Why People Follow a Trump (or a Hitler): Malignant Narcissism & Simplicity - FRANK YEOMANS

Frank Yeomans discusses the primitive appeal of splitting - “We’re good they’re bad“ - and what happens when a malignant narcissist is the leader of a group. Both Trump and Hitler are mentioned. For a follow-up piece with Yeomans that elaborates on this topic, check out “Malignant Narcissism & Our Undoing as a Species“: We talked with Frank Yeomans about Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) and how it can affect us on a personal and societal level. Frank Yeomans is an expert clinician who makes use of Transference-Focused Psychotherapy in his practice treating NPD and BPD. In fact, he co-wrote the manual on TFP for Borderline Personality Disorder! Check out our interview of Otto Kernberg (who mentored Frank Yeomans) for lots more related material: For more information about BORDERLINE, the feature-length documentary we made about BPD,