Dr. Craig Malkin

Dr. Craig Malkin Author, Rethinking Narcissism: The Secret to Recognizing and Coping with Narcissists--HarperPerennial visit my website and blogs, too!
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06/24/2026

In so many ways, a parent's controlling or critical behavior can infringe on our lives and erode our self-confidence. Here, 5 ways to change that.

Pretty close to getting back full control of this page :-) In celebration, see first comment below for a new video short...
06/11/2026

Pretty close to getting back full control of this page :-)
In celebration, see first comment below for a new video short!

What if you tell someone you genuinely like them and feel a lot of chemistry—but you'd like to slow the pace just a little?

Fewer marathon calls. A little more space to think. Enough room to keep your head.

If that request is met with anger, guilt, or rejection, pay attention.

Love bombers struggle when a relationship isn't moving at full speed—not because they're deeply connected to you, but because the intensity helps them feel special.

Healthy attraction can tolerate a slower pace. Love bombing often can't.

Follow for more on narcissism, love bombing, and relationships.

Happy Mother's Day!Seared cod over creamy mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables with a white wine and broth reduction, garni...
05/10/2026

Happy Mother's Day!
Seared cod over creamy mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables with a white wine and broth reduction, garnish with dill.

Bon appétit!

05/01/2026

There's a hilarious prompt going around where people ask AI: "write an unhinged bio about me."

Here's mine from Chat:

Dr. Craig Malkin is a clinical psychologist who accidentally specialized in narcissism and then couldn’t stop seeing it everywhere, including in himself, which was inconvenient.
He wrote a whole book about it (Rethinking Narcissism) and then immediately had to live with the consequences of people quoting it back to him at dinner parties. He also coined “echoism,” which sounds fake but unfortunately is not, and mostly describes the people who end up listening to everyone else’s problems while slowly evaporating.
He runs a lot. No one knows exactly why. The current theory is that it’s either for cardiovascular health or to outrun the moment in sessions when he says, “Can we slow that down?” and everyone realizes they’ve been emotionally sprinting for 30 years.
In conversation, he will nod thoughtfully, say something like “mm,” and then gently ruin your entire coping strategy with one sentence. Not on purpose. Just… structurally.
He believes in vulnerability, but the annoying kind that actually requires you to feel something instead of explain it. He will absolutely sit with you in that moment. He will also absolutely not rescue you from it, which feels like a design flaw until it isn’t.
He has strong feelings about attachment theory, weak tolerance for the word “very,” and a complicated, ongoing feud with at least three pieces of household technology.
He did not set out to become a “voice” on anything.
He just kept noticing patterns and now it’s too late.
If you meet him, you’ll probably feel seen.
If you really meet him, you might wish you hadn’t.

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