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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Shallow State: Last night, our President "had a hypomanic episode borne of narcissistic rage"
What drives that malice, is fear. Fear of losing. Fear of being unable to influence the narrative. Fear of constraint. Fear of losing his self-concocted aura of grandiosity. Fear of exposure of a lifetime of secrets and lies. Paranoid rear. Parasitic fear. Fear of humiliation.
By any objective psychological or pathological standard, he's ill. But he has NEW fears now beyond pathology - losing his physical health, and his acuity. He hates himself for it; for showing limitations.
Neither you nor I can EVER feel the kind of desperation and rage Trump feels now. Because you and I are members of society and all its relationships and interactions, and we boast a full emotional spectrum. Not Trump. He is the entirety of his universe. He doesn't partake in events; he profits from transactions. He doesn't interact with others, he lords over others as if they were objects.
This is a man now terrified that all that he is, and all that he ever said he was - his entire lifetime of false constructs - is crumbling into the ash of a fake myth.
This is a rage-filled malignant narcissist -- in deep decline.
It's time to take actions to protect our Republic...
It feels like we're approaching a breaking point.
In the comments, people are pointing out this:
Link to tweet
Ocelot II
(128,533 posts)UpInArms
(53,828 posts)It is given via intravenous infusion or subcutaneous injection to people with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia.[2] In clinical trials, it demonstrated modest efficacy in reducing relative cognitive decline compared to placebo.[7]
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Alice Kramden
(2,851 posts)Thanks for looking that up - sounds risky for its "modest efficacy"
slightlv
(7,164 posts)They keep trying, but everything has such bad side effects for the little benefit you get. Plus, I'd argue there's been no benefit, as seen via trump.
I'd never heard of this drug treatment... but it sure makes connecting the dots easier when it comes to his physical attributes and his current behavior!
shanti
(21,778 posts)snowybirdie
(6,502 posts)Turned down that drug for a loved one. Side effects and the need for MRI's frequently too much.Serious stroke risk too
EYESORE 9001
(29,368 posts)Does that hurt much? Sure hope so.
Aviation Pro
(15,135 posts)Like a teenage girl.
mtngirl47
(1,201 posts)And Biden's auto pen, and cackling something something, and Hunter's laptop blah, blah, blah.
durablend
(8,807 posts)Cirsium
(3,244 posts)The tan suit!!! I forgot all about that terrible threat to national security. Wasn't Dijon mustard involved somehow? Then I read that Biden ate an ice cream cone. When will the horrors ever end???
popsdenver
(1,241 posts)he sleeps until noon, and isn't playing that much golf anymore.......Ask any student, that is what Adderall does for you.
Take it to pull an all nighter studying for a test, then immediately crash afterwards. Same thing that happens with Cocaine......
slightlv
(7,164 posts)All my life, I've been a night owl. Now that I'm retired, my body definitely wants to live on its own schedule... which means up all night and asleep all day. I've got no problems with people who do this... I consider them kindred spirits. But I don't spend all night rage posting on a vanity forum. The worst issue I find is not being able to do my business because everyone else is asleep!
Trump is in the final stages of dementia, regardless of the cause. I just wish it'd hurry up and finish the job. I look at Orrex's posts, dearly wishing I'd see someone post in response, "Yes! Ding Dong, the wicked witch is dead!"
Moostache
(10,945 posts)
gfarber
(167 posts)There once was a figure online,
Who ranted at quarter past nine.
Short posts by the score,
Then a hundred more
A tempest in furious design.
Trump's bluster concealed something dire,
A furnace of flickering fire.
Not courage nor might,
But shadows at night
A mansion constructed of fear.
He strutted with towering pride,
Yet trembled the moment inside.
For myths built so tall
Can suddenly fall
When truth will no longer abide.
He lived in a realm all his own,
A kingdom of ego alone.
Not bonds we create,
But deals he would rate
A world where no empathys shown.
Now sensing his story unwind,
He rages at fate unkind.
For facades finely spun
Can all come undone
And leave only ruins behind.
And so, as the nation grows tense,
With stakes that are nothing but immense,
We brace for the hour
When bluster meets power,
And history casts its suspense.
NJCher
(42,142 posts)Mme. Defarge
(8,872 posts)Justice matters.
(9,183 posts)in a never ending loop... until there's nothing left but a cloud of dust.
mr715
(2,475 posts)Skittles
(168,856 posts)regnaD kciN
(27,390 posts)llmart
(17,196 posts)He's probably gotten the real truth from medical professionals and he doesn't like what they're saying. It's the one thing he can't control. Narcissists truly believe that they will never die - that the world just couldn't go on without them.
Pluvious
(5,162 posts)This hyper-malignant narcissist has the power to literally make that TRUE
it must just kill billionaires that they have to eventually die just like all of us and there's not a fucking thing they can do about it
ananda
(34,147 posts)"hypo" is low.
Irish_Dem
(78,502 posts)because there are major threats to self or others. And major disruptions to social or job functioning.
I could argue however that if any one else did this they would lose their jobs.
And Trump is a threat to others.
Any one else would probably be hospitalized.
So we could certainly argue that you are correct.
ananda
(34,147 posts)Period.
Clilnical schimical.
It's trump, dammit.
Irish_Dem
(78,502 posts)The kind where the police have to be called, and patient put in hand cuffs.
Then pink slipped and taken to a locked psych ward and patient put into
restraints and medicated up to their eyeballs so they don't kill anyone.
Most people have never seen this kind of manic episode.
It is scary for sure.
But yes I agree, Trump was crazy as a loon the other night.
And he should lose his job and medicated.
Kids should get guardianship and take away his keys.
And I can argue that Trump is killing people every day.
And a threat to humanity.
electric_blue68
(25,213 posts)Just read about delirious mania (hallucinations, delusions), but I've never heard of homicidal dangers...
unless;
?the hallucinations, delusions are causing extreme actions in an false sense of self-defense.
Hope my question is clear!
Irish_Dem
(78,502 posts)And then if they are having a manic episode on top of that, the risk level is quite high.
Yes exactly, they believe they are defending themselves against imaginary dangers.
So they will fight as hard as they can and kill others to save themselves.
If they are experiencing command hallucinations the risk is even higher.
This is when a person hears voices telling them to commit crimes.
Some time back there was a killer on the loose with psychosis and command hallucinations.
He had already killed a number of people.
The police were hunting for him.
Normally I hope the police can safely apprehend a mentally ill person, but in this case
to save police lives they were probably going to have to shoot to kill unfortunately.
In terms of Trump, he appears more and more paranoid.
And is exhibiting irrational behavior, no filter, bad judgement, etc.
His behavior looks manic to me as well.
On top of his drug addiction, narcissistic and psychopath personality disorders.
In addition he has no limits, the US has given him power to do whatever he wants with no consequences.
And he has the entire US law enforcement, military and federal government at his disposal to harm others.
Yes he is quite dangerous. He always has been, his criminal history tells us that.
But now the risk level is much higher.
muriel_volestrangler
(105,326 posts)I'm sure Don Jr. would have been able to take it into the White House without being searched.
barbtries
(31,025 posts)Are you the shallow state?
Do you know if the shallow state is on Bluesky or perhaps has a substack?
earlier on BlueSky i mentioned he must have been manic to produce that many tweets and added that he's probably afraid of dying if he goes to sleep.
this was so well stated and I have to say I agree. the man is decompensating and decomposing before our very eyes.
canetoad
(19,926 posts)Pluvious
(5,162 posts)AFAIK they don't publish on Substack
Blasting over 400 "truths" on his failing platform is pretty insane
Historians will be at a loss as to how our Republic put up with this insanity for so long
Happy Hoosier
(9,327 posts)H2O Man
(78,367 posts)I think that last night was the calm before the storm.
yardwork
(68,699 posts)milestogo
(22,289 posts)Moostache
(10,945 posts)I hope he KNOWS that he is demented and losing his cognition and ability by the second...
I hope he FEELS every memory fading from grasp and the inability to recall things that he can picture but no longer name...
I hope his family SEES his decline from minute to minute and they are denied the relief of him passing quietly...
In short, I hope that all the SHIT I have lived through and seen with my grandmother and father's battles with this scourge are visited upon the Trumps with an accelerant and a strong kicker because FUCK them all, they entire grifting disgusting clan.
ultralite001
(2,339 posts)+ knows he is destined for Hell
No amount of $$$
good deeds
or bullying is going to change what he knows is his fate in his minds eye
As long as he can stay awake, he believes hes safe
durablend
(8,807 posts)ultralite001
(2,339 posts)👹 👹 👹