Author of Rethinking Narcissism | Co-author, @nytimes bestseller, The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump | Blogger @psychtoday | Lecturer @harvardmed |views =\=HMS
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Sep 26, 2024 • 20 tweets • 3 min read
🧵🧵🧵(1/20) Thread: Update on Trump from a "world- renowned narcissism expert"
(that's what other people call me anyway--look it up ;-))
(2/20) Trump is a narcissist. This statement shouldn’t be controversial.
As I’ve written and spoken about at length, most presidents and politicians qualify as narcissists according to research. The question always remains: How unhealthy is their narcissistic behavior?
Mar 29, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
One trap for #echoists when it comes to leaving bad (narcissistic) relationships is a species of self-blame: the figuring out response. "I wonder if s/he meant it? Does s/he have NPD? Was that real?" 1/6
The reality is that echoists learned this strategy in their family of origin. Rather than being encouraged to trust their gut, they're often pushed to try to think about what their narcissistic caregiver is thinking or doing or feeling--in other words what makes them tic 2/6
Oct 14, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Such a great example of how the narcissistic need to feel superior completely disrupts logic and creates psychotic thought process. It doesn’t matter that this is obviously ridiculous. Trump retweets it against all rationality because it devalues Obama. Reality takes a backseat
He believes this, and it’s important that everyone grasp that. He’s obsessed with where he stands in relation to other people on every metric, especially Obama. That preoccupation drives him to accept any bizarre idea that boosts his esteem. That’s what a “thought disorder” is.
Mar 19, 2020 • 18 tweets • 3 min read
1/ Question from commenter: "Can psychopathy and Borderline be comorbid? Or NPD and BPD?"
NPD and BPD are definitely comorbid: hence the term "cluster B"
2/ Narcissistic personality disorder, histrionic personality disorder, antisocial personality disorder, and borderline personality disorder, all share a common core of extreme difficulty managing ("regulating") emotional experience and the self.
Dec 31, 2019 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
@gtconway3d@realDonaldTrump What make this doubly disturbing is that a statement like this reflects extremely stunted emotional functioning. Healthy people recognize they’re upset and seek support for their distress. (1/7)
@gtconway3d@realDonaldTrump Extreme narcissists, because they’re loathe to acknowledge any emotional vulnerability, *blame* the world when they’re upset: “You’re *making* me hate you.” What they really mean is I’m hurt—even angry—about what you said or did. (2/7)
