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KY_EnviroGuy

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27. Thanks, Hekate. This is certainly worthy of open-minded discussion.
Sun Sep 16, 2018, 05:59 AM
Sep 2018

I'm an amateur psychologist as a useful hobby in my decades-long process of chemical abuse recovery and self-understanding. It also helps me to be more understanding and accepting of others.

That said, I agree that many of these mental oddities are inborn but can now see how we may have inherited those characteristics from early evolution. For example, our species went through millions of years in extremely brutal struggles just to survive, and it may have been that literally 100% of our populations at times were what we would today label as psychopaths. We still carry fragments of those genes in all of us. One could also argue that each and every one of us is a little bit of a psychopath as part of our survival instinct.

So, I believe most mental "oddities" come in degrees, and my experiences with many everyday people seem to prove that. Some of the most interesting people I've been exposed to in my 70 years were those with multiple personalities, and several that were bipolar. Those types will try one's patience and tolerance to our very core. Low-level psychopath are simply just a pain in the ass.

Bottom line is that unless our society is willing to test and classify people mentally at an early age, and then be willing to segregate those we don't want to deal with in open society, then we'll be stuck with the occasional madman that makes it to the top. Seriously, I doubt if humanity will ever be willing to go there to any degree. For a number of practical reasons, I personally would be against it, at least in the near-term.

I do, however, think a thorough mental evaluation should be a requirement for anyone running for very powerful positions in government or business, and it would be fair to the public interest. Republicans would fight against that to their death.

Great insights, jodymarie PJMcK Sep 2018 #1
"All this time trying to analyze Trump...wasted time." Merlot Sep 2018 #2
+1. yonder Sep 2018 #4
+1 Sherman A1 Sep 2018 #5
+1 to yours also. llmart Sep 2018 #16
Not wasted, but def agree with conclusion: No changing tRump; he is baked-in, no introspection. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2018 #7
John Dean's Conservatives without Conscience is a great book that discusses the psychology that Pepsidog Sep 2018 #3
Funny, I just said the same about fux spews on a different thread. BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2018 #10
Sure is. I am stunned by the level of ignorance especially in DC lawmakers. Pepsidog Sep 2018 #12
FYI Liberalagogo Sep 2018 #6
+1000000! And tRUMP knows that. It's why he's so defensive about the election #'s. Like, who is SammyWinstonJack Sep 2018 #15
Traitor Tot Lost by TEN MILLION Votes if you include the third-party votes OMGWTF Sep 2018 #36
Same here. Tucker08087 Sep 2018 #8
Man! Tucker08087 Sep 2018 #9
This is terrifying. Did you get out again, after he found you? n/t Tess49 Sep 2018 #11
Yes. Moved again. Tucker08087 Sep 2018 #34
Sorry you have to live like this. My anxiety would be through the roof! n/t Tess49 Sep 2018 #35
Well, I certainly suffer from PTSD! Tucker08087 Sep 2018 #38
I can only imagine. Hope he stays far away from you. n/t Tess49 Sep 2018 #40
You're never really safe until they're dead and buried. Be vigilant. Texin Sep 2018 #48
I lived with a sociopath too. BigmanPigman Sep 2018 #13
Hopefully, one day we'll hear those read aloud into the Congessional Record ... eppur_se_muova Sep 2018 #14
What will he do when cornered? Start WWIII? I am hoping we get thru the next week... Hekate Sep 2018 #19
Right now he is using a hurricane as a distraction BigmanPigman Sep 2018 #22
K & R worstexever Sep 2018 #17
Shortly after Dipstick Donnie did the Wellstone ruled Sep 2018 #18
Trump doesn't understand Trump. kwassa Sep 2018 #20
To me, the most frightening thing about psychopaths of Trump's type is.... KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2018 #26
At times I feel I'm reliving my marriage Canoe52 Sep 2018 #21
I Used to be Married to a Psychopath and I Feel Your Pain dlk Sep 2018 #23
Our culture is part of the problem & I don't pretend to know the answer. KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2018 #24
The problems discussed in this thread seem to be inborn, with no source & no cure... Hekate Sep 2018 #25
Thanks, Hekate. This is certainly worthy of open-minded discussion. KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2018 #27
majority of americans do not have direct contact with a sociopath combined with serial lying and beachbum bob Sep 2018 #28
My father. no_hypocrisy Sep 2018 #29
imagine if your Dad and my ex jodymarie aimee Sep 2018 #31
Dad had a pretty good act for the rest of the world. no_hypocrisy Sep 2018 #33
My mother is a psycho bitch from hell OMGWTF Sep 2018 #37
I hear you about the latter. no_hypocrisy Sep 2018 #39
Get a cat and put the ashes... 3catwoman3 Sep 2018 #44
I got one of those too. Never could figure out demigoddess Sep 2018 #47
Great post, except that Trump _has_ had to get out of a jam, several times ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #30
Peter had no access to Russian oligarchs !! jodymarie aimee Sep 2018 #32
This entire thread is an eye opener and needs to be kicked lunatica Sep 2018 #41
Mueller can't do jack CousinIT Sep 2018 #42
I have contended for a couple of years SCantiGOP Sep 2018 #43
Yes, Trump has mental problems extvbroadcaster Sep 2018 #45
Your last sentence is chilling, and so spot on. GentryDixon Sep 2018 #46
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