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cksmithy

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11. According to my psychologist, my father

Reply to PCIntern (Original post)

Fri Dec 19, 2025, 03:55 PM

Dec 19

was clinically paranoid, narcissistic and thought he could never do anything wrong. He was a terrible man, but he held onto his marbles, knew things, could have a coherent conversation, if he agreed with it, like the weather, etc. It was his health, congestive heart failure, that got him. He didn't smoke, didn't drink, but was a rage alcoholic, a dry drunk. He was jumping up out of his chair, screaming if anyone disagreed with him. He made it to 80 years old. I don't believe he is happy because there is no way he is where he thought he was going.

We all put up with him, I mostly ignored him. He was not a judge, or anybody of importance. In fact his church thought he was closer to god he was, the crazier he got. (I do not understand that, but know it happens.)

I worry that the crazier trump acts, the closer to god the nationalist church thinks ,he is the chosen one.

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I treated a judge for forty years who had fronto-temporal dementia. [View all] PCIntern Dec 19 OP

OK, some enterprising reporter needs to track down all of Trmp's former dentists and interview them at length. nt eppur_se_muova Dec 19 #1

Wow. You are a saint in order to deal w/ people like this & I wave my hat off to you in honor of your patience... SWBTATTReg Dec 19 #2

It is sad, but we as a society have to do better at finding solutions to those who become progressively more violent hlthe2b Dec 19 #3

One could see this coming after the way Reagan and society, in general, slightlv Dec 19 #12

Thanks for validating the turn dementia can take bucolic_frolic Dec 19 #4

I wonder why Nasruddin Dec 19 #8

It's not only anger that could cause the rage at losing one's faculties... slightlv Dec 19 #13

With Trump, it feels like his negative traits PatSeg Dec 19 #15

Narcissists tend to get worse as they age. By then all of their normal friends and family have left them. OMGWTF Dec 19 #18

Yes, that has been my experience for the most part PatSeg Dec 19 #20

Thanks for this canetoad Dec 19 #5

You truly are a great healer, Doctor. Kid Berwyn Dec 19 #6

dang. barbtries Dec 19 #7

I like your slow work-up to the ending. I thought I could hear the "Jaws" melody underneat. erronis Dec 19 #9

You were an angel to have kept his periodontal health in check, lest his dementia would have escalated. John1956PA Dec 19 #10

According to my psychologist, my father cksmithy Dec 19 #11

This, along with Amaryll's thread Tbear Dec 19 #14

Lived to his late 90s? Ugh! WestMichRad Dec 19 #16

I will leave it to you to ask a judge PCIntern Dec 19 #22

LOL! WestMichRad Dec 19 #23

Recommended. H2O Man Dec 19 #17

I wonder if any anti-anxiety drugs were administered to the out of control judge. SleeplessinSoCal Dec 19 #19

My mother seems to be going through the early stages of this - with angry reactions to most any irritation. ihaveaquestion Dec 19 #21

A difficult situation. Good she's not living with you. Joinfortmill Dec 19 #24

K&R spanone Dec 19 #25