Psychology

Pathological Narcissism: The Pendulum Swing between Echoism and Sovereignism

Chapter 4: Most of my friends with pathological narcissism have more echoist and more sovereign sides. What determines which one takes the stage?

May 21 • Dawn Drescher

Welfare Biology and AI: The Psychopath, the Nematode, and the Arahant

Chapter 4: Pain without a sufferer: a speculative model of invertebrate experience, drawn from no-self psychopathy and Buddhist phenomenology, and what…

May 3 • Dawn Drescher

The Villain We Invented: Dr. Mark Ettensohn on Pathological Narcissism

The clinical reality of NPD – its dimensional structure, the attachment shape it takes, the etiological paths in, and the patient work of healing.

Apr 28 • Dawn Drescher

1:38:51

“A Swinging Brick Where My Heart Should Be” – An Interview on Psychopathy

Watch now | Dorian Steel has ASPD, NPD, no fear, and a five-year-old son he calls “a little extension of me.” A chat about psychopathy, boundaries…

Feb 24 • Dawn Drescher

2:02:50

Psychopathy: The Choice

Chapter 7: Recovery, if you want it

Feb 16 • Dawn Drescher

Psychopathy: The Types

Chapter 6: Archetypal clusters: Who are you?

Feb 8 • Dawn Drescher

Psychopathy: The Mechanics

Chapter 5: How empathy fails: a process model

Jan 23 • Dawn Drescher

Psychopathy: The Self

Chapter 4: Psychodynamic structures: who you became

Jan 19 • Dawn Drescher

Psychopathy: The Shaping

Chapter 3: Environment and development: how adversity shapes expression

Jan 14 • Dawn Drescher

Psychopathy: The Substrate

Chapter 2: Genes and brain: the biological foundations of psychopathy

Jan 1 • Dawn Drescher

Psychopathy: The Problem

Chapter 1: Why we need a new framework for understanding psychopathy, narcissism, and related presentations

Dec 27, 2025 • Dawn Drescher

When “Sorry” is Hard: Mapping the Boundary Struggle in NPD

Understanding the patterns that make boundaries and accountability feel impossible – and what lies beneath them.

Dec 11, 2025 • Dawn Drescher

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