Does Trump Have Narcissistic Personality Disorder?
According to DSM-5, individuals with NPD have most (at least five) or all of the symptoms listed below (generally without commensurate qualities or accomplishments).
1 Grandiosity with expectations of superior treatment by others. 2 Fixated on fantasies of power, success, intelligence, attractiveness, etc. 3 Self-perception of being unique, superior, and associated with high-status people and institutions. 4 Needing constant admiration from others. 5 Sense of entitlement to special treatment and to obedience from others. 6 Exploitative of others to achieve personal gain. 7 Unwilling to empathize with others' feelings, wishes, or needs. 8 Intensely jealous of others and the belief that others are equally jealous of them. 9 Pompous and arrogant demeanor.
By any reasonable standard, Trump's behavior is a near perfect fit to the profile of narcissistic personality disorder as characterized by the explicit criteria in DSM-5.
"Briefly, if one cannot have love, one resorts to respect. And when respect is unavailable, one resorts to fear. Trump is now living through an intolerable loss of respect: rejection by a nation in his election defeat. Violence helps compensate for feelings of powerlessness, inadequacy and lack of real productivity."
Guess the dr did not screen for mental illness. Narcissist Personality disorder: DSM 1: Grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievement and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements); DSM 2: Fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love; DSM 3: Belief in being “special” and unique and can only be understood by, or should be associated with, other special or high-status people (or institutions); DSM 4: Requires excessive admiration; DSM 5: Sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations; DSM 6: Interpersonally exploitive, i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve his/her own ends; DSM 7: Lacks empathy; is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others; DSM 8: Envious of others or believes that others are envious of him/her; DSM 9: Arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes.
@trollslayer Ronnie administered a well known early dementia screen, although he and Quad Indicted would have you believe otherwise. It’s ridiculous to brag about how well he scored since the expected outcome for someone who’s not demented is a perfect score.
What’s more, most of Ronnie’s contemporary physicians in the Navy strongly suspect he either never actually administered it or facilitated cheating by QI.
That doctor was a Retired Rear Admiral Lower Half, now US Congressman, who has a very bad reputation. He wrecked a government vehicle—allegedly driving drunk—and his nickname was “Dr Candyman” for dispensing prescription medications without proper documentation or indication. His specialty was Emergency Medicine and his credibility in the medical profession is “zero”.
Ronny was a disgrace to the Service, the medical profession, and now the Congress.
Look mommy, the Doctor told me that I was amazing for saying the same 5 words that i used from all my other tests. Then he asked me how i did it, so i just told him it was easy because I'm a stable genius. Can i have an extra lollipop now? 🥱
