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:    • Why It's a Relief to Follow a Leader ...  

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 TransferenceFocused Psychotherapy in his practice treating NPD and BPD. In fact, he cowrote the manual on TFP for Borderline Personality Disorder!

Check out our interview of Otto Kernberg (who mentored Frank Yeomans) for lots more related material:    • Otto Kernberg  

For more information about BORDERLINE, the featurelength documentary we made about BPD, please visit: http://borderlinethefilm.com

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