Excessive Traits and Behaviors (World Mental Health Congress, June 2021)
Channel: Prof. Sam Vaknin
Date: 2021-06-21

Extreme weakness of character is indistinguishable from evil.

Unbridled pleasure is often experienced as pain (when a child or a pet witnesses sex).

Exaggerated, possessive love is the identical twin of hate.

Ubiquitous dependence is about unmitigated control via emotional blackmail, neediness, and clinging.

Uncompromising freedom is an addiction, a form of slavery.

Unblemished beauty is repulsive (uncanny valley).

Perfect is harmony is death, entropy: only disorder is meaningful.

Sex with numerous partners is lonely masturbation.

Too much learning is a form of escapist stupidity.

Fun which is too frequent is boring.

As are interminable lists. So, here I stop.

And you are invited to continue these paradoxes of excess in the comments section.

Weakness of character is indistinguishable from evil. Weak people cowardly sacrifice moral principles and values, are often highly suggestible, are eager to please and conform at any cost, and unthinkingly follow the mighty and the rich wherever they may lead them.

The main preoccupation of the weak is how to abrogate responsibilities and obligations and surrender their freedom of action and free will to strong men and institutions.

Weakness entails corruption, compromise, deception, and dependence as well as the ability to morph and shapeshift in order to fit in. The weak are amorphous and fuzzy, they cannot be trusted because they have no core or identity. They are easily swayed and end up committing the most appalling transgressions against themselves and others, even their nearest, dearest, and loved ones.

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