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skip fox

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11. Maybe an unsolvable puzzle . . .

Reply to Mike 03 (Reply #8)

Thu Jul 2, 2020, 10:43 AM

Jul 2020

And it might even be significantly more complex.

Perhaps he started lying and ended believing.

or

Perhaps the two impulses don't operate independently but his deceptive and delusioal networks overlay each other such that they each contributing a percentage of influence.

or

Perhaps there are even more impulses like a histrionic one or one attracted to enigmas.

Perhaps.

Is it best to see it one way or the other? Which would be the best diagnosis in mind of treatment?

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Are we witnessing a full-blown psychological breakdown in real time? [View all] skip fox Jul 2020 OP

and could not run away fast enough before they could ask a question. sunonmars Jul 2020 #1

Can't let a question based in reality get in his "alternative fact" world n/t Claustrum Jul 2020 #2

This is the person, Newest Reality Jul 2020 #3

Trump's world-wide snuff flick. skip fox Jul 2020 #5

He's not denying reality, he's lying for his base. Merlot Jul 2020 #4

Interesting . . . skip fox Jul 2020 #9

I tend to not want to give him any psychological excuses. Merlot Jul 2020 #10

Good point. skip fox Jul 2020 #13

He's channeling his Baghdad Bob. MoonchildCA Jul 2020 #6

Were his pupils dilated? oregonjen Jul 2020 #7

I want this mystery solved too, but over the last few weeks I've been Mike 03 Jul 2020 #8

Maybe an unsolvable puzzle . . . skip fox Jul 2020 #11

Yeah, burn itself out spinbaby Jul 2020 #12

In real time, that breakdown already happened. Paladin Jul 2020 #14

... 2naSalit Jul 2020 #15

A stupid, ignorant man with money and power, half the country's dream life. Baked Potato Jul 2020 #16

He has painted himself into a corner Buckeyeblue Jul 2020 #17

Nah, Hannity says Trump can't have psychological issues cause "He's the toughest man I know". Midnight Writer Jul 2020 #18