Why Church Attracts Predators #psychology #politics #lucasbean #trump

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uh5DFY-fc3Y

 

Really, truly, the only thing you need to know about Donald Trump..

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/d8WBc3fdsGo 

How Dark Triads Weaponize Faith for Power #psychology #toxic

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Q_8LHj5hwiA

 

REAL DOCTOR Analyzes Trump’s NOBEL PRIZE Letter — A Case of Narcissistic injury

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIeBQViA__c

 

As #trump fails faster, this acronym will become increasingly important ...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0zVSrda658U

 

Trumpism: The WOKE Movement You Didn't See Coming

"The Trump MAGA Cult is a woke, narcissism broke joke. 

 I'm Jeremy Sherman, PhD, a strategic consultant since 1997 specializing in dealing with jerks and doubts."

Interview: 

https://youtu.be/Ez3X6BxLmi0?si=UEXDeFJd2_rNgvLl

Trump’s Impending Ego Implosion (w/ Daniel Shaw) (Conspirituality podcast)

Dems are laughing about Donny Dentures or #TrumpisDone, but the reality inside his head, and Mar a Lago, will be very grim, and there will be a lot of collateral damage.

Mental health titans like Robert Lifton have reached the consensus that Trump has been mentally ill for a long time. They’ve diagnosed him with “narcissistic personality disorder, antisocial personality disorder, paranoid personality disorder, delusional disorder, malignant narcissist,” and so on.

Such patients meet predictable ends when the wheels fall off. In the cult world (where Lifton has been so influential), there are bangs (Jim Jones) and there are whimpers (Keith Raniere). What might it look like for Trump?

No one is more qualified to discuss the possibilities than Daniel Shaw, LCSW, a psychotherapist trained in psychoanalysis as well as in trauma-informed psychotherapies. He is in private practice in New York City and in Nyack, New York; and Faculty and Supervisor at The National Institute for the Psychotherapies in New York. He is the author of Traumatic Narcissism: Relational Systems of Subjugation, published by Routledge in 2014, and nominated for the prestigious Gradiva Award. His book Traumatic Narcissism and Recovery: Leaving the Prison of Shame and Fear was published in 2021. He is known for his work with cult trauma survivors and with clients who have experienced narcissistic abuse.
Interview: 

https://www.conspirituality.net/episodes/brief-trumps-pending-ego-implosion-daniel-shaw

"I Escaped a Red Pill Cult" (with Coleman Watts) (Seth Andews; The Thinking Atheist podcast)

What's the "red pill?" Ex-cult member Coleman Watts explains the term and tells his deconstruction story.

Interview: 

https://www.thethinkingatheist.com/podcast-1/episode/7a3c0763/i-escaped-a-red-pill-cult-with-coleman-watts

A little bit of narcissism is normal and healthy – here's how to tell when it becomes pathological

Forms of narcissism 

Narcissistic abuse can be insidious and hard to recognize. Since the signs of narcissistic abuse aren't always obvious, it's important to name and recognize them. 

Gaslighting: The narcissist uses a manipulation strategy known as gaslighting to make the victim doubt his or her own ability to make a decision or take an action. People use this technique to maintain control over the other person's sense of reality. When gaslighting occurs, victims are left feeling doubtful and insecure and some even have difficulty recognizing that they are being gaslighted. In some relationships, a co-dependency develops between the narcissist and the victim in which the victim accepts the narcissist's position of authority. 

Victim mentality: This mindset, which is common for those with narcissistic personality disorder, implies that everybody owes the narcissist something. In my clinical experience, I have often witnessed the narcissist creating a false narrative about how they did not get what they were supposed to get in life because they were wronged by others. This story allows them to feel entitled to have anger and resentment toward anyone, especially toward people they perceive as successful. 

Cycle of idealization and devaluation: Narcissists form polarized beliefs about themselves and others, meaning that their opinions of themselves and others can be exceptionally positive or unrealistically negative.

https://theconversation.com/a-little-bit-of-narcissism-is-normal-and-healthy-heres-how-to-tell-when-it-becomes-pathological-199069

How to Argue With a Narcissist: 6 Key Ways to Get Your Point Across

Arguing with a narcissist can be extremely difficult — people with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) feel very little empathy for others and are often manipulative. 

They may use tactics like turning the blame on you, gaslighting you, and resorting to disrespectful behavor. 

But if you need to get your point across, or just get out of the argument, there are a few key phrases you can use. 

Here's what you can say to a narcissist that can help set boundaries, calm them down, or just end the conversation…

https://www.insider.com/guides/health/mental-health/how-to-argue-with-a-narcissist

Lost Boys: The Violent Narcissism of Angry Young Men - The Atlantic

These attacks are not merely "violence" in some general sense, nor are they similar to other gun crimes classified as "mass shootings" beyond the number of victims. Drug-war shoot-outs and gang vendettas are awful, but they are better-understood problems, in both their origins and possible remedies. The Lost Boys, however, are the perpetrators of out-of-the-blue massacres of innocents. Their actions are not driven by criminal gain, but instead are meant to shock us, to make us grieve, and finally, to force us to acknowledge the miserable existence of the young men behind the triggers...

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/01/lost-boys-violent-narcissism-angry-young-men/672886/

Biden Laid the Trap. Trump Walked Into It. - The Atlantic

At his Pennsylvania rally, the former president gave exactly the narcissistic display his Democratic nemesis tried to provoke.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/09/trump-pennsylvania-rally-republicans/671344/

National narcissism identified as a robust predictor of belief in COVID-19 conspiracy theories

"People should understand that social identity plays a central role in how people construct beliefs," Van Bavel told PsyPost. "This can, of course, be a good thing if you are part of a group that values accuracy and the well being of group members. Alternatively, it can be a bad thing if your identity involves inflated views of your group and an obsession with dominance or image management."…

https://www.psypost.org/2022/03/national-narcissism-identified-as-a-robust-predictor-of-belief-in-covid-19-conspiracy-theories-62663

How new research reveals narcissism isn’t excessive self-love but excessive self-loathing (The You Are Not So Smart podcast #206)

In this episode we explore what narcissism is and what is most-definitely is not.

According to new research, there is a form of narcissism which has been, up until now, confused with psychopathy. But a new paper, the result of years of experiments, suggests narcissists are not psychopaths, and psychopaths are not narcissists.

Interview: 

https://youarenotsosmart.com/2021/05/18/yanss-206-how-new-research-reveals-narcissism-isnt-excessive-self-love-but-excessive-self-loathing/

WOTMQ: Pure Narcissism

https://youtu.be/FgqvdTLFBbc

‘The perfect target’: Russia cultivated Trump as asset for 40 years – ex-KGB spy

"Trump was the perfect target in a lot of ways: his vanity, narcissism made him a natural target to recruit. He was cultivated over a 40-year period, right up through his election."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/29/trump-russia-asset-claims-former-kgb-spy-new-book

Malignant Narcissism & Our Undoing as a Species - FRANK YEOMANS

What is malignant narcissism? Is there really such a thing as a 'death drive'? Frank Yeomans explains what can happen when a malignant narcissist is the leader of a group (using Jim Jones and the Jonestown Massacre as an example), and how narcissism and egocentrism, along with a need for comfort, are threatening our survival as a species (climate change anyone?).
https://youtu.be/x3zaA6BA_ls

Opinion | Yes, Trump has an agenda for a second term. It’s all about him. - The Washington Post

... Trump or the people around him have gained competence at one thing: corrupting the federal government... 

... Now, he has declared open war on the very idea of integrity and independence in government. If we reelect him, he will take full possession...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/yes-trump-has-an-agenda-for-a-second-term-its-all-about-himself/2020/10/30/f4a5a48c-1a19-11eb-82db-60b15c874105_story.html

COVID cases top 4 million as Trump and his base reject experts, science

People who refuse to wear a mask are bolstering their sore egos. Their national motto is not 'E Pluribus Unum,' it's 'You're not the boss of me.' ....
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/07/25/covid-cases-top-4-million-trump-base-reject-experts-column/5500345002/

‘Narcissism and solipsism’: Paul Krugman explains how ‘whiny, childlike’ Trump ‘grossly minimized the pandemic and its dangers’ - Raw Story

A recurring theme in economist Paul Krugman's New York Times column is that is wrong to single President Donald Trump out as being uniquely bad among Republicans — that he is a reflection of the modern-day GOP on the whole. This week in his column, Krugman asserts that Trump's coronavirus response is terrible but stresses that he is being encouraged by all his Republican enablers.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/narcissism-and-solipsism-paul-krugman-explains-how-whiny-childlike-trump-grossly-minimized-the-pandemic-and-its-dangers/