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wnylib

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15. Thanks for your perspective as a professional in the field.

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #9)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 09:17 PM

18 hrs ago

It helps me see Trump more clearly. Probably not schizophrenic, but with a lot of other mental health issues that include paranoia.

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Narcissist or schizophrenic or both? [View all] wnylib Yesterday OP

he seems to be hearing voices as well rampartd Yesterday #1

He had so much money all his life and he knows he doesn't deserve it Walleye Yesterday #2

I think there's more to his behavior than that. wnylib Yesterday #4

If he were not powerful and wealthy he would have been sitting in prison a long time ago. Irish_Dem 4 hrs ago #39

Oh come on. DJT is just an a--hole. Jacson6 Yesterday #3

True dat but, Disaffected 23 hrs ago #13

Paranoia can be part of narcissistic collapse chowder66 Yesterday #5

+1 leftstreet Yesterday #7

Thanks. That sheds light on Trump's intensified focus on enemies. wnylib Yesterday #8

He's shown passive-aggressive behaviors. chowder66 22 hrs ago #14

plus malaise Yesterday #6

I think he is psychotic now, perhaps BiPolar psychosis. Irish_Dem Yesterday #9

Thanks for your perspective as a professional in the field. wnylib 18 hrs ago #15

Yes you were close! And can the pertinent symptoms and presentation. Irish_Dem 17 hrs ago #17

Is borderline personality mr715 17 hrs ago #20

Recent research shows BPD is evenly disturbed among males and females. Irish_Dem 17 hrs ago #21

You may be right. Irish_Dem 7 hrs ago #24

Trump is pathology bingo. mr715 5 hrs ago #32

You could teach an entire Abnormal Psych class just based on his pathology. Irish_Dem 4 hrs ago #36

Interdisciplinary Seminar... mr715 4 hrs ago #37

Pathological Narcissists are Psychotic DenaliDemocrat 5 hrs ago #34

This is not exactly true. Irish_Dem 4 hrs ago #35

I have lived with two clinically diagnosed DenaliDemocrat 52 min ago #40

Psychopath - Dark Triad FalloutShelter Yesterday #10

Yes this is his profile blubunyip 16 hrs ago #22

Victim playing has been republican strategy... lame54 Yesterday #11

He's a life-long substance abuser. GoCubsGo 23 hrs ago #12

I had a roommate/good friend drmeow 17 hrs ago #16

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave 17 hrs ago #18

He isn't schizophrenic. mr715 17 hrs ago #19

I think he is so defensive because, at some unacknowledged level... 3catwoman3 14 hrs ago #23

I lived with two diagnosed narcissists DenaliDemocrat 6 hrs ago #25

Psychopaths* experience psychosis like those with schizophrenia. littlemissmartypants 6 hrs ago #26

I say no. littlemissmartypants 6 hrs ago #27

A lifelong psychopath who's now suffering from advanced dementia. sop 6 hrs ago #28

Narcissism, control freak, with a criminal mind. Passages 5 hrs ago #29

In my opinion, just severe narcissism, ignorance ecstatic 5 hrs ago #30

They're not mutually exclusive Jilly_in_VA 5 hrs ago #31

narcissistic sociopath SocialDemocrat61 5 hrs ago #33

he's a psychopath... agingdem 4 hrs ago #38