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Is Donald Trump Actually a Narcissist? Therapists Weigh In!
As his presidential campaign trundles forward, millions of sane Americans are wondering: What exactly is wrong with this strange individual? Now, we have an answer. Is Donald Trump Actually a Narcissist? Therapists Weigh In! BY HENRY ALFORD For mental-health professionals, Donald Trump is at once easily diagnosed but slightly confounding. “Remarkably narcissistic,” said developmental psychologist Howard Gardner, a professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education. “Textbook narcissistic personality disorder,” echoed clinical psychologist Ben Michaelis. “He’s so classic that I’m archiving video clips of him to use in workshops because there’s no better example of his characteristics,” said clinical psychologist George Simon, who conducts lectures and seminars on manipulative behavior. “Otherwise,…
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A Horrifying Week with My Borderline Personality Disorder
I google “how to hang yourself from a radiator” in the waiting room before ducking out for a quick cry. BON: I stumbled on this over the weekend. It’s worth the time to read. It really captures the desperation of BPD. A Horrifying Week with My Borderline Personality Disorder by Heather Sleepy MENTAL ILLNESS OCT 23, 2015 I was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder last December, but that was only the beginning of my troubles. This is my diary of what came after. Monday Monday is relatively chill. I manage to make it to work for 10 AM, only 30 minutes late. I’m 100 percent sure my boss thinks I’m…
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Borderline personality disorder: Study shows stigma a barrier to those seeking treatment
She struggled to regulate her emotions and often found herself getting very upset and angry over small issues Borderline personality disorder: Study shows stigma a barrier to those seeking treatment By Tegan Osborne Kylie Travers was just 16 years old when she first tried to kill herself. Afterwards she was treated for depression and ADHD. But it was not until many years later, when she was finally diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD), that she finally began to understand why she felt the way she did. “In 2010, my stepmother was reading a book called Stop Walking on Eggshells (a book about BPD) and she recommended that I read it,…
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Nearly 6% of Americans suffer from a mental illness doctors barely understand
“We only have medications that treat individual symptoms.” Nearly 6% of Americans suffer from a mental illness doctors barely understand MELISSA STANGER SEP 23 2015, 2:45 AM Pamela Tusiani was 20 years old when she suffered what her mother described as a “sudden and life-shattering nervous breakdown.” As she wrote in an article for Newsday, some days she would be bedridden, unable to eat or speak to anyone; other times she would lash out in anger at people she cared about, or cut herself to feel some relief from her emotional pain. “My daughter is losing her grip on reality, and I’ve never been so scared” her mother wrote in…
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From hellish cycles to stability: A mental health story
“One in four people will have mental illness,” she said, in their lifetime. That’s a lot of people. From hellish cycles to stability: A mental health story Stephanie Dickrell Eventually, she was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. “People think of you for (your diagnosis). You shouldn’t live your diagnosis. That’s what I’m trying to get out to people,” she said. But it didn’t start there. Hagfors had a hard time making and keeping friends as a child. Borderline personality disorder isn’t something that just happens. It develops over time via the environment, usually in childhood. “I was very emotional growing up. Like every…
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The history of the concept of borderline personality disorder
The individual with BPD oscillates violently between dejection and disillusionment and episodes of euphoria and explosive episodes of irritability, impulsive anger and self-destructive behavior. The history of the concept of borderline personality disorder Daniel Calder The diagnostic label “borderline” is perhaps the most controversial in the history of psychiatry and psychoanalysis. While it was relatively recently formally classified as a personality disorder in the DSM-III, the term “borderline” has historically been used to designate a kind of mid-point between non-psychotic mental illness and psychosis. Unlike personality disorders such as avoidant personality disorder and narcissistic personality disorder, furthermore, the “borderline” syndrome has not always been associated with specific symptoms, but, instead,…