Could you make a movie about: MYSOGINISM AND NARCISSIM?

  • @magentadawnsky3010
    @magentadawnsky30109 жыл бұрын

    Sam, can unusual eating habits go hand in hand with cerebral narcissism? My cerebral narc would regularly go days without eating and would be very proud of this achievement, saying he didn't need to eat. In doing this he would shame me for needing to eat.

  • @samvaknin

    @samvaknin

    9 жыл бұрын

    Magenta Dawn Sky Narcissism and eating disorders www.narcissistic-abuse.com/faq65.html

  • @geogriapeach5211

    @geogriapeach5211

    5 жыл бұрын

    Mine had weird eating habits.

  • @mgw622

    @mgw622

    3 жыл бұрын

    The one I most recently dated also had weird eating stuff... He forced himself to follow an extremely rigid diet and repeatedly tried to get me to follow it too (I ended things after only one full cycle of idealization, devaluation, discard - phew). He had an excessive need for control over his own body in many areas including sex, diet, grooming, hygiene, clothes, etc. (perhaps to prove his mental/cerebral "strength"?)... though he repeatedly failed in his efforts. A lot of these rituals involved various elements of "sublimation" - taking pride in his (attempted) ability to deny his own needs.

  • @cindy6576
    @cindy65763 жыл бұрын

    I read The Sex Starved Marriage by Nancy Weiner Cohen. It did not mention any of the critical possibilities such as narcissism, home sexuality or pedophilia. You provided the most likely source of a sexless marriage. The sex ended the night of the engagement when it was declared “it is right to wait until marriage” maybe a punishment for having a diamond rings? This occurred during my optimal years 26 to 41 old. I had a sexless marriage, 5x a year or less. I was attractive, extremely fit and younger than my husbands. I was confused. I constantly attempted to be smarter, more thoughtful, prettier, sexier to no avail. I learned he paid for sex and also was sexually abusing young male children. I now believe my husband was a cerebral narc-path. Actually he was a sociopath with ALL of the traits you described. I did divorce. Sadly, a neighbor he suggested during the marriage to fill in as a “pitch hitter” for sex, pursued me after the divorce. I fell into the arms as he was very seductive, and a hyper sexual narcissist who was the opposite of my husband. He met a deeply unmet need. His narcissistic supply was primarily sexual encounters and needed to be worshiped sexually. Later, he would verbal abuse and emotionally assault me then when I fell apart and sobbed, became aroused and begged for me to proclaim I’d never leave and couldn’t live without him. It seemed to be an aphrodisiac when I was cruelly broken down and my character was attacked. This is a tortuous life to live, to be denied of your sexuality and also have the sociopathic secret life to cope with and narcissistic abuse on top of sex being withheld. I wasted 32 years. Now older and those healthy years with premenopausal hormones are now gone with two personality disordered men.

  • @wolfey7
    @wolfey712 жыл бұрын

    I would like to hear more about the cerebral narcissist. I am friends with someone I have been suspicious of someone I feel may have such ingrained personality patterns including objectifying the opposite sex, fearing commitment, exhibiting extremely charming behavior that is rather superficial but nonetheless gets them what they want and helps them navigate in life. I am open to feedback.

  • @MegaMollymoomoo
    @MegaMollymoomoo12 жыл бұрын

    Hi Dr Sam, I am enjoying your videos, I've searched through a lot of them but couldnt find anything on addictive personalities & overcoming addictions??? Do u have anything to help?

  • @OCStandup
    @OCStandup12 жыл бұрын

    Really great video series about narcissism. I have a questions and thank you for a response: Q: A Cerebral narcissist is mentioned here. How many 'types' of narcissist are there?

  • @OCStandup
    @OCStandup12 жыл бұрын

    Really great video series about narcissism. I have a questions and thank you for a response: Q: Which types of narcissists have tendecies to be homosexual? And why do some act out and some don't?

  • @thalittguru7697
    @thalittguru7697 Жыл бұрын

    I love it😂😂😂😂 I finally understand myself 😊

  • @CindyBlockSierra
    @CindyBlockSierra12 жыл бұрын

    fascinating

  • @marlagodette5166
    @marlagodette51665 ай бұрын

    Sad sad but so true…

  • @Xenaisthebusiness
    @Xenaisthebusiness12 жыл бұрын

    Touchè, samvaknin. Touchè.

  • @samvaknin
    @samvaknin12 жыл бұрын

    Search my channel for relevant videos in answer to all the questions you have posted and before you post additional ones.

  • @nprozac
    @nprozac11 жыл бұрын

    is it possible that a narcissist/borderline purposefully or maybe subconsciously make themselves sexually unattractive to their partner? with the aim of ending the possibility of intimacy? is it possible that narcissist/borderlines can drive the partner to a form of asexuality?

  • @karagraham9764

    @karagraham9764

    4 жыл бұрын

    nprozac yes but you might be on prozac based on your screen name and that can lower sex drive too

  • @adampsica

    @adampsica

    3 жыл бұрын

    Issue is not only sex drive but as well complet lack of intimacy

  • @reedera4

    @reedera4

    3 жыл бұрын

    My husband would refuse to shower, brush his teeth & shave! I caught him shaving his crotch a little over a month ago & showering more often & there's only one reason he ever did that...he found supply. But he's never admitted to cheating, although I know he has at least twice!

  • @cathrine1151
    @cathrine11516 жыл бұрын

    Great vid but what about a spouse who withholds sex with you (and attention and romance too) but cheats on you? Could they be cerebral?

  • @trustnottapearson9278
    @trustnottapearson92785 жыл бұрын

    Excellent

  • @msb9532
    @msb95327 жыл бұрын

    Soooo true!!!!

  • @FroggyFrog9000
    @FroggyFrog90008 ай бұрын

    Great informative video. Is a female cerebral narcissist any different than the males? cheers

  • @samvaknin

    @samvaknin

    8 ай бұрын

    No.

  • @mistynabors5655
    @mistynabors56555 жыл бұрын

    Mine describes himself as hypersexual in the profiles he creates on hook up sites and dating sites. I've never found porn on anything nor have I ever caught him watching porn. just the hook up and dating sites. he goes long periods of time without sex with me. And now it's very awkward and robotic. he's withdrawn so much. is he cheating or is this a game?

  • @LisouFlower
    @LisouFlower6 жыл бұрын

    First Id like to thank you for the videos, they are very informative. I am wondering if you might do a video about any possible differances in the behaviors and thought patterns of a male vs. female narcissist? Im also wondering if you know any information about Narcissist's who seem to enjoy playing the role of victim/viewed as victems by others? Im aware that the typical Narcissist's prefer for the world to view them as if they were superior to others, however im aware of of a paticular narcissist who has on many occasions, lowered her self to be intentionally victimized, or purposly played the role of victem. If theirs a strong desire to repel intimacy, hold them selves in a power position, and maintain that power, how can becoming the victem possibly be useful to them? Also, would being viewed as a weak or fragile person be a ploy to gain sympathies? Does a narcissist crave sympathy? Will a narcissist prefer being viewed as a weak victem than being viewed as the powerful "bad guy"?

  • @samvaknin

    @samvaknin

    6 жыл бұрын

    You would benefit from searching my channel for the relevant videos. For example: samvak.tripod.com/faq34.html

  • @5O4evr
    @5O4evr8 жыл бұрын

    high functioning autistics both sexes are often mistaken for the narcissist.. Most are single or in chaotic relationships, often never settling down.. Love is the only way

  • @samvaknin

    @samvaknin

    8 жыл бұрын

    +J Gunn Asperger's Syndrome misdiagnosed as Narcissistic Personality Disorder www.narcissistic-abuse.com/journal72.html

  • @5O4evr

    @5O4evr

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Sam Vaknin well written piece, my wife is autistic and is almost always perceived as rude, arrogant, loud....etc... I love her so much but it can be extremely difficult at times.

  • @narcissisttalks7036

    @narcissisttalks7036

    8 жыл бұрын

    I believe there are also narcissists who are misdiagnosed with Aspergers syndrome.

  • @geogriapeach5211

    @geogriapeach5211

    5 жыл бұрын

    I also wondered that also.

  • @JimmyArcanum
    @JimmyArcanum9 жыл бұрын

    What about buddhist monks?

  • @merzhoykin
    @merzhoykin9 жыл бұрын

    so If I am more in to intellectual conversations than sex, does that mean I am a cerebral narc? I do believe that acting on impulse is predatory, however the real reason I avoid sex is not because it's animal like or weak, but because I don't want the partner to get emotionally attached or cry because I had to go after words. So does that make me a Cerebral narcissist?

  • @rayquesada6437

    @rayquesada6437

    9 жыл бұрын

    your reasoning is because you don't want someone else to feel bad. i'd say thats empathy, the opposite of narcissism...lol. perhaps...you are the one who's afraid of emotional attachment? I'm not being a dick or putting you on the spot, i've suffered from the same fear myself, and is why i ask. Sometimes it's okay to act on impulse, it's not predatory. It can be if the reasons behind them are predatory, like when a natural disaster causes people to go into group-think and "normal" people suddenly become looters because there's no cops around. but anyway...when you are a naturally cerebral person it's hard to get out of your own head in romantic scenarios. it's tough to let go and just be in a moment like that, you feel like you have to be analyzing everything. i think that happens to a lot of people who've suffered trauma, and even just deep thinkers. they get this feeling of always being observers, being on guard, protecting themselves from future harm. thats a natural subconscious. it took me years and years to let go of that and just chat up women and just be happy in my own skin. trust me, even the hardest cases can become socially comfortable if they work on it. it doesnt happen over night though.

  • @merzhoykin

    @merzhoykin

    9 жыл бұрын

    Ray Quesada Damn, Ray, you are a genius! I am afraid of emotional attachment, but that's only one side of the coin. Emotions cloud men's judgment hence make mistakes, look what happened to Adam after he decide to take a bite of the fruit from the tree of knowledge. I bet you that if Adam was to come to Eve and offer her that same fruit; she would have said; "are you out of your mind" and then later on told God, "what a dick, how dare he disobeys you my lord".

  • @rayquesada6437

    @rayquesada6437

    9 жыл бұрын

    thank you my friend! haha, i'll take all the compliments i can get. i thought it was Eve who tempted Adam, though? wasn't it the snake tempted Eve, then she had knowledge and so went to adam, like, "you gotta try this fruit!" lol

  • @rayquesada6437

    @rayquesada6437

    9 жыл бұрын

    i think the Apple in the story of Genesis is symbolic for psychedelic mushrooms. I think a species of monkey started eating them regularly and it expanded their consciousness, then after a very long time we evolved into what we are today.

  • @luyolomify

    @luyolomify

    9 жыл бұрын

    It's highly unlikely that you could be a cerebral narcissist when you can't even tell the difference between "afterwards" and "after words."

  • @GeorginaHnatiuk
    @GeorginaHnatiuk6 жыл бұрын

    My partner is an asexual romantic heterosexual who has a narcisstic temperament regarding sex. He uses sex as a control technique, only because he does not like sex.... and is in denial about his asexuality. It is easier to blame and shame me for it.

  • @heyyyyy1111
    @heyyyyy11115 жыл бұрын

    I'd love to hear more about closet homosexual narcissists

  • @samvaknin

    @samvaknin

    5 жыл бұрын

    samvak.tripod.com/faq18.html

  • @bellesterbeatty3571

    @bellesterbeatty3571

    Ай бұрын

    I was so glad when he quit trying to satisfy me. He was not going. I realized he either liked men and/ or children. I could not compete with either.

  • @killFrkHerrin
    @killFrkHerrin8 жыл бұрын

    Do you offer personal counselling?

  • @samvaknin

    @samvaknin

    8 жыл бұрын

    +killFr33k123 Herrin Yes, I do. But I charge exorbitant rates and accept only 2-3 clients a year, having rejected 99.99% of applicants.

  • @taniaazevedo9495
    @taniaazevedo94957 жыл бұрын

    Hello Sam Can you tell me something about a Somatic Narcissist who withhold sex from me but constantly haves sex outside? It's very confusing

  • @samvaknin

    @samvaknin

    7 жыл бұрын

    Narcissists and women www.narcissistic-abuse.com/faq79.html

  • @francessibbitt8247

    @francessibbitt8247

    5 жыл бұрын

    Why the hell would you put up with him? What about self respect ? Get away from him!

  • @truffleschocolatier6396
    @truffleschocolatier63964 жыл бұрын

    I need to have 1 hour of help from this man. Office hours?

  • @samvaknin

    @samvaknin

    4 жыл бұрын

    www.narcissistic-abuse.com/ctcounsel.html

  • @samvaknin
    @samvaknin12 жыл бұрын

    See my video about narcissism and self-awareness.

  • @genevieve1993bc
    @genevieve1993bc12 жыл бұрын

    Oh, I misunderstood this. I thought it was meaning not to have sex and why with a narcissist. My ex husband is constantly harassing me in a mean and insulting way that I owe him sex, and should have sex with him, because he is finally expected to pay child support, but he put that he wanted just the opposite from me in his divorce papers.

  • @smm2322
    @smm23227 жыл бұрын

    Can they be like this just to there wives or serious girlfriend who they have a child with..but love it with there supply girls

  • @asgharakram
    @asgharakram5 жыл бұрын

    Please address this no sex narcissist after 2yr , suddenly presue me for sex. Why now?

  • @samvaknin

    @samvaknin

    5 жыл бұрын

    Narcissists, psychopaths, sex, and marital fidelity groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/narcissisticabuse/conversations/messages/4920 VIDEOS The Narcissist's Sexuality kzread.info/head/PLsh_y_ett4o0iK4zrGEzZRk0S6MrktltX

  • @asgharakram

    @asgharakram

    4 жыл бұрын

    You were right he was briefly wanted sex then after a couple months went back to being asexual prefers porn. And all the hype wasnt worth it

  • @kathleendeen4166
    @kathleendeen41667 жыл бұрын

    My ex Narc I have noticed dates androgynous women.. Is that a normal sign?

  • @samvaknin

    @samvaknin

    7 жыл бұрын

    Narcissists, psychopaths, sex, and marital fidelity groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/narcissisticabuse/conversations/messages/4920 VIDEOS The Narcissist's Sexuality kzread.info/head/PLsh_y_ett4o0iK4zrGEzZRk0S6MrktltX

  • @geogriapeach5211

    @geogriapeach5211

    5 жыл бұрын

    Mine went on to a woman that looks like a man.

  • @jamesrae7597
    @jamesrae75979 жыл бұрын

    I wonder what more positive outcomes come from cerebral narcissism with regard to it's focus and obsessions and possible inventiveness. Does history have good examples. Could say Mozart, Picasso, Bill Gates or Steve Jobs fall into this kind of category. The domestic and intimacy realm appears chaotic and unsuccessful but much of the inventiveness of humankind also seems to originate with some rather strange characters.

  • @candygirl7586

    @candygirl7586

    8 жыл бұрын

    +james rae My ex narc had achieved many patents early in life. He was intellectually brilliant, but emotionally stunted.

  • @jamesrae7597

    @jamesrae7597

    8 жыл бұрын

    Probably a rather consistent norm. Very high IQ and rather low EQ. Males are more prone to getting stuck in the left brain clever obsessiveness.

  • @candygirl7586

    @candygirl7586

    8 жыл бұрын

    +james rae His son however, is ok on both Q's!

  • @jamesrae7597

    @jamesrae7597

    8 жыл бұрын

    hurray - you win.

  • @candygirl7586

    @candygirl7586

    8 жыл бұрын

    +james rae Yes. In spiteof how things may appear, I certainly did! Thank you for recognizing this.

  • @vinegarypoo
    @vinegarypoo11 жыл бұрын

    how are you supposed to get in touch with your emotions if you are a cerebral narcissist? please don't answer if you don't know about narcissism

  • @francessibbitt8247

    @francessibbitt8247

    5 жыл бұрын

    Well...there has to be a way. In simple terms ...simple and corny what's wrong with prayer...sincere and earnest. The bible tells us if we lack anything we should pray for it. No-one really speaks of prayer much, but it's always brought me thru.

  • @JohnSmith-ji7xt

    @JohnSmith-ji7xt

    5 жыл бұрын

    Get a therapist who knows about personality disorders. Studies have shown that narcissist don't process empathy /have empathy, but therapy can help. I also kind of doubt if you are a true narcissist if you want to be better person. They usually don't try to improve themselves, especially emotionally.

  • @miminewmoon8187
    @miminewmoon81875 жыл бұрын

    How fucked is that video? Hauntingly true.....

  • @abbeyphadima709
    @abbeyphadima7094 жыл бұрын

    Can a woman be cerebral Narc?

  • @samvaknin

    @samvaknin

    4 жыл бұрын

    Why not? many women have brains, you know. samvak.tripod.com/faq34.html

  • @frtac
    @frtac11 жыл бұрын

    is narcissism mainly/only a male thing? that's the way it sounds here, but is not specified...

  • @JohnSmith-ji7xt

    @JohnSmith-ji7xt

    5 жыл бұрын

    no women can have, but more men do have the disorder than woman

  • @ivy3839

    @ivy3839

    5 жыл бұрын

    Both , men and woman can be Narcs .

  • @zh9607

    @zh9607

    5 жыл бұрын

    More women are covert narcs. Studies only collect data on overt narcs which are primarily males

  • @Camaponte84

    @Camaponte84

    4 жыл бұрын

    I have unfortunately a narcissistic wife and she is exactly how Sam describe.

  • @TieshkaSmith
    @TieshkaSmith5 жыл бұрын

    As I was listening, I thought of our vice-president and the so-called Pence effect, which I understand was influenced by the so-called Billy Graham rule.

  • @merto5582
    @merto558211 жыл бұрын

    very good vid, what iv come to understand about the ideal partner for me,just you have talk about swingers in a deferent vid,and here u explained so well,my 1st but not least concern in a relationship,whats gona happen after the sex excitement goes off,then its a lost battle and its only a matter of time,with my last gf,i talked her into swingers but no way i would share her,any way, aREAL bi female who see sex like i,emotionless,is the girl for me,bi females normally have high sexuality,perfect

  • @feistyjewishwoman
    @feistyjewishwoman Жыл бұрын

    This is my shit marriage.

  • @criticalthinking6929

    @criticalthinking6929

    Жыл бұрын

    Please leave. Staying will make you loose your mind.

  • @DrSpooglemon
    @DrSpooglemon11 жыл бұрын

    Boo hoo...