Speaking from experience; We as nation better start paying attention to Trumps mental illness.

[shockey80]

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I have worked with the mentally ill for many years. I know what happens when a mentally ill person is confronted, cornered by a reality they cannot handle. They lash out with uncontrolled anger. They lose complete self control and can harm themselves and those around them. I have witnessed this scores of times. It is scary. I have been hit, pushed, had objects thrown at me. Most of the time it is uncontrolled yelling and screaming. We know Trump does that.

Trump has been mentally ill for a very long time. His mental illness, his reality is being challenged like never before. He is cornered and desperate. Over the past couple of months his delusions have increased, very dangerous delusions. People are dismissing this as Trump just lying like he always does. That is not the case.

Trump is still lying like he always does, but now he is making statements, doing things that are delusional. Trump was not lying when he talked about disinfectant, he believed it. From the very beginning of the pandemic, Trump has believed it will just go away, that's delusion. He tried to cover up a pandemic, that's delusion. Now Trump is so desperate he is trying to hide the death toll numbers, That's delusion.

I believe Trumps mental illness is going to become worse over the next six months. We are in great danger and the American people and press better start taking it seriously, instead of just saying that's just Trump lying again.

When Trump is confronted with the reality he is going to lose the election, I have no idea how badly he is going to react. He may not be able to handle it mentally. He could snap uncontrollably.

[roamer65]

1. November 4 to January 20 is going to be a dangerous time.

Been saying that it will be and I expect it.

His narcissistic sociopath ways will be out in the open. He will blame us for his defeat and turn on us.

[SoonerPride]

4. He would launch nukes at the capitals of blue states if he could get away with it

and I'm not joking either

he would literally do that

[roamer65]

5. Yes he would.

[demigoddess]

8. I am afraid you might be totally right.

His narcissism is so full blown. He would give the order, I just hope no one would not obey it.

[dalton99a]

9. +1. There should be no doubt at this point

Trump is a clear and present danger

[LymphocyteLover]

12. Yup...

[ComtesseDeSpair]

13. "if he could get away with it"...

Why wouldn't he get away with it? Nobody in the GOP would stop him.

[SoonerPride]

25. I still have hope the military would not follow such an order

The GOP wouldn’t flinch however

But I think the military might.

Maybe.

[roamer65]

36. The military would fracture, just like the country.

It’s much more minority based now.

We will need them to train us if it comes to it.

[Scarsdale]

38. I USED to think the military

would refuse any orders to nuke anywhere. After seeing all the top brass at the WH, no masks, sitting close to each other, now I am not so sure.

[LiberalLoner]

21. +1

[uponit7771]

39. yep

[Harker]

24. From his viewpoint, there's a tremendous amount of "me"...

and a vast, diffuse, opposing world of "not me." He will likely see enemies and betrayal wherever he looks. Thus, I expect the "us" he turns on could be any or all of "us" and plenty of "them", too.

[Wounded Bear]

2. K & R...for truth...nt

[Nancy Waterman]

3. I totally agree!

I am also a mental health professional, and everything on this post is absolutely correct. I think everything Trump perceives is filtered through the lens of either his grandiose delusions or his paranoid delusions. His weak ego cannot tolerate any criticism or opposition, so it attacks what seems like an enemy. I also think, as do you, that he does not lie so much as believe his delusions. The truth is not acceptable because it challenges his weak ego and is seen as a threat. He is becoming increasingly unstable and dangerous as the pressure mounts and his failures become more obvious. The fact that the personal selfishness and ambition of Republican politicians and lackeys is more important than preventing the US from being ravished under a very sick and unstable man is appalling.

[shockey80]

6. I am not a mental health professional. I never went to school for it.

I am a home health aide who has worked for many years with people who's brains have damaged by accidents, illnesses. They suffer from severe mental illness. When you do something for many years you become experienced. On the job training if you will.

[Nancy Waterman]

7. Still, your analysis

was spot on. Your experience clearly speaks. Thank you for posting.

[shockey80]

14. I may have told this story before.

I worked with a guy who punched little holes in his bedroom walls and then put his cigarette butts in the holes. One day I was working with him and he took an electric alarm clock and ran it under the kitchen faucet to clean it. As he was doing this he grabbed the cord and attempted to plug it in. I yelled and ran at him, ready to tackle him if necessary. Luckily he stopped, then he preceded to start screaming and yelling at me. GET OUT! GET OUT!

So yes, I have a lot of experience working with the mentally ill.

[brush]

10. The enablers need to suffer consequences too. The Kushners, Avanka, Conway...

Moscow Mitch, Pence, Pompeo, Nunes. They know the man is sick and just keep collecting checks.

[PatSeg]

19. That is what is so scary to me

That a mentally ill person can be supported and defended by so many people who clearly seem to be sane. This speaks to a far bigger problem that we as a society must confront. How on earth can seemingly sane people enable such madness?

[brush]

27. It's a flaw in the Constitution that must be fixed. During the Nixon era Republicans...

were still sane and loyal to the country. Since the teabagger extremists took over they are only loyal to their president so if they are the Senate majority they will never move to remove even a raving mad fool from the WH, and we are very close to that now.

There are no more Goldwaters or Howard Bakers in the rethug party.

[PatSeg]

42. Not that long ago,

I wouldn't have thought it was possible. I'm still having trouble believing it is really happening.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

22. "he does not lie so much as believe his delusions" is a terrifying statement. Factor in substance

abuse and 73 year old trump loses his ability to pretend to be "normal" and demonstrate self-control.

There have been some recent & well known cults which have had suicidal/murderous outcomes because their leaders have been cornered: Jim Jones; Charlie Manson; David Korish; Marshall Applewhite; etc, etc.

[LymphocyteLover]

11. I really do think he could launch nukes if he thinks he lost

[BarbD]

15. We have a mad mobster "leading" the strongest country in the world.

It's enough to give all of us nightmares.

[OMGWTF]

16. They are Dr. Frankenstein and this pathetic sick fk is their monster. They built and own it 100%.

[maxsolomon]

17. We've been paying attention for years.

There's not much "we" can do about it but vote him out. He's locked in the cockpit and we're stuck in seat 35F.

[demtenjeep]

18. I teach emotional disturbed students

I am sure he was one. They act before they think . IT is all about me me me.

I have had death threats, chairs, objects in the classroom thrown at me. I have been hit, bit, kicked because the students do not get what they want when they want it. One child was on the roof of his house when the bus came and just jumped off like it was nothing
These are 11 and 12 year old children.



Trump was probably this way as a child and no one did anything about it. I believe that is why they sent him away.

[bucolic_frolic]

20. Targeting Free Speech and what he perceives to be "dissidents"

Soviet Union style. That's what I would expect. And lots of executive orders.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

23. Well, I think people have been paying attention,

but aren't empowered to do anything about it.

[NoRoadUntravelled]

26. Most troubling to me is that his staff is not mentally ill (as far as we know)

yet willing to carry out the wishes of this severely mentally ill POTUS. Perhaps our biggest danger is not tRump but, rather, those who support, enable and perhaps even encourage this madness that has become a threat to the entire world.

[sop]

28. Trump's actions over the last four months have been murderously deranged.

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He has caused the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans simply because he cannot deal with reality. His insanity has been played out in public, with corporate media treating it all like he was a rational actor, and the people who could stop it have been totally silent.

Throughout Trump has shown not the slightest remorse for his actions, he just doubles down on his lunacy, places blame elsewhere, accuses others of conspiring against him, lies, lies some more and lashes out at those who question him. He hasn't exhibited the least bit of genuine empathy or concern for the deaths of 83,000 people. The man is a horror.

We don't have to look six months into the future to figure out how Trump will respond to a personal crisis like losing an election. He will likely go completely off the rails. He will probably try to do as much damage as possible. It won't be pretty.

[Ford_Prefect]

29. We're already there. Kushner talking about delaying the election is a tell. So is the desparate way

McConnell is trying to stuff the rest of the courts as fast as he can - in the middle of a massive failure to govern.

The danger will happen LONG before November ever gets here. If the SCOTUS decision opens his financials to any kind of public view Trump will go WAY over the edge. Those are far more dangerous to him than Impeachment was. The record of all his illegal fiddling contains information his base and his GOP enablers will not be able to tolerate. It could illuminate his relationship to Putin and the Russian Mafia in ways Justice Roberts could not defend nor McConnell explain away.

[Delmette2.0]

34. Don't forget the $300+million he supposedly owes China.

[CaptainTruth]

30. If (WHEN!) he loses the election I think he'll go ballistic.

I expect a total meltdown, complete rage.

I'm not sure what we can do to prepare for it, who knows what he'll try to do.

Not to mention his armed & insane cult.

[RainCaster]

37. He will ignore the will of the people and remain in denial about the election results...

He will finally lose his shit when he has to leave the White House.

[LudwigPastorius]

31. I've said it before, and I'll say it again...

I hope the Joint Chiefs of Staff have removed the launch codes from the nuclear "football" and stuffed it with hamster cage shavings.

[MarianJack]

32. But he rescued us from Hillary's emails at least!

#notmypresident

RESiST

[Marcuse]

33. He is decompensating.

[link:https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/ps.49.3.376|

Some people stay up all night, become socially withdrawn, and lose their appetites. Others hear voices, experience excessive anger, and become overtly hostile. Still others increase their use of alcohol and drugs. Reports from family members and friends suggest that the behavioral warning signs, also known as prodromal symptoms, are consistent across decompensation episodes and that decompensating people are often unaware of their unusual behavior or that they are heading for a hospitalization (6,7).

[RainCaster]

35. He could snap uncontrollably- I'm OK with that.

Really, as long as he does not try to send out nukes, I don't care. In fact, I rather like the idea that the world will get to see what a Truly Shitty Person DFT is. It will only confirm what the rest of the world's leaders (including Putin) have already suspected.

[uponit7771]

40. Most people think Trump is sane, that's a failure of the 4th estate.

[Stuart G]

41. K and R...Thank You for posting this...Outstanding Inerpertation of Trump..

[colsohlibgal]

43. He Is Unstable

What he might do in his time remaining, if he indeed loses, is more than worrisome.

He won’t accept it, he won’t congratulate Biden, count on it. He’ll call the election crooked and fake. He will throw a tantrum like the man baby he is. Anything is possible with this mentally ill autocratic sociopath.

My guess is he will be removed forcefully by law enforcement and/or the military.

[Chalco]

44. I said this back in 2016

[link:https://www.democraticunderground.com/10028315744|

[superpatriotman]

45. Pay attention to his supporters

And his enablers. And his excuse-makers. And the propaganda on social media.

30-40% of Americans are deranged.