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tblue37

(68,449 posts)
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 03:30 PM Sep 2025

"He is a never-ending source of material for my classes on assessing psychopathology.":

He is a never-ending source of material for my classes on assessing psychopathology. I literally use his quotes as a way of identifying this stuff.

Ellen Braaten (@ellenbraaten.bsky.social) 2025-09-29T01:14:11.212Z


See also:
Magical thinking
Flight of ideas
Disorganized thinking
Delusional
Grandiosity

Ellen Braaten (@ellenbraaten.bsky.social) 2025-09-29T00:45:57.493Z
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"He is a never-ending source of material for my classes on assessing psychopathology.": (Original Post) tblue37 Sep 2025 OP
This is just a partial list. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #1
There could be a whole section of the DSM just about him. 3catwoman3 Sep 2025 #2
Yes and we may have to invent more dx's to explain his pathology. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #3
A few for the cult, too. Sailingdiver Sep 2025 #8
Yep. Hopefully this will all be studied for quite some time. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #9
Haha..yeah. BlueWaveNeverEnd Sep 2025 #4
add "Dunning-Kruger" to that list RainCaster Sep 2025 #5
"Dunning-Kruger" markodochartaigh Sep 2025 #6
MAGA- lomaniacal. BurnDoubt Sep 2025 #7
Professional Clinical Psychologists have a term for him. multigraincracker Sep 2025 #10

Irish_Dem

(82,361 posts)
1. This is just a partial list.
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 03:32 PM
Sep 2025

We are looking at a great deal of psychopathology in Trump.

You could practically teach an entire Abnormal Psych class on him.

Irish_Dem

(82,361 posts)
9. Yep. Hopefully this will all be studied for quite some time.
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 06:03 PM
Sep 2025

Unless of course good, decent, honest people become the abnormal ones.

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