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The guy is not functioning with a full deck. (Original Post) MoonRiver Feb 2017 OP
hear! hear! Madam45for2923 Feb 2017 #1
Wait--who are you talking about? Orrex Feb 2017 #2
Syphilitic neurosis NightWatcher Feb 2017 #3
His brain is almost nonfunctioning. That's all I know. MoonRiver Feb 2017 #4
He did not contract syphilis from goats Brother Buzz Feb 2017 #8
Those were the days madokie Feb 2017 #10
That's what makes him the perfect cilla4progress Feb 2017 #5
I doubt even the most extreme teabags want the world to be blown up because of a tweet! MoonRiver Feb 2017 #6
He has a legit, mental illness dixiegrrrrl Feb 2017 #7
Narcissism is not a mental illness. It is a personality disorder. MoonRiver Feb 2017 #9
Cluster B Per. D/O are considered mental illness. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2017 #11
He has a full deck--all wild cards pinboy3niner Feb 2017 #12
Trump has always been this way. Not Alzheimers. NPD. kwassa Feb 2017 #13
Missing the face cards. sarcasmo Feb 2017 #14

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
7. He has a legit, mental illness
Thu Feb 2, 2017, 12:25 PM
Feb 2017

severe narcissism. Rarely seen as full blown as his, so most people do not recognize it as a clinical thing.
but several psychiatrists are pointing it out
and most clinicians in the mental health field see it, even us retired ones.

did I mention it is untreatable?

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
9. Narcissism is not a mental illness. It is a personality disorder.
Thu Feb 2, 2017, 12:58 PM
Feb 2017

Yes, it obviously is a problem for him and everybody around him, but he is NOT insane. I do believe he has early stage Alzheimers though. That's a whole other matter than the personality disorder(s) he has probably had his entire adult life.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
11. Cluster B Per. D/O are considered mental illness.
Thu Feb 2, 2017, 05:41 PM
Feb 2017

or at least were, in the DSM before I retired in 202...

Axis II Personality disorders were considered Mental Illness if they were in the DSM and resulted in treatment needs ( usually because the police thought so), Borderline PO is a case in point.)
Mostly Axis one Major Depressive D/O, would work for the record.

Cases like Trump's are rare, for their severity.


kwassa

(23,340 posts)
13. Trump has always been this way. Not Alzheimers. NPD.
Thu Feb 2, 2017, 06:17 PM
Feb 2017

This isn't anything new.

Narcissistic personality disorder.

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