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The Velveteen Ocelot

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27. He's an asshole.

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Tue Nov 29, 2016, 09:52 PM

Nov 2016

There should be an entry in DSM-V for that. But I don't think it requires a lot of complicated explanation.

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Trump's Personality Disorder Misdiagnosed. He Is Really A Paranoid Authoritarian Psychopath. [View all] TheMastersNemesis Nov 2016 OP

I wish the phrase "Evil Demon Straight from Hell" had not been outlawed. A-Schwarzenegger Nov 2016 #1

not misdiagnosed, underdiagnosed. barbtries Nov 2016 #2

Much discussion was limited by the media, it was not on the agenda, and look at who owns the RKP5637 Nov 2016 #32

BINGO - well said barbtries Maru Kitteh Nov 2016 #47

truly a dystopian nightmare Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #3

I use Viagra. obliviously Nov 2016 #17

it helps you sleep? Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #23

It keeps him from falling out of bed jmowreader Nov 2016 #41

ha! Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #45

Opposite. Uses it to stay up. JudyM Dec 2016 #55

I see what you did there... Somebody else didn't, pangaia Nov 2016 #29

Classic narcissist Boomer Nov 2016 #4

Combined with being a sociopath... pangaia Nov 2016 #30

It's frightening to think this character with no impulse control will be in charge of deadly weapons Vinca Nov 2016 #5

... because a latent coup has taken control of the US. They well might have an agenda far beyond RKP5637 Nov 2016 #34

Yep....n/t ewagner Nov 2016 #50

The Dark Triad... Javaman Nov 2016 #6

Sounds quite spot on... 3catwoman3 Nov 2016 #28

And as a country we do nothing to screen candidates, especially at the presidential level one would RKP5637 Nov 2016 #36

I think Trump is probably a little too high-functioning to be schizophrenic. Nitram Nov 2016 #7

He's undoubtedly sociopathic. Nitram Nov 2016 #8

Agreed. pangaia Nov 2016 #31

Thank you Justice Roberts for engineering the Citizens United "decision" and all its consequences. Ford_Prefect Nov 2016 #9

do you have a link regarding this bdamomma Nov 2016 #10

Interesting.... ewagner Nov 2016 #11

See #34. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2016 #37

I suspect very strongly that he has a serious coke habit. OregonBlue Nov 2016 #12

But not enough to cure his mental illness. immoderate Nov 2016 #14

Cocaine abuse tends to make people very, very paranoid. So you take a man who has serious OregonBlue Nov 2016 #24

And, if not for the cocaine, you think he would be a nice guy? immoderate Nov 2016 #51

Of course not but he probably would be less volitile. OregonBlue Dec 2016 #52

Pathologizing Trump is not helpful loyalsister Nov 2016 #13

It's not bigoted. It doesn't reflect on anyone else, just him. And it might be pnwmom Nov 2016 #18

The only evidence for that is speculation loyalsister Nov 2016 #19

The evidence is right before everyone's eyes. Boundless narcissism, pnwmom Nov 2016 #21

I need to find that Doonesbury cartoon. backscatter712 Dec 2016 #54

Noone should be diagnosed from a distance loyalsister Dec 2016 #56

What difference at this point does it make? obliviously Nov 2016 #15

knowing the processes and weaknesses of this foe is important Maru Kitteh Nov 2016 #48

Schizophrenic? JonLP24 Nov 2016 #16

He would have been likely diagnosed like 50 years ago loyalsister Nov 2016 #20

They have never recommended drugs for Narcissistic personality disorder, pnwmom Nov 2016 #22

The post I responded to was disputing a suggestion of schizophrenia loyalsister Nov 2016 #42

You're right. I missed the schizophrenic reference. He does exhibit paranoid pnwmom Nov 2016 #43

agreed Maru Kitteh Nov 2016 #49

I don't see him as schizophrenic either. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2016 #38

Yeah, Schizophrenia isn't something I see in the Donald. backscatter712 Dec 2016 #57

We need to keep him up all night tweeting. Ilsa Nov 2016 #25

I tend to agree with this. LisaM Nov 2016 #26

He's an asshole. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2016 #27

BESTEST diagnosis I have seen. pangaia Nov 2016 #33

Herr President Asshole Supreme! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2016 #39

There is a non-DSM-V diagnosis... 3catwoman3 Nov 2016 #44

Brings this song to mind Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2016 #35

Donald Trump is going to turn into Howard Hughes after the inauguration. Initech Nov 2016 #40

he will be impeached within 2 years MFM008 Nov 2016 #46

The electoral college could stop him workinclasszero Dec 2016 #53