I’d say that Obama is a malignant narcissist. When things are going their way, such people are on top of the world. But when things go against them, depression is a likely outcome.
He is incapable of even conceiving of the possibility that the whole world should not love him. No matter what he does. As long as HE wants it.
If he manages to ram the healthcare bill through and bankrupt America in the process, no doubt that will cheer him up.
I’m with you. If you google the term, you’ll see that he has virtually every symptom. I lived with one for 16 years. They are ugly, ugly people.
You are right. Narcissists cannot tolerate it when the adoration fades, or they are continually questioned. And, it is especially bad if it is public. Any critique, no matter how slight, is thought by them to be an outright assult campaign against them. I know, I lived with one. I had to learn a lot about narcissism to understand.
When things really get rough, the narcissist first gets unreasonably angry, then hides and isolates themselves...then they run. Or, they suffer an emotional break down.
Narcissism is NOT a MENTAL illness. It is an emotional dysfunction. They just always see things differently and live in a perpetual fog they create for themselves. It is great when they can pull people in there with them. But when those close to them become suspicious or questioning, and no longer adore them...they throw them out and blame them for everything wrong.
This is why I have said from the days during Obama's campaign when he showed signs of malignant narcissism, that he will suffer an emotional breakdown before his term is ended. He has proven many times that he is thin-skinned.
It all stems from his dysfunctional family and being bounced around, and never really knowing who he was, who his father was/is, and why his mother left him, etc. It also comes from his mixed heritage, and feeling like an outsider. This is why he so much needs to identify himself with a group, a movement, a cause, etc. He feels no real self-identity. A narcissist is only a reflection of what he feels people think he is. When that changes, a narcissist is lost and has to re-invent himself.
For this reason, I have said over and over, all those elected to high political office should undergo a severe personality test just like those for administrative level positions in businesses and corporations often have to take. Those tests weed out the incompetent, untruthful, poor leadership skills, and those who are not team players. Had Obama undergone this type of test, he would not have been a candidate at all. What could be more important than to know that our leaders are emotionally well-balanced, even if we do not agree with them??? It seems it is the most important thing we should insist be done before turning over our country to someone who has emotional problems.