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tblue37

(67,204 posts) Mon Sep 29, 2025, 03:30 PM Monday

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"He is a never-ending source of material for my classes on assessing psychopathology.":

He is a never-ending source of material for my classes on assessing psychopathology. I literally use his quotes as a way of identifying this stuff.
— Ellen Braaten (@ellenbraaten.bsky.social) 2025-09-29T01:14:11.212Z

See also:
Magical thinking
Flight of ideas
Disorganized thinking
Delusional
Grandiosity
— Ellen Braaten (@ellenbraaten.bsky.social) 2025-09-29T00:45:57.493Z

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"He is a never-ending source of material for my classes on assessing psychopathology.": (Original Post) tblue37 Monday OP

This is just a partial list. Irish_Dem Monday #1

There could be a whole section of the DSM just about him. 3catwoman3 Monday #2

Yes and we may have to invent more dx's to explain his pathology. Irish_Dem Monday #3

A few for the cult, too. Sailingdiver Monday #8

Yep. Hopefully this will all be studied for quite some time. Irish_Dem Monday #9

Haha..yeah. BlueWaveNeverEnd Monday #4

add "Dunning-Kruger" to that list RainCaster Monday #5

"Dunning-Kruger" markodochartaigh Monday #6

MAGA- lomaniacal. BurnDoubt Monday #7

Professional Clinical Psychologists have a term for him. multigraincracker Monday #10

Irish_Dem

(75,586 posts)

1. This is just a partial list.

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Mon Sep 29, 2025, 03:32 PM

Monday

We are looking at a great deal of psychopathology in Trump.

You could practically teach an entire Abnormal Psych class on him.

3catwoman3

(27,819 posts)

2. There could be a whole section of the DSM just about him.

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 29, 2025, 03:37 PM

Monday

Irish_Dem

(75,586 posts)

3. Yes and we may have to invent more dx's to explain his pathology.

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Reply #2)

Mon Sep 29, 2025, 03:40 PM

Monday

Sailingdiver

(298 posts)

8. A few for the cult, too.

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #3)

Mon Sep 29, 2025, 05:57 PM

Monday

Irish_Dem

(75,586 posts)

9. Yep. Hopefully this will all be studied for quite some time.

Reply to Sailingdiver (Reply #8)

Mon Sep 29, 2025, 06:03 PM

Monday

Unless of course good, decent, honest people become the abnormal ones.

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(11,414 posts)

4. Haha..yeah.

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Mon Sep 29, 2025, 03:58 PM

Monday

RainCaster

(13,138 posts)

5. add "Dunning-Kruger" to that list

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Mon Sep 29, 2025, 05:11 PM

Monday

markodochartaigh

(4,191 posts)

6. "Dunning-Kruger"

Reply to RainCaster (Reply #5)

Mon Sep 29, 2025, 05:24 PM

Monday

Stunning-Cuckoo

BurnDoubt

(1,067 posts)

7. MAGA- lomaniacal.

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Mon Sep 29, 2025, 05:40 PM

Monday

Fixed It.

multigraincracker

(36,362 posts)

10. Professional Clinical Psychologists have a term for him.

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Mon Sep 29, 2025, 06:15 PM

Monday

He is F-ing Nuts.

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