Psychopaths, also known as sociopaths, are usually epic, pathological liars. They are often imperturbable liars. Most of us, when busted for an outright lie, will feel awkward, embarrassed, ashamed, maybe humbled, …
What psychopaths see when they see you depends greatly on what “mode” they’re in. When in a “gratification pursuit” mode, psychopaths will see you somewhat differently than when not—that is, they’ll see …
We have a shameless president who transgresses rules, boundaries and people without compunction. It is this about Donald Trump—his missing shame—that is most alarming. For transgressive personalities like Trump’s, shamelessness is the …
Often individuals who fall for psychopaths ask, “How could I? How could I have allowed this person to have gripped me like that? Charmed me like that? Mesmerized me like that? Fooled …
As a licensed clinical social worker specializing in narcissistic personality disorder and psychopathy (aka sociopathy), I express alarm how, invoking ethical codes frowning upon the psychiatric diagnosing of public figures, the major …
The Saturday Night Live spoofs on Donald Trump, hilarious as they may be, have arguably fed a misleading narrative of Mr. Trump as a self-absorbed dunce too overwhelmed and disengaged to be …
Why the evasion of the “big elephant in the room?” President-elect Donald Trump is a chronic, pathological liar. This is no news-flash: PolitiFact reports that 96% of Mr. Trump’s political statements and …
There’s a popular view of psychopaths as always operating behind “masks” and “facades;” as somehow engaged in perpetual states of disingenuousness; as “acting” in some form or another 24/7; that there’s nothing …
An expert in the narcissistic spectrum personality disorders, all along I’ve taken the position that Donald Trump is really a classic narcissist. When people have asked me, “So…whattaya think about Trump?,” that’s …
So you’ve busted this person in your life–you’ve put “two and two” together; you’ve researched with tireless diligence the traits of narcissism, psychopathy, sociopathy, the “cluster B” personalities, and voila!–now you know …