by Harper West | Sep 26, 2018 | The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, Uncategorized
With the tsunami of evidence of Donald Trump’s dangerous mental instability crashing daily into my news feed, my frustration at the lack of action by members of Congress and the Cabinet mounts to a level of high urgency. Those who dismiss or downplay Trump’s cruelty,...
by Harper West | Aug 22, 2018 | The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump
With the guilty plea and conviction of two of Donald Trump’s closest staffers and friends, we are watching what for many of us is the predictable denouement of Trump’s presidency. Those of us with expertise in abusive and narcissistic relationship patterns have known...
by Harper West | Jan 5, 2018 | The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump
In Part 1 of this post, I discussed how shame is the underpinning emotion in Trump’s behaviors. Shame, as a prosocial emotion, is the foundation of morals and ethics, because it mediates fairness and kindness in relationships because poor shame tolerance leads to...
by Harper West | Jan 5, 2018 | The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump
In my previous post I discussed how poor shame tolerance is the root cause of most immoral human behavior that is currently labeled as narcissistic, sociopathic, abusive, or authoritarian. AUTHORITARIAN AND NARCISSISTIC TRAITS ARE ALL RELATED TO SHAME I believe it is...
by Harper West | Jan 5, 2018 | The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump
Part 1 of a three-part series. To some it may seem like hyperbole to compare Donald Trump to dictators in history such as Hitler or Stalin. Some may also discredit worries about his threats and saber-rattling against North Korea’s Kim Jung Un as over-reactions. But...
