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Psychotherapist says 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' is real pathology, plaguing 75 percent of his [Manhattan] patients
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| 11/14/2025
| Gabriel Hays
Posted on 12/07/2025 7:39:10 PM PST by simpson96
Manhattan-based psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert told Fox News on Friday that "Trump Derangement Syndrome" (TDS) is a real psychological issue he has seen firsthand in his practice, with three-quarters of his patients exhibiting symptoms.
During an interview with "The Faulkner Focus," Alpert said patients have come into his office exhibiting symptoms of mental distress stemming from their fear or anger toward President Donald Trump.
"This is a profound pathology, and I would even go so far to call it the defining pathology of our time," Alpert said.
TDS is a term generally used by Trump supporters to disparage what they view as hysterical or irrational critics of the president.
Alpert described some of the symptoms he’s observed in patients he believes are suffering from TDS.
"It doesn't take long for me to pick up on this: people are obsessed with Trump, they’re fixated, they’re hyper-fixated on Trump. And they talk about some of the features of this disorder — they can’t sleep, they feel traumatized by Mr. Trump, they feel restless," he said.
"I had one patient who said she couldn’t enjoy a vacation because anytime she saw Trump in the news or on her device, she felt triggered," he added.
Alpert explained that for these patients, the mere mention or image of Trump triggers intense mental distress.
(snip)
"Call it ‘obsessive political preoccupation’ — an obsessive-compulsive spectrum presentation in which a political figure becomes the focal point for intrusive thoughts, heightened arousal and compulsive monitoring," Alpert added.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: derangement; fakenews; syndrome; tds; thisisbullcrap; trump; whataretheirfrnicks
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posted on
12/07/2025 7:39:10 PM PST
by
simpson96
To: simpson96
If only sane people were allowed to vote, no Democrats would ever be elected.
To: simpson96
It spread by mouth..................
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posted on
12/07/2025 7:45:09 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: simpson96
Liberal women are often insane.
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posted on
12/07/2025 7:49:26 PM PST
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: ConservativeMind
You have to be insane to want to kill babies.
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posted on
12/07/2025 7:52:03 PM PST
by
missthethunder
(Since the 1980 Rona Barrett interview. IYKYK. )
To: simpson96
Liberalism is a Mental Disorder- Regurgitating the Apple: How Modern Liberals "Think"
- Idiot Compassion
- The Secret to the Suicidal Liberal Mind
- Krauthammer "Democratic Realism" (Must read and bookmark!)
- Swedish Moonbats Suppress Knowledge of Communist Genocide
- Is Liberalism Political Madness?
- ARE LIBERALS CLINICALLY INSANE?
Liberals clinically mad, concludes top psychiatrist - Liberalism and the two roads to nihilism
- Liberalism is a Psychology
- A Theory of War by Other Means
Political Thought as Evolutionary Psychology
(a book written by FReeper AnonymousConservative) - Why Liberals Think What They Do Victor Davis Hanson
- 7 Reasons Why Liberals Are Incapable of Understanding The World
- Liberals Are Simple-Minded and often more dogmatic than conservatives, according to a new study.
- Moral Outrage Is Self-Serving, Say Psychologists [Liberalism is mental disorder]
- Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder: Savage Solutions author Michael Savage
- Science says liberals, not conservatives, are psychotic
- Borderline Personality Disorder and Snowflake America June 30, 2019 - Dr. Michael J. Hurd
- Inside the Progressive Mind Front Page Magazine May 21, 2013 - N. A. Halkides
- DOES LIBERALISM CAUSE MENTAL ILLNESS? Powerline - April 13, 2020 | Steven Hayward
- The Liberal Mind: The psychological causes of political madness Dec 4, 2006 - Lyle H. Rossiter Jr., MD
- Over 50% Of Liberal, White Women Under 30 Have A Mental Health Issue. Apr 13th 2021
- New study links left-wing extremism with psychopathy and narcissism
- Democrats Are The Party Of Mentally Unstable Nutjobs
- Psychotherapist says 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' is real pathology, plaguing 75 percent of his [Manhattan] patients 11/14/2025
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posted on
12/07/2025 7:53:09 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(The primary Democrat/leftist strategy is "Create maximum chaos every which way you can.")
To: simpson96
This is great news.
I intend to trigger as many of them as I can.
L
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posted on
12/07/2025 7:56:24 PM PST
by
Lurker
( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
To: ConservativeMind
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posted on
12/07/2025 8:01:26 PM PST
by
No name given
( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
To: Dalberg-Acton
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posted on
12/07/2025 8:01:32 PM PST
by
No name given
( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
To: Dalberg-Acton
"If only sane people were allowed to vote, no Democrats would ever be elected."
Watching a recorded football game. Saw your post - had my feet up on the desk and had an actual LOL.
I had to sit up, get to the keyboard to let you know. Really went out of my way. BTW you're probably exactly right.
So there you go.
At least you'll know someone noticed. ;-)
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posted on
12/07/2025 8:05:38 PM PST
by
Tunehead54
(Nothing funny here ;-)
To: simpson96
During the Clinton and Obama administrations I’d turn off the TV anytime they came on, but I didn’t think about it further. I just knew nothing good was going to come out of their mouths, and they never proved me wrong.
Well maybe Clinton taking credit for what the republicans did was almost good.
To: where's_the_Outrage?
Especially when the whistling commie would speak.
To: Tunehead54; Dalberg-Acton; No name given
That was weird. I clicked on "View Replies" and got nothing. I've been around here for a while and know how to to do most things.
Thought I'd give you a fist bump for your thought.
Just looking at my post to see if I'd screwed it up - I saw "No name given" had agreed.
So you've got two thumbs up. ;-)
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posted on
12/07/2025 8:29:11 PM PST
by
Tunehead54
(Nothing funny here ;-)
To: Lurker
Absolutely. That’s why I purchased two King Trump coffee mugs from the Babylon Bee shop.
You don’t have to say a word. Just drink your coffee....
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posted on
12/07/2025 8:40:36 PM PST
by
sauropod
To: simpson96
Estimates are that 20-26% of Manhattan’s population is Jewish. I wonder what percentage of the sufferers there are also Jewish.
To: simpson96
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posted on
12/07/2025 9:21:06 PM PST
by
real saxophonist
(Michael Bennet claps on 1 and 3.)
To: simpson96
It’s really cool that Trump lives in their minds rent free 24/7.
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posted on
12/07/2025 9:21:49 PM PST
by
econjack
To: simpson96
These women suffer from assinitis. Debilitating and no cure after eighteen. Key indicators: generally miserable , unhappy, routinely blame others especially men for their problems, project their character flaws on others. Dangerous when in positions of power or authority.
To: simpson96
And here we thought “living in their heads” was just a joke.
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posted on
12/07/2025 10:09:59 PM PST
by
SaxxonWoods
(Annnd....TRUMP IS RIGHT AGAIN.)
To: simpson96
And most of the people in “therapy” are wimmin.
Sad thing is that a large percentage 9f “therapists” are in therapy themselves. And they still are allowed to treat others. Shouldn’t be.
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posted on
12/07/2025 11:45:30 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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