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James Hamblin writes:
"For the past four years, psychologists and psychiatrists have attempted to fit Trump’s behavior into a diagnosis. They note his textbook disconnection from reality and from the consequences of his decisions as they affect other people. https://twitter.com/TheAtlantic/status/1322573763951689728
"For the past four years, psychologists and psychiatrists have attempted to fit Trump’s behavior into a diagnosis. They note his textbook disconnection from reality and from the consequences of his decisions as they affect other people. https://twitter.com/TheAtlantic/status/1322573763951689728
Many have settled on various personality disorders: Narcissistic, antisocial, and borderline have been the most common. (...) But none of the diagnoses stuck."
That's because none of them truly fit. DSM diagnoses are not the last word when it comes to psychological maladies.
That's because none of them truly fit. DSM diagnoses are not the last word when it comes to psychological maladies.
Malignant narcissism does describe and explain Trump's functioning to a T, including his loose grip on shared reality. Malignant narcissism is not a DSM diagnosis. It is comprised of psychopathy, manipulativeness, sadism, and paranoia, in addition to narcissism.
The term malignant narcissism was coined by Erich Fromm to describe the most dangerous form of psychopathology known to humankind.
Fromm's writings on malignant narcissism, pathological leaders & groups that elect & follow them, human aggression & death instinct are worth a read
Fromm's writings on malignant narcissism, pathological leaders & groups that elect & follow them, human aggression & death instinct are worth a read
Hamblin's article is the second one this week portraying Trump's pathological character as strange beyond comprehension, clinical and not (until now, for Hamblin).
But there's no mystery to Trump. He has always been transparent, understandable and predictable in his pathology.
But there's no mystery to Trump. He has always been transparent, understandable and predictable in his pathology.
I wrote this in July '16, watching America's blind lurch toward self-destruction. We didn't recognize the predator in our midst because we created a culture that normalized his pathology: Darkness (in)Visible, or On Dangers of Narcissistic Blindness https://medium.com/@Elamika/darkness-in-visible-or-on-dangers-of-narcissistic-blindness-a47dbc6413fa
