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Is Trump mentally ill?

I've been aware of Trump since the late 1970's and while I always saw him as a bully, back then I'd say he was actually pretty clever, and when he spoke, it was in a well thought out and organized concise manner.
Today, forty some years later it's disturbing to see the difference.

So...mentally ill?
Donald Trump suffers from some very deep seated behavioral and personality flaws which border on "personality or behavioral disorder". His narcissism is pretty much clinical level.
But I think his larger problem is that in the last eight to ten years he appears to be suffering from a rather serious breakdown in cognitive abilities.

I've heard all the rumors, some of which might be substantiated or collectively corroborated by many.
Is it long term brain damage from drug abuse or is it advanced tertiary syphilitic dementia.
It is some form of dementia, that's for sure.
No way it can't be if one remembers how he presented forty years ago, or even twenty or thirty years ago.
 
Checkerboard Strangler said:
I've been aware of Trump since the late 1970's and while I always saw him as a bully, back then I'd say he was actually pretty clever, and when he spoke, it was in a well thought out and organized concise manner.
Today, forty some years later it's disturbing to see the difference.

So...mentally ill?
Donald Trump suffers from some very deep seated behavioral and personality flaws which border on "personality or behavioral disorder". His narcissism is pretty much clinical level.
But I think his larger problem is that in the last eight to ten years he appears to be suffering from a rather serious breakdown in cognitive abilities.

I've heard all the rumors, some of which might be substantiated or collectively corroborated by many.
Is it long term brain damage from drug abuse or is it advanced tertiary syphilitic dementia.
It is some form of dementia, that's for sure.
No way it can't be if one remembers how he presented forty years ago, or even twenty or thirty years ago.
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There's a video out there of clips of trump talikng about becoming president over the years. The change was clear from one clip to the next and persistent in the rest.

As an editor I'm sure you would notice it too.

2012 I think was the year of the clip.
 
HumblePi said:
If you have known, or been in a relationship with someone with NPD, you would quickly recognize that Trump has the same mental disorder.
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Why do ignore Biden who touches girls inappropriately and sniffs their hair pulling these innocent little children in close but are so concerned about Trumps NPD?
 
Good4Nothin said:
Was that person you knew who had NPD someone you couldn't get along with?
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Oh no, absolutely not. We got along beautifully. People with NPD are extremely charming, outgoing, vivacious, and bewitching -- until you find out who their true self is. I studied it for years. I know the signs. I know how they end too, and it's never good. People come and go in their lives, they either flee or they get pushed out. There are millions of narcissists walking around in every branch of life including government of course. But narcissism is not at all what NPD (Narcissistic Personality Disorder) is.

I had joined a forum for people who were associated in one way or another with someone with NPD. I gained a lot of insight into the mind of an NPD through that forum.

Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) — Out of the FOG

If you really want to know more about NPD, this is s decent source to start with. They are complex people.
 
Dayton3 said:
Those rumors wouldn't mean anything if you didn't hate the man already.
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I hate the man and believe all the rumors. Like Checkerboard Strangler, I've been aware of Trump since the 1970's and anyone that has known and heard about him all these decades have their own reasons why they either dislike him, or like I do, find him absolutely abhorrent.
 
Bodhisattva said:
Why do ignore Biden who touches girls inappropriately and sniffs their hair pulling these innocent little children in close but are so concerned about Trumps NPD?
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Why don't you ignore me instead.
 
HumblePi said:
I hate the man and believe all the rumors. Like Checkerboard Strangler, I've been aware of Trump since the 1970's and anyone that has known and heard about him all these decades have their own reasons why they either dislike him, or like I do, find him absolutely abhorrent.
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I've loathed him since the mid 1980s. But I still support many (not all) of the policies he advances. And I don't believe every half assed rumor about him either.
 
Trump is very common in NYC; he's like every "Hey, yo Adrian!" that stands on every street corner.

But he's also a smarmy salesman, real estate mogul, reality TV personality. He's loud, obnoxious, boisterous, a braggart, exaggerates his persona, and creates drama.

Trump is the 'heel' of entertainment, the bad guy you love to hate. And he won the WH while career gov't fleecing wonk Hillary lost.

And after that debacle, democrats learned NOTHING and washed, rinsed, repeat with Skanky Joe Biden. Democrats gave us Trump. Fact.
 
Tweety is a narcissistic megalomaniac.
 
Helix said:
Tweety is a narcissistic megalomaniac.
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Every politician is to some extent. Nobody ever rose to power who didn't want it.

What you're saying is that you prefer your politicians who can keep a lid on it.
 
Dayton3 said:
I've loathed him since the mid 1980s. But I still support many (not all) of the policies he advances. And I don't believe every half assed rumor about him either.
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Wow... he has occupied that level of emotion in you for 30 years? Sounds like he owns you. You need to let it go...
 
Yes Trump is mentally ill, and after reading the OP, I see he's not alone.
 
HumblePi said:
I hate the man ... I've been aware of Trump since the 1970's
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Interesting that he occupies so much of your emotion... sounds like he has you on a string.
 
HumblePi said:
I hate the man and believe all the rumors. Like Checkerboard Strangler, I've been aware of Trump since the 1970's and anyone that has known and heard about him all these decades have their own reasons why they either dislike him, or like I do, find him absolutely abhorrent.
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I'll never forget it...it was something like year 2000 or maybe 2002...ah what the Hell, all I remember is, Twumpy had started making noise about how he'd never want to be President but he knows he'd be the best one we ever had if he ever decided to run. And he's sitting there with his arms all folded up with a smug expression on his face.

All of a sudden I hear a familiar sigh, tongue clucking and a muttered Italian epithet spoken under the breath...it's my mother. :lamo

"Ugh crazy, just look at him, look at the way he's acting, just listen to him, it's like Il Duce all over again!"

And she oughta know, along with her parents, she fled Mussolini as a teenager.
 
HumblePi said:
I hate the man and believe all the rumors. Like Checkerboard Strangler, I've been aware of Trump since the 1970's and anyone that has known and heard about him all these decades have their own reasons why they either dislike him, or like I do, find him absolutely abhorrent.
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Then you remember when he was a wallflower at the hot discos? And his friendship with Andy Warhol? And his role as the biggest party fundraiser for the democrats? And you remember when he rebuilt the Hester Street Home for Unwed Mothers, for free? The last two, particularly abhorent.

Did you forget when Mayor "How am I doing?" Ed Koch called Trump, "A blessing for the City of NY?" That was before the Central Park Skating Ring reconstruction.
 
Good4Nothin said:
I can answer that question for you very easily. First, let's agree that we are not talking about the kind of severe mental illness you would see in a mental hospital. A severely mentally ill, psychotic, person cannot do the simplest kind of job, and getting elected and functioning as US president is not a simple job.

Rather, we are talking about forms of mental illness where the person can function well in society. Maybe a mild version of a personality disorder like narcissism or sociopathy.

Does Trump have that? Well yes and no. We usually diagnose people with this type of mental illness if they are someone we don't like. The more we hate them, the more mentally ill they will seem to be.

So if you hate Trump, then yes he is mentally ill. If you like Trump, then no of course he is not mentally ill.

Case closed, question answered.
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Narcissism and sociopathy are probably more prevalent in politicians than you might think.
 
Good4Nothin said:
I agree, he has no actual diagnosable mental illness. That has not stopped Trump-hating psychiatrists from diagnosing him though.

As for not having a moral compass, I don't know. That's subjective also. Our enemies never seem to have a conscience. Of course not, since they are rotten to us obviously they have no feelings. But ask their friends if they have a conscious and you get a different answer.
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People with moral compasses don’t appeal to people’s bigotry and fear as Trump has since he announced his candidacy.
 
Bodhisattva said:
Wow... he has occupied that level of emotion in you for 30 years? Sounds like he owns you. You need to let it go...
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He helped kill the United States Football League. I love football. And having it in the spring for those three seasons was great.
 
Schism said:
Every politician is to some extent. Nobody ever rose to power who didn't want it.

What you're saying is that you prefer your politicians who can keep a lid on it.
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no, what i'm saying is what i'm saying. i'll add that he's also a moronic clown.
 
Helix said:
no, what i'm saying is what i'm saying. i'll add that he's also a moronic clown.
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That's not a mental illness. That's your dislike of loud, boisterous people. You'd really hate being in the stadium of a Giants or Yankees game wearing an opponents jersey.

Try Philly wearing a Redskins shirt.
 
Schism said:
That's not a mental illness. That's your dislike of loud, boisterous people. You'd really hate being in the stadium of a Giants or Yankees game wearing an opponents jersey.

Try Philly wearing a Redskins shirt.
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i definitely dislike the idea of a waterhead moron attempting to run the first world unilaterally. i'm not sure how Russians feel about it.
 
Good4Nothin said:
Well I said the definition of this kind of mental illness is anyone you don't like. So you know folks that you don't like, that you consider to be mentally ill. And Trump reminds you of them. So he is mentally ill.

Can you see the confound in your reasoning?
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Trump is mentally ill and it isn't because he says he's a conservative. He's flat out nuts.
 
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