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Shame: The Emotion That Drives Trump’s Behaviors and Causes Tyrants, Narcissists, and Sociopaths: Part 3

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...

Shame: The Emotion That Drives Trump’s Behaviors and Causes Tyrants, Narcissists, and Sociopaths: Part 2

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...

Trump is Psychologically Unfit for Office

by Harper West | Dec 1, 2016 | Other-Blamer, The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump

I watched in dismay as Donald Trump won the presidential election. As a psychotherapist, it is clear to me that Trump is psychologically unfit for office. His flagrant insecurity was exposed with each bragging Tweet, his rampant sociopathic bullying was on view at...
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