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Thanks for clearing that up for me...so Sora did lose against his own darkness when he stabbed himself in KH I.
Not quite. What seems to be the case in KH1 is that Sora let the Darkness in. The Heart Unlocker isn't a normal Keyblade; it was crafted from the six PoH's Hearts in order to free Kairi's. Look at the effect it had on Maleficent prior to when Sora used it - it didn't pull her Heart out of her Body, so much as awakened the Darkness inside it. Maleficent is a Dark Being, however. She's "used" to having so much Darkness and relished it. Sora on the other hand gave in willingly, believing there was no other way to free Kairi's Heart. I doubt the thought of living through the event ever crossed his mind.
This was also noted in CoM as one of the possible reasons to why both Sora and Apprentice Xehanort managed to maintain their Selves even as existences of only Hearts - they gave in willingly, rather than lost to it.