Maybe the meds are starting to take effect.
Megalomania can be treated!
Treatments for megalomania depend upon the underlying condition causing it, but can include medication and psychotherapy. Four conditions are associated with this state, where individuals believe themselves omnipotent, have a deluded sense of possessing extraordinary power, or exhibit grandiosity, which is a view of personal superiority and disdain for others. These conditions are narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) antisocial personality disorder (APD), schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. Treatment differs in these conditions, and antisocial personality disorder is not presently considered treatable.
Bipolar disorder may have megalomania as a feature when people are in a manic state. Some schizophrenics have delusions of grandiosity, believing they have exceptional power. In these two conditions, states of megalomania and grandiosity are especially dangerous because individuals may make decisions based on a faulty perception of personal power. A schizophrenic might stand in front of a car believing it cannot hit him, and the bipolar person could sleep with numerous people without recognizing the consequences to a marriage.
In one sense, these disorders are easier to treat because both will respond to medication. Treatments for megalomania in schizophrenia and bipolar directly address the underlying chemical dysfunctions responsible for the disorders. Mood stabilizers can help return bipolar sufferers to a normal mood, and schizophrenics may be treated with antipsychotics. Both conditions additionally benefit from ongoing therapeutic support and psychoeducation.
Santorum suffers from none of the above. He is simply ambitious.
If he suffered from one of the diseases of which megalomania is a symptom, he would be infinitely more interesting and exciting.
Unfortunately, listening to Santorum speak is slightly less exciting than cleaning my cats' litterbox.
LOL! I actually felt a little sorry for him because he was so clearly not ready for prime time. The sweater vest told you all you needed to know. I don’t know what impelled him to run.
I didn’t like his spiteful tone at all. He was good on pro-life stuff, but Perry and Gingrich were equally good, so I never even saw his advantage there. So maybe it was megalomania after all.
I doubt that he’ll endorse Gingrich (remember, some of the earliest personal attacks on Gingrich were from the Santorum campaign) but maybe by now it doesn’t really matter who he endorses.
Megalomania is a psycho-pathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of power, relevance, or omnipotence. 'Megalomania is characterized by an inflated sense of self-esteem and overestimation by persons of their powers and beliefs...
Just who are we talking about here?
Why are you so vile to republicans.