Michael Bader – Medium

Michael Bader

Michael Bader

Poor, Poor Pitiful Me: How a Victim Mentality Hurts Our Politics, Relationships and Psyches

What concentration camp manager, national executioner or torturer is not a descendant of oppressed people. — — -Fredy Perlman, from…

Jul 15, 2023

Poor, Poor Pitiful Me: How a Victim Mentality Hurts Our Politics, Relationships and Psyches

Jul 15, 2023

Michael Bader

Hurry Up and Wait: Helplessness In Everyday Life

I hate feeling helpless. Most people do. Helplessness is a painful affective state that arises when a need or aspiration is frustrated in a…

Jul 15, 2023

Hurry Up and Wait: Helplessness In Everyday Life

Jul 15, 2023

Michael Bader

The Predictable Hypocrisy of Republicans After Every Mass Shooting

Following the mass shooting in Allen, Texas, which saw 9 people die, Texas Governor Greg Abbott predictably touted mental health treatment…

Jul 15, 2023

The Predictable Hypocrisy of Republicans After Every Mass Shooting

Jul 15, 2023

Michael Bader

Why Trump’s Psyche Compelled Him to Retain Classified Documents

It shouldn’t surprise anyone that Donald Trump refused to turn over classified papers and, instead, played a shell game with everyone…

Jul 15, 2023

Why Trump’s Psyche Compelled Him to Retain Classified Documents

Jul 15, 2023

Michael Bader

What Does It Really Mean to Call the Atlanta Killer a “Sex Addict?” — Not Very Much.

Robert Aaron Long, the Atlanta killer, called himself a sex addict, and had sought treatment for sex addiction. However, the label, “sex…

Apr 10, 2021

What Does It Really Mean to Call the Atlanta Killer a “Sex Addict?” — Not Very Much.

Apr 10, 2021

Michael Bader

Why Did So Many of Us Cry During the Democratic Convention?

People cry at moments full of tragedy — like the Republican National Convention. But they also cry at moments of redemption, moments of…

Aug 30, 2020

Why Did So Many of Us Cry During the Democratic Convention?

Aug 30, 2020

Michael Bader

Donald Trump is the Rodney Dangerfield of Politics

Everyone knows that Donald Trump is constantly aggrieved at the unfair treatment he receives from pretty much everyone. His recent Tulsa…

Jul 8, 2020

Donald Trump is the Rodney Dangerfield of Politics

Jul 8, 2020

Michael Bader

QUARANTINE IS FOREVER

How Uncertainty About the Future Is At the Heart of What Makes Life So Difficult Today

May 20, 2020

QUARANTINE IS FOREVER

May 20, 2020

Michael Bader

Trump’s Huge, Great, Incredible, Beautiful, Perfect, Daily Creepy Coronavirus Updates

Could we just all agree on one thing? Donald Trump has a pathological compulsion to congratulate himself for being perfect. He can’t help…

Mar 27, 2020

Trump’s Huge, Great, Incredible, Beautiful, Perfect, Daily Creepy Coronavirus Updates

Mar 27, 2020

Michael Bader

Trump’s Germaphobia vs. Covid-19

Donald Trump has been quite open about the fact that he is a germaphobe. It’s worth considering what that means and how it might influence…

Mar 24, 2020

Trump’s Germaphobia vs. Covid-19

Mar 24, 2020

Michael Bader

Michael Bader

Psychologist/psychoanalyst with 40 years clinical experience, working also as an executive coach, writing about sexuality (2 books) & the psychology of politics

Following

Help
Status
About
Careers
Press
Blog
Privacy
Terms
Text to speech
Teams