RE: Narcissistic Personality Disorder
January 25, 2017 at 10:18 am
(This post was last modified: January 25, 2017 at 10:24 am by MTL.)
It is also important to recognize that there are DEGREES of Narcissistic Personality Disorder;
some bona fide Narcissists do not manifest EVERY symptom on the list,
yet are "worse" Narcissists than many who do.
Also: just because someone is not a doctor,
doesn't mean that they're necessarily incorrect in their assessment as someone else's behavior being Narcissistic.
I'm not a vet,
but if I see a wild animal foaming at the mouth and convulsing,
I'm going to hedge my bets that it may well be rabid.
It could be poisoned, or something else...but it may very well be rabid.
(And in either case, it is not fit to be President of the United States).
However, I also find it interesting to consider that there are many politicians who excel at presenting one, "healthy" personality to the public,
but in private, are a nightmare to work with, when manifesting their "true" personality;
having learned to hide their socially unacceptable traits from the people whose opinions matter,
(which is something Narcissists are said to excel at);
which must beg the question: Is Trump, possibly, by some miracle, the exact opposite?
I can't stand Trump's "public personality";
but as I keep saying, I hope I'm completely wrong about the man:
Maybe, just maybe,
he publicly presents himself as a total ass, thus appealing to the vast voter-base of asses out there,
but hopefully his "true" self is a smart man simply thinking outside the box:
by publicly being an ass, he appeals-to, manipulates, and then yokes the brute voter strength of America's huge "idiot demographic"
(not saying all Americans are idiots, by any means....merely stating that there IS a substantial quotient of America that IS idiotic).
At least I hope so. I hope Trump is secretly the biggest Dem of them all...
...but I somehow doubt it.
some bona fide Narcissists do not manifest EVERY symptom on the list,
yet are "worse" Narcissists than many who do.
Also: just because someone is not a doctor,
doesn't mean that they're necessarily incorrect in their assessment as someone else's behavior being Narcissistic.
I'm not a vet,
but if I see a wild animal foaming at the mouth and convulsing,
I'm going to hedge my bets that it may well be rabid.
It could be poisoned, or something else...but it may very well be rabid.
(And in either case, it is not fit to be President of the United States).
However, I also find it interesting to consider that there are many politicians who excel at presenting one, "healthy" personality to the public,
but in private, are a nightmare to work with, when manifesting their "true" personality;
having learned to hide their socially unacceptable traits from the people whose opinions matter,
(which is something Narcissists are said to excel at);
which must beg the question: Is Trump, possibly, by some miracle, the exact opposite?
I can't stand Trump's "public personality";
but as I keep saying, I hope I'm completely wrong about the man:
Maybe, just maybe,
he publicly presents himself as a total ass, thus appealing to the vast voter-base of asses out there,
but hopefully his "true" self is a smart man simply thinking outside the box:
by publicly being an ass, he appeals-to, manipulates, and then yokes the brute voter strength of America's huge "idiot demographic"
(not saying all Americans are idiots, by any means....merely stating that there IS a substantial quotient of America that IS idiotic).
At least I hope so. I hope Trump is secretly the biggest Dem of them all...
...but I somehow doubt it.
