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Does Donald Trump have simple character flaws or is he mentally unbalanced ? (Original Post) kentuck Jul 2016 OP
both, and he is an idiot. Vattel Jul 2016 #1
drug addled brain? C_U_L8R Jul 2016 #2
narcissistic personality disorder barbtries Jul 2016 #3
How could anyone not notice? kentuck Jul 2016 #11
I am not a psychiatrist and I don't even play one on TV. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2016 #4
The latter. tman Jul 2016 #5
Numerous complex character flaws or is he a sociopath? Yep. nt 63splitwindow Jul 2016 #6
Professional people have a term for it. safeinOhio Jul 2016 #7
yes! spanone Jul 2016 #8
If you heard the scathing assessment by his Art of the Deal Laura PourMeADrink Jul 2016 #9
I read that excerpt. kentuck Jul 2016 #12
according to his wife, he reads hitler's speeches! Gabi Hayes Jul 2016 #13
He's a sociopath .. he has both and more. YOHABLO Jul 2016 #10
he's the leader of the cult RussBLib Jul 2016 #14
He has an incurable personality disorder that causes him to be mentally unbalanced. pnwmom Jul 2016 #15
Simple? He has GREAT character flaws. The best of anyone in the world, let me tell you. pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #16
I'll take "mentally unbalanced" for $1000, kentuck! N/T Ghost in the Machine Jul 2016 #17

C_U_L8R

(45,003 posts)
2. drug addled brain?
Fri Jul 22, 2016, 10:56 PM
Jul 2016

He's got the signature sniffles and the manic behavior to match.
He should have a blood test.

barbtries

(28,799 posts)
3. narcissistic personality disorder
Fri Jul 22, 2016, 10:56 PM
Jul 2016

he is pathologically incapable of perceiving the world without himself as as the star of the show. what a pity how many people are apparently susceptible to the authoritarianism to such a degree and so racist and blind and zenophobic that they don't observe the extreme narcissism.

disclaimer: i am not a psychiatrist. but i tell you he is pathological.

tman

(983 posts)
5. The latter.
Fri Jul 22, 2016, 10:59 PM
Jul 2016

I've been saying he's mentally ill for 3 years. America and the world is on the precipice.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
9. If you heard the scathing assessment by his Art of the Deal
Fri Jul 22, 2016, 11:06 PM
Jul 2016

co-author (with Trump = sole author) - he said the man was completely devoid of any intellectual thought/feeling. He doubted that he has every read a book. His sole drive is to do anything and everything to gain attention - whether it's good or bad. He said he had an inordinately short attention span and all he cared about was self-aggrandizement. And he spent 18 months with him.

RussBLib

(9,019 posts)
14. he's the leader of the cult
Fri Jul 22, 2016, 11:43 PM
Jul 2016

It's a giant personality cult.

So what is it going to take to "rescue" some of the Trumpsters from the cult of Donald?

Can they be deprogrammed?

Does the truth matter?

pnwmom

(108,980 posts)
15. He has an incurable personality disorder that causes him to be mentally unbalanced.
Fri Jul 22, 2016, 11:52 PM
Jul 2016

He is so entirely self-absorbed that other people are not real to him. They either reflect positively back on him, like a mirror, or they are bugs to be squashed.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
16. Simple? He has GREAT character flaws. The best of anyone in the world, let me tell you.
Fri Jul 22, 2016, 11:56 PM
Jul 2016


I'm going to go with sociopath with NPD.
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