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49. Thank you for the explanation

Wed Nov 29, 2017, 11:59 AM

Nov 2017

The narcissist closest to me wasn't nearly as bad as DT, in retrospect. But I finally realized that when he said insulting things with a big smile on his face, he wasn't trying to be mean or provoke me. He just couldn't conceive that my feelings about his words would be different than his. He had very little empathy.

DT is him times a million, plus the sociopathy. He likes to hurt people. The narcissists I've known didn't.

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New Reports Suggest Trump Might Not Be a Liar at All, But Truly Delusional. [View all] Cattledog Nov 2017 OP

He is batshit crazy. secondwind Nov 2017 #1

I completely disagree with your assessment. chwaliszewski Nov 2017 #29

Scary but plausible get the red out Nov 2017 #2

Only a repub. could Scarsdale Nov 2017 #4

I disagree Louis1895 Nov 2017 #41

100% RePutin lagomorph777 Nov 2017 #45

Putin owns the Republican Party DBoon Nov 2017 #55

Oh, he's a huge liar, and he believes his own lies, Hortensis Nov 2017 #3

Please don't jump all over me, but Scarsdale Nov 2017 #5

I'm not one of those experts, Scarsdale, but that syndrome has a Hortensis Nov 2017 #6

No, he had no signs of that when he was younger. His abnormality is something different. pnwmom Nov 2017 #9

I agree he's had this all his life, adult at least, only Hortensis Nov 2017 #12

No, Nonhlanhla Nov 2017 #19

It's funny, but I have always thought he had a kind of "fetal alcohol syndrome" look about him, smirkymonkey Nov 2017 #42

if he believes things that are demonstrably false he is delusional, i.e., psychotic. tomp Nov 2017 #11

Do you think if Trump's inheritance was a fast-food franchise Hortensis Nov 2017 #14

I repeat: he's rich, president, not in jail. tomp Nov 2017 #26

I think we're mainly just using different terminology. Hortensis Nov 2017 #27

He is such an extreme narcissist that he is psychotic. To him, the only reality that exists pnwmom Nov 2017 #7

This times 10000000000 Dorian Gray Nov 2017 #10

Basically agree except the word psychotic/psychosis. Hortensis Nov 2017 #16

I do think he's out of touch with reality so in that sense, psychotic. pnwmom Nov 2017 #20

Psychotic means CANNOT recognize reality, very different Hortensis Nov 2017 #22

Bingo Boomer Nov 2017 #25

Yep, agree!!! "Dementia is obviously exacerbating Trump's erratic personality, but RKP5637 Nov 2017 #36

Thats it. Hes always been an ... Whiskeytide Nov 2017 #47

Thank you for the explanation pnwmom Nov 2017 #49

I keep wondering if he has had a series of small strokes. My father did and no one but me realized OregonBlue Nov 2017 #50

Outstanding post. Thank you. nt ladjf Nov 2017 #57

On top of all this he said re: N.Korea's ICBM test today, "We will take care of it." PearliePoo2 Nov 2017 #8

Yep, I have a horrible feeling this is not going to end well ... a living nightmare. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2017 #37

New reports? mdbl Nov 2017 #13

it is entirely likely he was a con man but now is becoming delusional Skittles Nov 2017 #15

The comments seem to range from brutal to REALLY brutal. Buns_of_Fire Nov 2017 #17

Has anyone asked Billy Bush lately ? OnDoutside Nov 2017 #18

Dementia spinbaby Nov 2017 #21

I've been saying this for awhile Kaleva Nov 2017 #23

Before he died, my elderly father was like that. no_hypocrisy Nov 2017 #24

Bullshit. The deplorables are "Truly Delusional" njhoneybadger Nov 2017 #28

Yep, he does know a good portion of the US is off its rocker and uses that to his advantage. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2017 #38

This might be what's qualifying modern leaders... TomVilmer Nov 2017 #30

He is no longer just trolling, but living in Ilsa Nov 2017 #31

He's a liar, period. He is not delusional.He is a malignant narcissist. SummerSnow Nov 2017 #32

I agree. And even if he's only one or the other, he should be out of office. Orrex Nov 2017 #33

k&R SummerSnow Nov 2017 #35

K&R! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2017 #39

Third option is he is a knave. Lies, knows it, and has a malevolent purpose. Fred Sanders Nov 2017 #53

Also true (nt) Orrex Nov 2017 #54

He is deliberately gaslighting and projecting, knowing that some people will believe his lies wishstar Nov 2017 #43

Same difference. Boomer Nov 2017 #62

he may be delusional but he's a liar spanone Nov 2017 #34

Trump has a complex clinical presentation. Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #40

This will be the excuse that will let him walk scot-free Wednesdays Nov 2017 #44

Why the hell should we limit the obvious diagnosis? Paladin Nov 2017 #46

How much more evidence do bdamomma Nov 2017 #48

Or both. sandensea Nov 2017 #51

Or, he doesn't know he is President and just reads the lines for his part in a T-V show. L. Coyote Nov 2017 #52

That distinction is almost immaterial... Wounded Bear Nov 2017 #56

Nothing stops him being both muriel_volestrangler Nov 2017 #58

All of the above, one of the above. Does it matter? Yonnie3 Nov 2017 #59

Trump has been showing signs of senility for some time Gothmog Nov 2017 #60

K&R Scurrilous Nov 2017 #61

We can kick this notion around that he is A. Insane/has personality disorder Grammy23 Nov 2017 #63