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In reply to the discussion: Katy Tur, writes in her book, how trump scarily threatened her in 2015 [View all]llmart
(17,302 posts)It's something I've thought about many times over the past five years of his reign of terror. Sometimes I read posts by DU'ers who I can tell do not have a clear understanding of how dangerous and sick these people with narcissistic personality disorders are. I started learning about NPD when I encountered a boss with it. I had no idea how to characterize it at the time or what it was. I read extensively on how to recognize it and the definitive hallmarks of those with NPD and how difficult, if not impossible it is to diagnose for some mental health professionals because many of them are just that good at manipulating people, even trained psychologists.
Best thing I ever did for myself was to learn about personality disorders, especially NPD. If you don't already know this, the number one hallmark of someone with NPD is a complete lack of empathy. Does anyone here doubt that he is the poster child for NPD?
I will say though that there have been many posts on here about hundreds of psychiatrists and psychologists who had signed letters and alerted people to trump's mental illness. But there was nothing they or we could do to get the GOP to 25th amendment him.