The American Human: What Narcissistic Personality Disorder Looks Like

Monday, June 13, 2016

What Narcissistic Personality Disorder Looks Like

One of the traits of a narcissist is a lack of empathy. Seeing only oneself, it's hard to develop feelings for others. That's increasingly obvious of Donald "I'd like to punch him in the face" Trump.

Being as self-absorbed as Trump, it's easy to not notice you're a horse's behind.

Narcissistic Personality Disorder is the closest explanation I can find for what keeps Donald Trump from realizing how vile much of what comes out of his mouth (or Twitter feed) is:

Appreciate the congrats for being right on radical Islamic terrorism, I don't want congrats, I want toughness & vigilance. We must be smart!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 12, 2016

A narcissist's gut instinct is "this is about me." Orlando is about senseless violence and the tragedy that it holds for its many victims. It's apparently beyond Trump to notice that.

Might make one want to shun him and vote for someone else. Here's hoping...

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About the American Human

The American Human is written by Calvin Ross, a retired teacher who at various points in life has been a musician, woodworker, restaurateur, narrator, English teacher in Japan, novelist, technology journalist, and private tutor to Japanese children here in the U.S.

Happily residing in the wine country of Sonoma County north of San Francisco, Calvin has lived in the Philippines, the Netherlands, and the aforementioned Japan, as well as in Chicago, Colorado, Georgia, and many different towns in California, including, of all places, the Mojave Desert.

Calvin, you may note quickly, is a liberal progressive who doesn't think being called a socialist is all that bad, especially since he sort of would like living in Denmark if it weren't so cold. He blogs because he can.