Malignant Narcissism & Our Undoing as a Species - FRANK YEOMANS

What is malignant narcissism? Is there really such a thing as a ’death drive’? Frank Yeomans explains what can happen when a malignant narcissist is the leader of a group (using Jim Jones and the Jonestown Massacre as an example), and how narcissism and egocentrism, along with a need for comfort, are threatening our survival as a species (climate change anyone?). This piece elaborates on ideas touched on in our previous video, “Why People Follow a Trump (or a Hitler): Malignant Narcissism & Simplicity“ - you can find that here: 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