Counter-Narcissist Database
2025 Solutional Psychological Reference Index.

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Personal note: I often re-read CNI and other psychological analysis because I am almost always reminded of some forgotten detail or nuance that applies in other areas. There’s too much in psychology for one mind to hold so know re-reading in the norm.
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General Counter-Narcissism Psychology
Narcissistic Collapse Questions - “When their belief systems crumble before them.”
How Counter-Narcissism Brings Clarity - The Zelenskyy lesson saves you time.
Do Narcissists Ever Hit Bottom? - Counter-Narcissism philosophy is definitive.
Asking For Decency in Indecent Times - The hollowness of psychologically flawed requests
Dark Online Trolls: A Psychological Profile - Dark trolls online are dark in real life
The Shared Toxic Narcissism of Trolls, Predators and Political Extremists - Dark personalities have far more in common than most realize
What is Evil? - How Does Evil Creep Into Society? 🔐
A Psychotic-Psychopathic Epiphany - Psychological Defense Class - Word Illusions
Counter-Narcissist Cheat Codes - A new psychological defense series
Counter-Narcissist Cheat Codes: Projection - Psychological Defense Class #1
The Most Fundamental Misunderstanding About Narcissists - Let’s call them a-holes
Counter-Narcissist Cheat Codes: Rope-a-Dope - Joe Biden’s Muhammad Ali Strategy
Counter-Narcissist Cheat Codes: False Bravery - Part I - Political Lens Defense Class
Counter-Narcissist Cheat Codes: False Bravery - Part II - Political Narcissism Class
Counter-Narcissist Cheat Codes: False Bravery - Part III - Psychological Lens Class
Counter-Narcissist Cheat Codes: Polling - Gaslighting & other election manipulations.
How Narcissists Can Be Instantly Revealed Via Projection - IRL Cheat Code Analysis Lab: Psychological defense class #1 supplemental
Psychological Defense Classes
Negotiating With Narcissists - “If it’s dirty and evil they are doing it.”
The Sanewashing of Narcissistic Parenting - Do we trust coincidences?
What is Anger For? - Harnessing anger for good.
The Weaponization of Trauma - Part I - Gen Z Epiphanies
Nature’s Defense Against Predators - Animal kingdom wisdom.
Completing the Healing Circle - Psychological Enlightenment Series
When to Believe Narcissists - Part I - Seeing truths in blizzards of lies.
When to Believe Narcissists - Part II - How narcissists reveal themselves.
CNI in Action - Weaponizing paradoxes against narcissists. Part I
Tells, Triggers and Battlefields - Weaponizing paradoxes against narcissists. Part II
CNI in Action - Where to start when you see red klags.
CNI in Action vs. The Mental Health Logical Fallacy.
Alex Jones: An Avatar For Pathological Narcissists - Textbook grandiose narcissist.
The Cassandra Complex of Narcissism - Why do people not see it?
Political and psychological trump counter-narcissism and intelligence
trumpism is Narcissism - Foundational CNI that received Dr. Bandy X. Lee’s approval.
the trump playbook is an illusion - Narcissist psychology explains everything.
trump & His Party of Flying Monkeys - The Political Lens vs. the Psychological Lens.
trump Is a Flying Monkey, Too - The Political Lens vs. the Psychological Lens - Part II
trump’s nazi-narcissist paradox - His biggest strength is his weakest link.
“Reading trump’s Mind” - Challenge accepted - A Bulwark’s psych usage review. 🔐
Triggering the Narcissist - CNI debate prep and analysis.
A Malignant Narcissist at a Debate - Psychological after-action report.
A Malignant Narcissist at a Convention - Lessons in avoiding self-gaslighting.
How To Make trump Trolls Run - Projection mirrors melt their faces.
Triggering a Narcissist Part II - We know it’s all about him, not about you.
Hell Hath No Fury Like a maga Scorned - "Using their narcissism against them" series
The Biggest Narcissist Mysteries - "Using their narcissism against them" series
Economic Madman Theory - Part I - Making sense of the insanity.
Economic Madman Theory - Part II - CNI vs. The New York Times.
Economic Madman Theory - Part III - The weakness of trump’s domination.
trump’s Endgame - Part 1 - Counter-Narcissism brings clarity “To what end?”
Psychological Targeting - Where the focus should be.
Counter-Narcissism Brings Clarity - Part I - AI and truth about epstein blackmail lies.
The epstein Blackmail Conspiracy - Counter-Narcissism Brings Clarity - Part II
The epstein Murder Mystery - "Using their narcissism against them" series.
Malignant Narcissism + Dementia = ? - Pay no attention to being in the trump section
Psychological Political Intelligence and Strategy
Pathocracy - An Introduction - A government of, by and for pathological narcissists.
Republicans are the Real RINOs Now - Psych confirms the “Party of Lincoln” is gone.
Psychological Political Strategy 2024 - Nice guys lose democracies.
Psychological Political Strategy 2024 - Media fails, 🧠storming & strategic planning. 🔐
The MAGA Cabal Re-Enters Stealth Mode - Part I - “One day" dictator psyop trickery.
The MAGA Cabal Re-Enters Stealth Mode - Part II - Lies, fears, smoke & mirrors.
Psychology Proves Republicans Are Weird - trump's rogues' gallery of weird.
The Psychology of Woke - Part I - Propagandizing the Rorschach Test.
The Psychology of Woke - Part II - Unpoisoning the Well.
The Psychology of Woke - Part III - How and When Boys and Men Got Left Behind. 🔐
The George Santos GOP: Catch Us If You Can - Part I - Santos reveals the GOP.
The George Santos GOP: Catch Us If You Can - Part II - Psych provides a cheat code.
The PerQliar Case of Kevin McCarthy: A Psychological Profile - Very popular piece!
California
Gavin Newsom’s A+ Counter-Narcissism - Why trump trolling works and is honorable.
Why Narcissists Never Get It - The can’t handle the truth.
Adventures of Dark Kamala
Dark Kamala - You win or democracy - Fun play on Dark Brandon
Terrorizing trump’s Subconscious - The return of Dark Kamala.
Dark Kamala: Powers and Abilities - How to build a bigger tent.
Jedi Mind Tricks: Kamala Harris - May the force be with us.
Don’t Mess With Dark Kamala - Daughters of Oakland don’t play.
Triggering a Narcissist Part I - Dark Kamala proves she’s the Alpha.
Florida
The DeSantis Variant: A Psychological Profile - Part I - A very dangerous case.
The DeSantis Variant: A Psychological Profile - Part II - A very dangerous case.
Why Were We So Afraid of Ron DeSantis? - A psychological answer.
The Devil Went Down To Florida - It’s so much worse than you think. 🔐
How the News is Psychologically Broken and How to Fix It
How the News is Psychologically Broken and How to Fix It - An Existential “Call to Arms” for the Media.
The trump playbook is an illusion - popular article - trump’s psychology revealed.
Counter-Narcissist Cheat Codes: The Media - How and why serious journalists normalize trump’s malignant narcissism
“Reading trump’s Mind” - Challenge accepted! - The Bulwark’s psychological rating 🔐
Inside trump’s Lizard Brain - Part I - or an expert political analyst’s projection?
Inside trump’s Lizard Brain - Part II - The Bulwark needs to step up their psych game.
Why is MSN Running Anti-American Pro-trump Propaganda? - WTF?
What America Needs Psychologically From the trump Trials
The Psychological Need For Cameras in the Courtroom
Narcissist Media vs. Honest Media - As usual, Orwell was right.
American Media Has Fallen - Narcissist Media vs. Honest Media - Part II
Institutional Failures
Psychiatry and Psychology Are Failing Democracy -The Hidden Epidemic
Is rfk jr a psychopath? - What is a psycho, really?
When Politicians Don’t Get Narcissists - Blatantly unethical behavior deserves little “due process.”
Justice is Psychologically Blind - Our legal systems are failing psychologically
Religious Narcissists - I Speak For God - A Spiritual Abuse Warning
Bigger Imagination Revelation - A Republican political violence illusion
International
The Putin Illusion: A Psychological Profile - Part I - What is wrong with Russia?
The Putin Illusion: A Psychological Profile - Part II - The fragile Russian doll.
Middle Eastern Axioms and Quicksand - Discussing and reconciling societal trauma.
The Psychology of Putin, Prigozhin and His Inner Circle.
Podcasts
Chronicles of Narcissist: The Psychopath, the Sociopath, and the Wardrobe - Explaining narcissism via pop culture
Do trump Voters Know He is a Malignant Narcissist? - Psychology of trump voters. 🔐
Malignant Narcissist Review & Political Strategy - Dealing with narcissist politicians.
How Did trump Steal the GOP and Turn It Into a Cult? - Toughest Psych Questions 🔐
Dealing With a Malignant Narcissist Boss - Toughest Psych Questions.
The Psychology of Escaping Cults and Healing - Fantastic Post-Cult Psychology.
High Quality Psychological Entertainment Reviews
No Spoiler Review: Tehran - Full psychological gambit of the cat and mouse spy game.
Echo - Exceptional Psychological Journey - No Spoiler Review.
No Spoiler Review: The Diplomat - Politics, diplomacy, intel & counter-narcissism.
No Spoiler Review: Shrinking - Great dramedy about aging, PTSD, death & grief.
No Spoiler Review: Wellmania - Cathartic comedy about career, health, family, trauma, love & life.
No Spoiler Review: RWBY - Surprisingly great show to connect with tweens & teens.
Entertainment
Counter-Narcissist Theme Song Playlist - Have a favorite counter-narcissist song?
Is Wednesday Addams a Psychopath? - “I prefer spooky.”
“Through Their Own Words, They Will Be Exposed” - In Honor of Sinead O’Conner: Gen X Warrior for Psychological Truth
Tech
The Grooming of Elon Musk: A Psychological Profile - Part I - Nature vs. Nurture
The Grooming of Elon Musk: A Psychological Profile - Part II - Trauma 🔐
The Grooming of Elon Musk: A Psychological Profile - Part III - Dystopias, Dystopians & Elon's Roy Cohn. 🔐
The Grooming of Elon Musk: A Psychological Profile - Part IV - Space Cowboy or Supervillain? 🔐
Elon’s Self-Immolating Narcissism - Musk unambiguously revealed a denied truth.
Will social conservatives realize Musk is trolling them with X? 🔐
Ghost in the Substack Machine - Test, Glitch or Hack? 🔐
A True Crime Psychological Profile: Elizabeth Holmes - Introduction to CNI. 🔐
JD Vance: A Psychological Profile - Part I 🔐
Worst Projector Ever - jd vance
About the CNI Think Tank
Navigating in the Age of the Narcissist - Evolution, Protips and Supporting CNI.
CNI Strength in Numbers - Life Lessons, Updates and Strong Numbers. 🔐
Best Recent Notes - Rapid response commentary is available on Substack Notes.
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