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(8,955 posts)Skittles
(153,169 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)Crazy is an accurate description in this case.
chillfactor
(7,576 posts)and besides that he is a bigot, homophobic, sexist, veteran smearier, immigrant-hater, and on and on and on.....the list is so long I could be here all day just writing negatives about t-rump.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,501 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)VWolf
(3,944 posts)Is that his tiny thumb, or a large wart on his wrist?
Gothmog
(145,339 posts)nolabear
(41,987 posts)"Mentally ill" isn't a diagnosis either. It's a catch-all term and sets off this whole unresolvable issue again and again. We either have to stop using those terms, which means we can't shake our heads and have shorthand for "I know what he does makes me really uneasy because it's not the way a person I can trust to behave in ways that I can predict and understand acts but I don't have a term for it" or we have to have a tacit agreement that we no longer use generic terms for people who have actual diagnoses so there's no confusion and harm by association.
montana_hazeleyes
(3,424 posts)which is a personality disorder and not a mental illness.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Symptoms:
Having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
Expecting to be recognized as superior even without achievements that warrant it
Exaggerating your achievements and talents
Being preoccupied with fantasies about success, power, brilliance, beauty or the perfect mate
Believing that you are superior and can only be understood by or associate with equally special people
Requiring constant admiration
Having a sense of entitlement
Expecting special favors and unquestioning compliance with your expectations
Taking advantage of others to get what you want
Having an inability or unwillingness to recognize the needs and feelings of others
Being envious of others and believing others envy you
Behaving in an arrogant or haughty manner
Remind you of anyone?
(Note: I am not a psychiatrist and thus am not qualified to diagnose anyone. But this seems so close to describing Trump!)
montana_hazeleyes
(3,424 posts)trueblue2007
(17,228 posts)raven mad
(4,940 posts)Narcissistic personality disorder? Check. Early-spectrum Alzheimer's? Check. Total asshat? Check.
Guess who else had all three? Yep, Ronnie RayGuns.
MurrayDelph
(5,299 posts)between having Aspberger's
and being an Ass-burger.