Our Psychopath President and His Ardent Followers Explained

A friend asked me recently what makes Trump's most ardent followers so irrational, so out of touch with reality, that they would blindly follow a psychopath and elect him President of the United States? In researching an answer for him I returned to Bandy Lee, MD forensic psychiatrist. She edited the premier text on Trump's mental health entitled , The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, where a number of psychiatrists and psychoanalysts diagnosed Trump as a highly narcissistic delusional psychopath. In her follow up text, Profile of a Nation, she went a step further to diagnose Trump's most ardent followers. 

 She believes their disturbed view of reality is a direct outcome of his disturbance. She lists two phenomenon behind such behavior: First is Narcissistic Symbiosis. Narcissistic symbiosis happens this way: A highly disturbed leader hungry for admiration to compensate for severe low self worth, projects omnipotence to his followers. This type of extremely narcissistic leader believes his own lies and thus they become more than strategic lies, they become delusions. Trump himself believes them and in parallel fashion so do his followers. 

The second phenomenon that explains the delusions of the leader becoming the delusions of the followers is Shared Psychosis. This occurs when those in an emotional bond with a delusional psychotic become delusional themselves. These persons were previously disturbed to some degree and the disturbed leader such as Trump takes them over the edge. They come to share his paranoid delusions and propensity for violence. 

Dr. Lee believes the solution to both of the above phenomenon is Removal of the Disturbed Leader, followed by removal of his policies and then rational and pragmatic solving of the socioeconomic and psychological stress of the followers. She shares this perspective and these solutions in her follow up second book entitled, Profile of a Nation: Trump's Mind, America's Soul. I recommend both of these texts for a thorough understanding of Donald Trump and those who ardently follow him. ..... Ask a question? Make a comment !! Tell me who you are !!!!

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