[FRIAM] The root of personality disorders

[Frank Wimberly]

I apologize, Glen.  Please replace "cancer" with "pneumonia".

Frank Wimberly
Phone (505) 670-9918

On Jan 18, 2017 6:16 PM, "Frank Wimberly" <wimberly3 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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.
>
> --
> ☣ glen
>
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