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| Is Donald Trump the Most Dangerous Man in the World because his psyche is a "witches brew" of craziness? |
Donald Trump is the most powerful man in the world. And, that
makes Donald Trump the most dangerous man in the world. Donald Trump is
dangerous because he is the president of the United States and he is not in his
right mind. His personality is a crazy “witches
brew” of malignant personality disorders.
About six months ago, I wrote an article about this, titled: “How Many Kinds of Crazy is Donald Trump?”
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| How Many Kinds of Crazy is Donald Trump? |
It turns out I am not the only person who thinks Donald
Trump has a lot of what can euphemistically be called “mental issues”. A whole
book has now been written about his “issues.” This book is:
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| The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump |
Trump is literally making millions of people crazy. The second section of the above book was devoted to what some call "Trump Anxiety Disorder" or "Trump-Induced Anxiety Disorder." You can red the details in this essay. Trump Anxiety Disorder: Is Trump Literally Making Us Sick?
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| Trump Anxiety Disorder |
Back to the book: There are 27 chapters, each written by a psychiatrist or
mental health expert, with each zeroing in on a particular danger. The raison d’etre of the book might be
summed up with the title to just one of the chapters in the book, “He’s Got the World in His Hands and His Finger on the Trigger.”
In my article about Trump’s personality disorders, I said that I thought the stress of being president was making his craziness worse. Again, it turns out that I am not the only one who thinks so. Some of the people who have known Trump for many years are saying he’s gotten much worse since becoming president. In the prologue to The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, Dr. Judith Lewis Herman wrote: “Fostered by the flattery of underlings and the chants of crowds, a political leader’s grandiosity may morph into grotesque delusions of grandeur.”
No one doubts that Donald Trump is a narcissist. Some may
even make the case that a little bit of narcissism is a good thing in a leader.
But psychiatrists think that Trump’s narcissism has crossed the line into “malignant
narcissism.” Erich Fromm, a renowned psychiatrist, thought that “malignant narcissism” was the
most severe pathology of all. He wrote that it was,“the root of the most vicious destructiveness and inhumanity.” (Quoted from Fromm’s book, The Heart of Man, 1964)
In an interview, Robert Jay Lifton, one of the contributors
to the book, questioned Donald Trump’s grip on reality. He said Donald Trump
creates his own reality, a reality that allows opposing beliefs to be held as
true at the same time, a reality that allows lies to be perceived as truth. Speaking about Donald Trump, Lifton said “…the only reality he’s capable of embracing has to do with his own self and the perception by and protection of his own self. And for a president to be so bound in this isolated solipsistic reality could not be more dangerous for the country and for the world.”
- "Unbridled and Extreme Present Hedonism"
- "Pathological Narcissism and Politics: A Lethal Mix"
- "Sociopathy; Donald Trump: Is (A) Bad, (B) Mad, (C) All of the Above)"
- "Why 'Crazy Like a Fox' versus 'Crazy Like a Crazy' Really Matters”
- “Cognitive Impairment, Dementia and POTUS"
This is a book that you won’t be able to put down. It is a thoughtful book by thoughtful professionals in the field of mental health with useful insights to share. It deals with serious issues, but it is written for the general public and it does not scorn a bit of levity here and there. It is an important book that every American needs to read.
I'll end this book review with the only question remaining: “What can we do about it?"
I'll end this book review with the only question remaining: “What can we do about it?"
© Catherine Giordano 2017
