The hell with attempts at clever wordsmithing, plain and simple in two days Trump proves how he's a mentally unwell rageaholic. By Hal M. Brown, MSW, Retired Psychotherapist

With his revenge fueled rapid rampages and rants no objective person can deny he's a rageaholic.

The two posts above should constitute enough proof that Donald Trump is a mentally unwell rageaholic. The first could stand alone. It is a response to highly critical things Bruce Springsteen said about him on his overseas concert tour. The second comes out of the recesses of Trump’s fevered mind. Taylor Swift hasn’t been in the news saying anything critical of Trump. She merely exists as a hotter than hot superstar and Trump can’t stand this. Therefore, why not follow-up an attack on The Boss with an attack on Swift. She could be called The Boss if Springsteen already hadn’t earned that name.

Attacking Taylor Swift doesn’t make sense. That is, it doesn’t make sense unless you’re Donald Trump.

It wouldn’t surprise me if he’d have thrown in an attack against Joe Biden just for good measure.

Amend that…

I just checked Truth Social. He did at 5:34 this morning:

Then this morning we have these stories which provide further justification for my “diagnosis” of Trump as an unwell rageaholic.

Trump rampages after 'bad and dangerous day'

and

'Historically criminal event': Trump rants about 'bigger scandal' in early morning blow-up

Most people know what a rageholic is. This is as good a defintion as any (from Psych Central):

Rageaholic definition

“Rageaholic“ isn’t a diagnosis recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5).

This doesn’t mean rageaholic symptoms aren’t real, or that the uncontrollable flashes of anger you experience aren’t significant.

Rageaholism does exist. It’s been written about and explored in research Trusted Source, and it’s an informal term used to describe someone who seems unable to control their temper.

Often, a rageaholic will display unprovoked bouts of rage or a level of anger excessive for the given situation.

Trump’s rage attacks are part and parcel of his narcissistic personality disorder, that is, his exaggerated feelings of self-importance, excessive need for admiration, and a diminished ability to empathize with other people's feelings.

Trump postures as a strutting peacock who delights in showing off his feathers.

In reality under the pretense of supreme self-confidence are deeply buried feelings of inferiority. Therapists have written about this but none with the inside knowledge of his niece Mary Trump who diagnoses him as having a narcissstic personality disorder (read “A Provocative Psychological Analysis of Trump by a Trump”)

There is a phenomena which occurs with extreme narcissists called narcissistic injury (see Wikipedia). We see aspects of this with Trump but he never actually experiences the hurts of the injury. Consider this from Wikipedia:

A narcissistic injury will oftentimes not be noticeable by the subject at first sight. Narcissistic injuries, or narcissistic wounds, are likely a result of criticism, loss, or even a sense of abandonment. Those diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder will come off as excessively defensive and attacking when facing any sort of criticism. While the average person would likely react by expressing vulnerability, a person dealing with a narcissistic wound will do the opposite, causing them to come off as narcissistic, despite feeling hurt inside. The reaction of a narcissistic injury is a cover-up for the real feelings of one who faces these problems

Trump doesn’t come off as defensive when criticized because he instantly goes into attack mode. He does not experience an assault on his self-esteem even for a conscious nano-second.

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