[FRIAM] The root of personality disorders

[Frank Wimberly]

Why is my husband unable to breathe and coughs all the time?  And what is this large white area on his chest x-ray?

He has lung cancer.

How do you know?

Because he has difficulty breathing, he coughs constantly, and he has a positive chest x-ray.

Frank C. Wimberly
140 Calle Ojo Feliz
Santa Fe, NM 87505

wimberly3 at gmail.com     wimberly at cal.berkeley.edu
Phone:  (505) 995-8715      Cell:  (505) 670-9918

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From: Friam [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] On Behalf Of glen ?
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2017 5:32 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] The root of personality disorders


I found this opinion refreshing:

Narcissistic Personality Disorder and the President-Elect

http://behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2017/01/16/narcissistic-personality-disorder-and-the-president-elect/

I particularly liked the (strawman) circularity caricatured by conflating phenomenology with ontology:

> Wife: Why is my husband so self-important; why does he have such a sense of entitlement?
> Psychiatrist: Because he has an illness called narcissistic personality disorder.
> Wife: How do you know he has this illness?
> Psychiatrist: Because he is so self-important and has such a sense of entitlement.

But, personally, seeing [gag] Trump as the epitome of everything that's wrong with our culture, I can sympathize with the idea of using whatever tool we might have available to _demonstrate_ to others how thoroughly unable the man is to fill the role of President.  But we should be careful not to abandon our own principles in the process.

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☣ glen

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