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tblue37

(67,293 posts) Mon Sep 29, 2025, 03:30 PM Sep 29

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

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.": [View all] tblue37 Sep 29 OP

This is just a partial list. Irish_Dem Sep 29 #1

There could be a whole section of the DSM just about him. 3catwoman3 Sep 29 #2

Yes and we may have to invent more dx's to explain his pathology. Irish_Dem Sep 29 #3

A few for the cult, too. Sailingdiver Sep 29 #8

Yep. Hopefully this will all be studied for quite some time. Irish_Dem Sep 29 #9

Haha..yeah. BlueWaveNeverEnd Sep 29 #4

add "Dunning-Kruger" to that list RainCaster Sep 29 #5

"Dunning-Kruger" markodochartaigh Sep 29 #6

MAGA- lomaniacal. BurnDoubt Sep 29 #7

Professional Clinical Psychologists have a term for him. multigraincracker Sep 29 #10