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Maru Kitteh

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41. Histrionic Personality Disorder, less recognized in men. Obvious in this one
Sat May 16, 2026, 03:50 PM
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Histrionic personality disorder
Personality disorder characterized by excessive emotionality and attention-seeking
Histrionic personality disorder is a personality disorder characterized by a pattern of excessive attention-seeking behaviors, usually beginning in adolescence or early adulthood, including inappropriate seduction and an excessive desire for approval. People with HPD have a high desire for attention, make loud and inappropriate appearances, exaggerate their behaviors and emotions, and crave stimulation. They very often exhibit pervasive and persistent sexually provocative behavior, express strong emotions with an impressionistic style, and can be easily influenced by others Continued in Wikipedia


Instead of the classic red dress, this one wears a red tie, outlandish makeup and weird hair. It’s frequently missed in men, partly because diagnosis are historically made by other men who tend to only see this disease in women.

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The asshole needs an exorcist, not a psychiatrist. dalton99a Saturday #1
Exactly! He is pure evil. Grim Chieftain Saturday #3
It drives me crazy FHRRK1 Saturday #2
Precisely. B.See Saturday #8
Morally evil and mentally ill are not mutually excludve. wnylib Saturday #27
THIS malaise Saturday #30
I was going to posit the same thing - he is both. yellow dahlia Saturday #34
I'd agree they aren't mutually exclusive. He's B.See Saturday #43
And he's not dumb. He's a diabolical genius. nt pnwmom Saturday #4
BULLSHIT. He is profoundly stupid. Even Rex Tillerson recognized that in his first term. AZ8theist Saturday #6
Yes, he is mentally dull NJCher Saturday #7
What that means is that his genius, i.e., his superpower, is in being evil. nt pnwmom Saturday #15
He is completely immoral Cosmocat Saturday #31
Violence Whip-poor-will Saturday #16
He may be somewhat stupid; but even more so Profoundly Ignorant and doesn't care... electric_blue68 3 hrs ago #45
Or maybe he's gotten a free pass for evil, underhanded s---- that would've gotten anyone else LOCKED UP, long ago. B.See Saturday #9
NOPE Skittles Saturday #12
an evil genius wd intelligently pick his targets. mopinko Saturday #22
It's just an issue of word choice NJCher Saturday #28
Why. Can't. He. Just. Die? Grim Chieftain Saturday #5
Trump is sly...he knows how to manipulate racists BlueWaveNeverEnd Saturday #10
doesn't take "sly" to do that NJCher Saturday #24
He won't die and go to hell, Satan doesn't even BigmanPigman Saturday #11
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯 ..... ♾️ live love laugh Saturday #13
Paint "Old Smokey" gold. BidenRocks Saturday #14
I AGREE. THANK YOU, B.SEE. Cha Saturday #17
Thank you, Cha. B.See Saturday #44
Trump has The Dark Triad Personality no_hypocrisy Saturday #18
Thank you for your summary and your willingness to share your story. yellow dahlia Saturday #35
Woah especially about that last (then) possibility. electric_blue68 3 hrs ago #46
I think a person can be both evil and mentally ill. The notion calling Trump mentally ill is somehow harmful to those Vinca Saturday #19
a psychiatrist once told me NJCher Saturday #25
He's at the center of a Venn diagram of evil, stupid, and crazy. Ocelot II Saturday #20
What his best friend said about him... Kid Berwyn Saturday #21
Malignant narcissism is a mental pathology Martin Eden Saturday #23
I've only been saying this forever. BlueTsunami2018 Saturday #26
I will not grant trump the sympathetic response that "mentally ill" deserves. Totally Tunsie Saturday #29
Yes yes yes TommieMommy Saturday #32
Evil schmevil. gulliver Saturday #33
Technically incorrect. returnee Saturday #36
Histrionic Personality Disorder, less recognized in men. Obvious in this one Maru Kitteh Saturday #41
we tend to think of monsters as fictional beasts agingdem Saturday #37
Regarding Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: Martin Eden Saturday #39
Correct mvd Saturday #38
Evil is a religious construct and not very useful. He certainly IS mentally ill. Maru Kitteh Saturday #40
Frontal lobe dementia plus sadism: loves to hurt people, deliberately. lindysalsagal Saturday #42
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