Why psychiatrists aren't supposed to say Trump is a narcissist

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Yeah, imagine one of those psychiatrists went on record and only labelled him “narcissist”…

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I don’t have a degree in psychology or a specialty in psychiatry - my undergrad is a BS in business administration and graduate is a MA in social change - so I will go on the record saying Trump is mentally unfit to be president of the US.

C’mon, thin-skinned Cheeto, sue me!

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IANAP - but that guys nuts. Clinically nuts. You can quote me on that.

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I don’t know this through personal experience but I believe that over at Fox they have psychiatrists that will say the darndest things. Where are they on this issue? I’d bet they’d be willing to say that he’s NOT a narcissist. That’s pretty much the exact same breach of professional ethics isn’t it?

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Sounds responsible.

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A narcissist? Come on! Would a narcissist put his name in big, gold letters on everything? I mean, this is the same guy who was too modest to hire a publicist!*

 

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Only at the Sharper Image.

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NPD is a diagnosis.

Narcissistic is just an adjective.

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That is more like Histrionic Personality Disorder than NPD

Now we’ve gone from saying that we shouldn’t say that Trump has a psychiatric disorder to saying he has two. I’d better stop.

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I’ll join you. I have not one but two degrees in English (I can read the shit out of some Prufrock – very lucrative). So with my qualifications as a rational human with eyes, ears, and semi-functioning brain, I go on record as saying unfit is the kindest word we could use to describe his mental state.

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But - calling him a “short fingered vulgarian” is still professionally ethical?

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Fortunately, the rest of us are free to “diagnose at a distance.” In fact, as voters it’s OUR DUTY to do so.

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I think everyone in the world is aware of this diagnosis. The thing that decides whether you vote for him is whether you are one yourself or not.

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I label tRump as an absolute douche bag, there I said it.

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Oh you English majors, and your tedious arguments of insidious intent.

Wait, what were we talking about? Oh, right – Michelangelo!

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We WERE talking about measuring our lives with coffee spoons. But as we all know, there is no spoon.

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Although the diagnosis of MAD can not be found in the DSM IV or V there are still many people who are quite MAD = Major Asshole Disorder.

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Well, I don’t know what happened to your spoon, but I keep mine in my trouser rolls. Makes it much easier to eat a peach properly, while walking upon a beach.

Wait, what are we doing here again? Ah right – figuring out how to advise a prince. But when all is said and done, would that have been worthwhile? I think I’ll go and listen instead to the singing mermaids.

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Why? He hasn’t. :wink:

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