Trump's Erratic Behavior: Fatigue

[vinny9698]

What are the effects of fatigue and their relationship to work?

Because fatigue cannot be "measured", it is difficult to separate the effects of long working hours or lack of sleep to any changes in accident or injury rates.

Trump has lived a life of luxury all his life. Being catered to. He has not worked a hard day in his pampered life.
He won't do bus tours, won't prep for debates nor speeches, calling names and "Making America Great Again" is his only strategy.

The ordeal of a full time campaign is not what his body nor his mind is used to. Fatigue is setting in and that can have real negative consequences.


http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/psychosocial/fatigue.html

However, studies report the effects of fatigue as:

reduced decision making ability,
reduced ability to do complex planning,
reduced communication skills,
reduced productivity / performance,
reduced attention and vigilance,
reduced ability to handle stress on the job,
reduced reaction time - both in speed and thought,
loss of memory or the ability to recall details,
failure to respond to changes in surroundings or information provided,
unable to stay awake (e.g., falling asleep while operating machinery or driving a vehicle),
increased tendency for risk-taking,
increased forgetfulness,
increased errors in judgement,
increased sick time, absenteeism, rate of turnover,
increased medical costs, and
increased accident rates.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. It's Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

Maybe aggravated a bit by fatigue, but what's wrong with him can't be cured by a good night's sleep.

[MichiganVote]

6. Precisely. And its NPD in an advanced state. Not to mention age, and being an asshole.

[pokerfan]

10. According to the DSM-5,

According to the DSM-5, individuals with NPD have most or all of the following symptoms, typically without commensurate qualities or accomplishments:

1. Grandiosity with expectations of superior treatment from others
   
2. Fixated on fantasies of power, success, intelligence, attractiveness, etc.
   
3. Self-perception of being unique, superior and associated with high-status people and institutions
   
4. Needing constant admiration from others
   
5. Sense of entitlement to special treatment and to obedience from others
   
6. Exploitative of others to achieve personal gain
   
7. Unwilling to empathize with others' feelings, wishes, or needs
   
8. Intensely jealous of others and the belief that others are equally jealous of them
   
9. Pompous and arrogant demeanor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disorder

[MichiganVote]

13. Trust me, he is a text book case of Narcissism.

[pokerfan]

17. There's also a subtype which seems to fit as well

The Unprincipled Narcissist which includes antisocial features:

Personality traits: Deficient conscience; unscrupulous, amoral, disloyal, fraudulent, deceptive, arrogant, exploitive; a con artist and charlatan; dominating, contemptuous, vindictive.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disorder#Subtypes

[MichiganVote]

19. Yeah, same difference. The DSM crowd likes to issue a new manual every few years.

In order to get anyone to buy the thing-its expensive, they usually break a disorder down or eliminate previous disorders. Pretty much any mental disorder will reduce the efficacy of the conscience. Not all disorders exhibit a pattern of amoral behavior. "The Donald" seems to favor that behavior. And he is certainly a litigious and vengeful individual.

What distinguishes a Narcissist from other disorders is the need to be front and center of everyone's attention and to be the best at getting attention. Depressives don't need that level of attention, Psychotics are operating on an internal set of stumuli and sociopaths don't need attention to operate against societal norms. Since they lack empathy, they could care less what you or I think.

There is some overlap in all of these disorders, however, in the case of "The Donald", he is text book, albeit to an advanced degree.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Trump may have sleep-deprivation psychosis layered over narcissist psychopath. Only 4 hours a night.

He's been doing 4 a night for years. Very few people are that sleep efficient. People can train themselves to be barge through a day, especially if everything is go-go-go and laid on for you. But the effects build up.

Without enough good sleep, the body can't clear out protein and metabolic by-product buildups from the brain. Over time they are likely a contributing factor to dementia.

[greymattermom]

7. I'll bet that 4 hours thing isn't true

He probably did it once. It reminds me of my male friends who used to brag to each other about how many hours they worked and how many miles they ran.

[Historic NY]

3. Besides NPD he said he rarely get more than 4 hrs of sleep...

who knows if he on or taking medications too.

[mopinko]

9. speed.

he asks like someone who has taken too much speed.

he doesnt drink, but so many people think that something like speeders is not the same thing.

[Historic NY]

15. I remember from my diet days .........

I worked nights on tip of everything couldn't sit still, my co-workers couldn't figure how the place was so organized and cleaned. Mine was a prescribed diet drug way back then.

[Xipe Totec]

4. Awww, the poo' wittle baby needs a nap!

[Capt. Obvious]

5. Trump doesn't do full campaigning

He really does it on his own terms. And he can because of all of the free air time he gets. He sucks the oxygen out of the room constantly and he can do it just by making a phone call to Fox And Friends instead of running around with his hat out.

[Garrett78]

8. Trump is just being Trump.

Trump's been making outrageously horrific comments for years, and certainly since the start of his presidential campaign. Only when he attacks the father of a late soldier does the GOP really get upset and people start talking about how Trump might be suffering from a mental illness.

The birtherism, the Muslim ban, the Mexicans are rapists speech and the misogynistic quotes (as read by Megyn Kelly at the first Republican debate last year) weren't cause for concern. But a war of words with a military father is crossing the line.

[roaminronin]

11. Its even worse

They didn't care about the racism, the sexism, the lies, the ignorance, or even the Gold Star family. They didn't care until he started saying he wouldn't support key members of the Republican party. Then they decided he must be crazy.

[LuckyLib]

12. This is it in a nutshell. Repugs being concerned now

is a year too late! Your silence re his crazy talk was deafening!

[MerryBlooms]

14. Ridiculous. His behavior has nothing to do with fatigue, but everything to do with his personality.

[duncang]

16. It could have been considered fatigue if it just started

But he has been like this. It really isn't a recent change.

[VOX]

18. Sure, a few good nights' sleep and Donnie will be A-OK...

NOT, because he's a fu.....g psycho. (That last diagnosis won't be in the latest DSM.) His nocturnal activity seems more like another symptom, rather than a cause.

[Native]

20. Are you implying that he's a low energy candidate? LOL

Something tells me this would bother Trump more than just having a personality disorder.