A Psychologist's Open Letter to U.S. Voters
A research-backed guide to picking the next president. Dear Fellow Voters, I've been watching all of the presidential candidates with great interest—and deep concern. Concern for us. Concern for the fate of our country. Concern for our world. As an expert on narcissism, I'm not especially worried that narcissists might make it to the White House. According to research (link is external) , they've always been (link is external) there. And that shouldn't scare us anyway, because, just to be clear: Being a narcissist is not a diagnosis (link is external) . It never has been. Narcissists are people higher in narcissistic traits than the average person, and while they may or may not be disordered, they all share one thing in common: They feel special (link is external) . Some feel special enough to lead a nation, in fact. What we should be far more concerned about is not whether politicians are narcissists— most are (link is external) —but how healthy ...