I bet Trump is in a dark mood and killing
some terrorists would go a long way to
soothing his bruised ego.
Trump today...
"Look at the way I've been treated lately, especially
by the media. No politician in history, and I say
this with great surety, has been treated worse or
more unfairly,"
Does the following description sound familiar???
Note the date.
Borderline Personality Disorder: Heroic Martyr or Emotional Vampire?
By bernardpliers
Friday Nov 29, 2013
BPD see themselves as always being the victim of other people.
They constantly accuse the people closest to them of acting
maliciously against them. These accusations change constantly,
and the BPD doesn't really "believe" the accusations they
make or even try to keep track of them like a good liar.
Although their accusations are often incoherent and
contradictory, they make up for that with the tremendous
number of lies they tell and the theatrical emotionality
of their stories.
Their accusations that others are sabotaging them are often
merely projection (pot kettle black) of their own efforts
to sabotage and betray coworkers, spouses, and children.
Besides being the eternal victim, many BPDs will strive
to be seen as heroes, defenders of the truth and the weak.
This involves declaring that "bad" people deserve to be
punished and then singling them out for months or years
of accusations and abuse. Because rage and abusiveness
proves they are good.
As some of the comments note, there is a an overlap between
narcissism and BPD. The key difference seems to be that
the BPD is codependent and the narcissist is counterdependent.
In other words, the BPD clings desperately to just about anyone,
while the narcissist usually terminates romantic relationships.
It's probably easiest to start be describing how a BPD acts:
Can't be alone, can't stand to be with others, a common
neurotic trait.
Makes everyone walk on eggshells - this is a a common way
of describing other personality disorders as well.
Extreme pride and grandiosity - even thought the BPD suffers
from a crippling lack of self esteem, they may give the
appearance of being armor plated. Whatever criticism reaches
them is filtered through layer after layer of denial and
distortion. They may be quite proud of their character flaws.
Shame and secrecy - There is a general sense that anything the
BPD does in private must never be spoken of. In selecting the
person for group bullying (in the home or workplace) they will
single out the truth teller of the group.
"Gaslighting" - trying to convince others that they are
mentally ill, such as trying to convince them that real
abuse did not occur. In Wikipdeia and a personality
disorder blog.
Projective Identification - playing the victim by constantly
trying to provoke others into being angry. This not only
fills the emotional needs of the BPD, it can nearly make
it impossible for observers to determine which person is ill
and abusive. See this diary.
Respect me! - pretend my fake emotions are real. This is
common in many mental health problems.
Conflict in all their relationships. Years of grudges and score
keeping
Nothing is their fault, especially their own emotions.
Other people are to blame for the BPD's feelings, as if
everyone else has the power to broadcast directly into
the BPD brain. Blame others people for making them feel bad,
then blame others for not making the BPD feel better.
Demands that people join in their mental games.
Creates a bubble of chaos where ever they go.
Don't tell me what to do! Pointless defiance seems to often
take the form of denying medical care to their children
or parents. Not taking their kid to the doctor is "standing up
for themselves" and being told that their kid needs to go to
the doctor makes them some sort of martyr
Constant ad hominem attacks - other people have horrible flaws.
Often the BPD can't quite identify their problem, but the
BPD is sure those flaws are in other people and they must
be punished.
They will pick apart everything another person says, and
turn that into an accusation. Living with the BPD is like
living through the Inquisition. Their style can be described
as "analyze and accuse, analyze and accuse."
They will always claim to know what other people thinking so
that they always have an excuse for their rage.
Punishing "thought crimes" - since they know what people are
thinking, they are in a perfect position to actively punish
people for thinking bad thoughts and to recruit other to help
punish the thought criminal.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/11/29/1251025/-Borderline-Personality-Disorder-Heroic-Martyr-or-Emotional-Vampire