counterpunch.orgDonald Trump, Poster Child for Megalomania
Trump’s narcissism has been on display for decades. It is a serious personality disorder that is difficult to treat. According to one prominent psychiatrist, Alexa Albert, narcissism is shaped by “early experiences of emotional neglect,” which were described in the book by Trump’s niece, Mary Trump (“Too Much—and Never Enough”) that was published six years ago. According to Albert, such a personal history can leave a person “deeply shamed and dependent on external affirmation, intoxicated by
